Sharon Patchak-Layman, a two-term member of the District 200 Board of Education, is going for a third term.

Dec. 11 is the deadline for finalists vying for the Obama Presidential Library to submit their proposals to the Barack Obama Foundation for consideration.

Two weeks ago, pest control company Orkin released an assessment of the "rattiest" cities (Chicago No. 1) in the U.S. That got us thinking about Oak Park and specifically the high school, which had its own mice problem over the years. 

Oak Park and River Forest High School students and their teachers traveled overseas last summer as part of their annual summer excursion and field trip courses.