People will have to find somewhere else to get a quick and affordable haircut in Oak Park, as the national hairstyling chain Hair Cuttery has permanently closed its Oak Park location at 1010 Lake St., following corporate financial troubles.

Oak Park's Black Lives Matter street mural on Scoville Avenue was defaced during the night of Tuesday, July 7 by unknown vandals who painted over certain letters to make the mural read, "ALL LIVES MATTER." 

In a rare moment of efficiency and foregoing the usual angry discourse characteristic of this particular group of elected officials, the Oak Park village board of trustees moved forward on several agenda items during a July 6 remote meeting, including deciding to delay further Lake Street construction in the Hemingway District until after Labor Day to provide extended time for outdoor restaurant dining.

In the wake of civil unrest and anger over systemic racism in law enforcement, the nation now demands more public oversight in policing and detail on how departments operate. In Oak Park there are two citizen commissions designated to oversee different aspects of the police department – the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners and the Citizens Police Oversight Committee (CPOC).  Layered into review of police discipline matters is a process involving a third-party arbiter as dictated by the contract between the village and the local Fraternal Order of Police union lodge.