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 Oak Park Public Library's Board of Trustees has named current staffer Rebecca Teasdale the library's interim director while they work with a consultant to find a new one by the end of March, according to a statement from the library.

At the end of the 100th anniversary year of the Park District of Oak Park, residents are invited to a launch party for a limited edition commemorative photo book.

DSW, the designer shoe warehouse, opened Thursday morning in the space that formally housed Linens-n-Things in the River Forest Town Center.

Cheney Mansion will hold a bourbon and beer tasting event next weekend that staff hopes will attract a more diverse group of guests from around the Chicago area to the historic Oak Park venue.

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.

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.

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.

Dominican University in River Forest received a $132,000 rebate check Thursday for saving energy with the recent installation of a new energy-efficient boiler system on campus.

Oak Parkers watching the Republican National Convention closely this week may have noticed a bit of Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural style in Tampa.