It's been a long road for Laura Pekarik, owner of Oak Park's Courageous Bakery, who has spent the last seven years fighting the city of Chicago over its food truck ordinance — and despite a Illinois Supreme Court ruling in favor of the city, she's not done yet.

A 66-year-old Bellwood woman is suing Rush Oak Park Hospital for unspecified monetary damages, claiming she contracted Legionnaire's Disease there during a visit to the hospital's emergency room in July.

On Aug. 7, school officials, parents, students and community members gathered on the grounds of St. Catherine-St. Lucy School for a ribbon-cutting ceremony held to celebrate the installation of a small park on the school's playground.

Oak Park Elementary School District 97 officials will convene two engagement sessions this month focusing on implementing the racial equity policy that the D97 board passed in March.