Oak Park residents should remember that Tuesday, Oct. 9, is the deadline to register to vote in the November election.

A series of walking tours will allow the public to ask questions about the village's planning process for a new streetscape design of the Lake Street corridor.

Sharon Patchak-Layman, a longtime member of both the OPRF and D97 school boards, has suggested a fix to D97's space issues at its current location. Patchak-Layman told Wednesday Journal last week that she thinks D97 should move its central office locations to OPRF.

Take one last opportunity to sleep under the stars this weekend—and learn how to reduce unnecessary waste—with the Zero Waste Campout at Priory Park.

The deadline for those who've taken Oak Park's summer outdoor sculpture walk to vote for their favorite work is less than a week away.

River Forest's Roosevelt Middle School has been recognized as a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School—one of only five middle schools in the state to receive the designation.

The 21st annual Oaktoberfest in downtown Oak Park is this weekend, Sept. 14-15.

Oak Park Public Library cardholders can now check out a NOOK loaded with multiple e-books. Fifty new NOOK eReaders will be available to Oak Park Public Library cardholders with popular e-books selected by Oak Park Public Library.

A woman who was sprayed by gasoline at an Oak Park gas station last year filed a lawsuit against BP on Tuesday, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

Maggie Anderson, whose family in 2009 decided to purchase all their goods and services from black-owned businesses to support minority entrepreneurship, appeared on CSPAN Aug. 29. It was the same night GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan gave his acceptance speech.