Oak Parkers who would like to help create the long-range plan that will guide government decision making for years to come are invited to participate in a visioning kick-off event scheduled for 7:30 – 9 p.m., tonight at the Nineteenth Century Club, 178 Forest Ave.

Word got out last November that the iconic Val's halla Records was hurting. Thanks to a number of supporters, Val's is keeping the music alive.

Clarification: Oak Park did send a check to the National Rifle Association. Better clarification: Oak Park isn't out any money.

In a letter from the office of U.S. Senator Mark Kirk, Oak Park was named as one of many communities where illegal gun trafficking is "allowing gangs and violence to flourish around Illinois."

Ellie Alldredge-Bell educated Oak Park students for 33 years, spanning her longtime career at Holmes, Hatch and Lincoln schools. Now she's turned her longtime passion for teaching and knack for writing into a new profession as an author.

A ninth Oak Park home has been added to the list of properties to be showcased in the 39thannual Frank Lloyd Wright Plus Architectural Housewalk this spring.

The Collaboration for Early Childhood is scheduled to appear at the January 2013 meeting of the District 97 school board.

The long-delayed four-story Oak Park office building is still moving ahead, according to Mary Jo Schuler, head of the development team, Madison Highlands LLC.

On Friday, Dec. 28, in the main lobby of the Oak Park Public Library Lobby from 4-6 p.m. there will be a farewell party for the outgoing Executive Director Deirdre Brennan.

With the winter season here, the Village of Oak Park wants to remind people about the parking and shoveling for when those flurries hit.