PCC South Family Health Center, the Berwyn facility of PCC Community Wellness Center, received unanimous approval from the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board to establish Illinois' free-standing birth center.

Oak Parkers are invited to help create the long-range plan that will guide government decision making for years to come by participating in a visioning kick-off event scheduled for 7:30 – 9 p.m., Wed., Feb. 20 at the Nineteenth Century Club, 178 Forest Ave.

The Augustana Choir will tour the east coast. Feb. 15-22, traveling from Naples, Fla., to Baltimore, Md., before enjoying some free time in Washington, D.C.

Carla Fager of Oak Park, IL, has been named to the 2012 fall semester Dean's List at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN, named Katherine Trainor to the Dean's List for the fall 2012 semester.

Broadway superstar Audra McDonald will headline Dominican University's 33rd Annual Trustee Benefit Concert and Gala on Saturday, March 9, 2013, at 5 p.m. in the Lund Auditorium on Dominican's Main Campus, 7900 Division Street, River Forest.

Nicholas Thompson of River Forest, Ill. (60305) was named to the Dean's List of Emory College, the undergraduate, liberal arts college of Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., for the 2012 fall semester.

The River Forest Service Club and League of Women Voters of Oak Park and River Forest will collaborate to host a District 90 Candidate Forum on February 21, 2013 at Concordia University.

These students from your area achieved the Honor Roll at Fenwick High School during the Second Quarter of Academic Year 2012-2013.

Wonderivia, Wonder Works' Trivia Night, is an adults only event featuring good food and drink, raffles and auctions, and trivia fun.