News from around the Southland includes items from Oak Forest, Orland Park, Richton Park, Tinley Park, Palos Heights and ...

John Swanson, the superintendent of Oak Park and River Forest High School Dist. 200 from 1974 until 1987, has died.

The recent mass firings within the National Park Service and the U.S. Forest Service have cast a shadow over these treasured ...

Oak Park native Ashleen Bracey has rejuvenated a once-downtrodden women's basketball program at the University of Illinois ...

The Oak Park and River Forest girls soccer varsity put together an impressive start this season, with three consecutive victories in the Windy City Classic. Fenwick has a victory and a draw in its ...

Chicago has the largest life expectancy gap in the country. As threats to federal funding loom, health experts hope they can ...

Thirty extra train trips will be added to weekday service on the Blue Line to Forest Park as the CTA rolls out a slightly ...

A Chicago-area event this weekend is giving entrepreneurs and business professionals the tools they need to scale up.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago-area event this ... is happening Friday and Saturday at Living Word Christian Center in Forest Park. It is free and open to the public, but registration is requested.

Metra on March 18 detailed its program for the 2025 construction season, covering station, track, road crossing, bridge, and ...

Amanda Link and Nathaniel Niemi met in their 20s, playing barnyard inhabitants in a KidSeries show. Now, the duo has collaborated as writer and director on a new animal-centric play.

The Prairie Land Potawatomi Nation has reclaimed land in Illinois that was promised to the tribe's leader 175 years ago but stolen by the federal government 20 years later.