River Forest News

The Oak Park and River Forest Community of Congregations and the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest will host their second annual Sacred Spaces House of Worship Walk from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 23. Joe McDonald, vice president of the board for the Community of Congregations, said the walk is a return to tradition for the ... (more)

Police investigating several recent burglaries arrested two men in Maywood after the car they were driving matched the description of a car used in the previous crimes.

The course "Evaluating the Library Director," led by past ALA president Sarah Ann Long, has been added to United for Libraries' Trustee Academy, a series of online courses to help library Trustees become exceptionally proficient in their roles on behalf of their libraries.

A benefit for the Animal Care League, the fourth annual John Morlidge "Play for the Animals," will be held from 4:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 22, at the Oak Park Tennis Center, 544 N. Harlem Ave., in River Forest.

Public works crews are on alert in River Forest and Oak Park as the National Weather Service is warning of heavy rain and "damaging winds" up to 75 miles per hour, along with the possibility of baseball-sized hail.

Graduating seniors at Oak Park and River Forest High School participate in commencement ceremonies, Sunday, June 9, 2013.

The Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry invites local supporters and families to join its team for the 2013 Hunger Walk stepping off at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, June 29, at Soldier Field in Chicago.

"Plan for the worst, hope for the best," was a mantra drilled into Ron Sherman during his 28 years with the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Robert Stahl, born and raised in Glenview, now a Libertyville resident, is proud to be an athletic trainer at the Deerfield Institute for Human Performance at 158 S. Waukegan Rd. He's a founding member and co-owner of IHP since 2005.

Fringe, 109 N. Marion St., is an interior design shop that works with clients to envision what they want to see in a room or throughout their homes.

Every weekday morning in July 2012, Ryan Patrick Walsh got up to spend the morning taking art and architecture classes in Paris.

The parents of slain U.S. diplomat Anne Smedinghoff, Tom and Mary Beth Smedinghoff, show the tote bag which was carried everywhere by their daughter.

Wells Fargo Advisors have announced that James A. Hunt, of River Forest, has joined the South Wacker Drive office of Wells Fargo Advisors in Chicago as Managing Director - Investments.

Schmidt, associate director of School Ministry since 2003, will succeed Dr. William Cochran , who plans to retire June 30 after 11 years in the post.

Three sing-along choral works will be presented on consecutive Tuesdays evenings in Oak Park as part of the annual Chicago Summer Sings.

The 56 detached, single-family homes sold in Oak Park during April represented a 86.7 percent increase from April 2012, when 30 homes were sold, according to the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors .

Illinois State Rep. LaShawn Ford says he'll vote for marriage equality, offering a boost to advocates for the bill's passage, Oak Park and River Forest's Wednesday Journal reports : "This is a well-thought-out decision," he said in an exclusive interview with the Journal.

Kristin M. Graziano, 30, is wanted on a charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.

TUESDAY, MAY 21 Wallet Stolen Someone stole a wallet from an unattended purse in the 100 block of Lake Street around 10 a.m. Delivery, Possession of Controlled Substance Police charged an Oak Park minor with delivery of a controlled substance and Gabriel Federici of River Forest with possession of a controlled substance around 9:20 a.m. in the 200 ... (more)

Tod Altenburg's hiring was approved at the regular meeting of the board which oversees Oak Park-River Forest High School.