Scoville Park is back! With the recent removal of the fences used during its renovation, the historic park is open to the public and will host a series of events slated for the upcoming week.

Oak Park and River Forest High School has hired Tod Altenburg, an administrator from Lombard elementary District 44, as its new chief financial officer. A former English and Spanish classroom teacher, Altenburg was hired May 23 by the District 200 Board of Education.

State Rep. LaShawn Ford appeared in federal court today where Judge Rebecca R. Pallmeyer set a trial date for April 22, 2014 on alleged bank fraud charges leveled against the West Side Democrat.

Zachary Fardon, a Chicago resident and former Oak Parker, was nominated by President Barack Obama to be the next U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois.

An Oak Park police officer has sued the village of Oak Park and a female police sergeant in federal court, alleging that the female supervisor shoved and threatened him nine days after he filed a sexual harassment complaint against her with the department.

Dr. George Dietz, 82, never dreamed of a day when he might retire. The Oak Park resident maintains a practice on Chicago's South Side and makes house calls three days a week, often driving more than 100 miles in a day to treat the bed-bound.

Pro-meat, anti-meat, vegetarian or vegan —no matter where people stand on the carnivorousness continuum, the question of if beef should be "what's for dinner" is becoming a topic of discussion in Oak Park.

Oak Park and River Forest High School's administration has discussed the option in years past but never moved in that direction.

Due to the large flow of people funneling through Oak Park's Village Hall during the two-week early voting period, the Village of Oak Park is looking to move early voting to a different location in town.