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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Oak Park, Illinois, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 163 stories have been published about Oak Park, Illinois which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Shrubtown: Paying for Higher Education

“Paying for Higher Education” May 21, 2025 | Marc Stopeck The post Shrubtown: Paying for higher education appeared first on Wednesday Journal.Education · Cundinamarca See the Story

Blast Off To Kindergarten

Children including Henry Murphy of Oak Park enjoy playing in bubbles provided by the Park District of Oak Park during the Blast Off to Kindergarten event held for upcoming Kindergartners at Rehm Park Sunday May 18, 2025. Credit: Erica BensonChildren including Freddy Jensen of Oak Park use the portal entrance to the Blast Off to Kindergarten event held for upcoming Kindergartners at Rehm Park Sunday May 18, 2025. Credit: Erica BensonKristen Trusk…Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

Baseball and nest-watching: it must be spring

Youth baseball season is in full swing (so to speak), and for grandparents, that means sitting for hours on the sidelines, huddling in our winter parkas on 50-degree days or sweltering under the hot sun, monitoring the weather report for tornado warnings — and even dust storms! I’m a devoted fan, but watching a baseball game played by 11- and 12-year-olds sometimes feels like purgatory. After enduring the vagaries and furies of a Midwest spring …Tornado · Oak Park Read Article

Oak Park public health staff contribute to West Side opioid report

Two Oak Park public health employees helped author a study on overdoses on the city’s West Side, finding a string of cases in which people had ingested a veterinary anesthetic. Oak Park epidemiologist Emma Betancourt and former Oak Park Public Health Nurse Kitty Monty contributed to a study on how medetomidine, a nonopioid sedative not approved for use in humans, was detected in illegally manufactured opioids. The study is an example of the Oak…Health · Oak Park Read Article

Oak Park Oks $5 million in water and sewer work

Oak Park is prepared to spend more than $5 million on a set of sewer and water improvements over the next several months. The Oak Park village board was expected to approve a contract for Kendall County-based construction firm H. Linden & Sons Sewer and Water to oversee this round of village infrastructure improvements at its Tuesday, May 20 meeting. The project will involve a variety of construction work on both the sewer lines and the roadway…Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

No demolition ordered by judge at Lake and Lathrop

River Forest officials were recently dealt a setback by a Cook County Circuit Court judge in their ongoing legal battle over the stalled Lake and Lathrop development. Cook County Judge Anthony C. Kyriakopoulos ruled May 2 that the current condition of the Lake and Lathrop site on the southwest corner of Lake Street and Lathrop Avenue does not warrant demolition. He denied the village’s ability to pursue restoration of the vacant project site. In…Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

Parkside neighbors form tenants’ union to fight landlord - Austin Weekly News

Frustrated tenants of two apartment buildings on Parkside Avenue in Austin have organized a tenants’ unionOak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

Biking for Peace: North Lawndale’s community rallies against violence - Austin Weekly News

Bikes rolled through the streets of North Lawndale on May 7 for a six mile anti-violence ride, as community members took part in the fifth annual Biking Out Negativity, organized by Boxing Out Negativity.Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article