In the wake of the Oak Park Board of Trustees' decision to not opt out of a minimum wage increase imposed by Cook County, the Oak Park Chamber of Commerce met with village trustees and business owners on June 27 at the Carleton Hotel to discuss the struggles mom and pops have in keeping their doors open.

Dozens of River Forest residents, including business owners, faith leaders, elected officials and children, packed the village board's June 19 meeting in a show of support for the village's proposed welcoming resolution.

The village of Oak Park has finalized a deal with Lincoln Property Company, selling the development firm two surface parking lots on South Boulevard near Harlem Avenue for $2.1 million.

A controversial countywide tax on sugary drinks, which was supposed to take effect July1, could be delayed after a Cook County Circuit Court judge on Wednesday agreed to hear a request to impose a temporary restraining order. 

Gwendolyn Brooks — the famous Chicago poet and first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize (for her 1949 volume, Annie Allen) — would have turned 100 this year.