Oak Park village trustee candidate Anthony Clark will not appear on the April ballot per the ruling Monday from the Oak Park Municipal Officers Electoral Board. In a written statement sent to Wednesday Journal, Clark denounced the process under which his candidacy was found ineligible.

Oak Park resident Sheila Nix has been appointed chief of staff for the U.S. Department of Education's secretary in the Biden-Harris presidential administration. 

Oak Park's village board was split across ideological and gender lines during its heated, emotional and, at times, tearful discussion on Jan. 19 of whether to include on the April 6 ballot a non-binding but controversial referendum: "Shall the village of Oak Park defund its police department?" 

Oak Park Public Library has announced that the lobby and parking garage of its main branch, 834 Lake St., will reopen with a limited schedule for returns and holds pickups Friday, Jan. 22. All staff areas have been disinfected and all library teams have completed quarantines.

President Trump has been impeached for the second time.

Oak Park mother-daughter duo Stephanie and Olivia Bird have created and launched an all-new line of body and haircare products.

In the past year, the locus of power in the Illinois General Assembly has moved from the city of Chicago to the near west suburbs.