River Forest

When Oak Park and River Forest High School senior John Clay III goes to New York in late June as the male winner of the Illinois High School Musical Theater Award, he will have at least one friendly face to cheer him on. His girlfriend, Taylor Marie...

LFHS to stage "Seussical" Lake Forest High School presents "Seussical The Musical" May 2-4 at 7 p.m. in the Raymond Moore Auditorium at Lake Forest High School, 1285 N. McKinley Road, Lake Forest. Tickets are available at lfhstheatre.org. Admission is...

Friends and former classmates gathered Saturday at Johns Hopkins University to remember Anne Smedinghoff, a Foreign Service officer who was killed in a bombing in Afghanistan earlier this month, sharing stories of a too-short life marked by adventure....

Communities in western Cook County are still cleaning up this week from a rainfall that left some streets and homes flooded. Some areas saw five inches or more of rain, and the Des Plaines River overflowed wreaking havoc on some River Forest and...

David Seleb says he knew the Oak Park Public Library was nationally recognized and well-supported in the community before he was hired as the new executive director, starting May 1. But he still wants to talk to library staff and the community about how...

Anne Smedinghoff wanted to help the people of Afghanistan, those who knew her say. The 25-year-old Johns Hopkins University graduate was attempting to deliver textbooks to school children there when she and four other Americans were killed in a car bomb...

CHICAGO — Members of Anne Smedinghoff's family consoled themselves Sunday with the thought that the young U.S. diplomat died in the service of a cause that mattered deeply to her. "She was doing what she loved," her father said, "and she was doing...

A River Forest woman called 911 after being physically and sexually assaulted by a male acquaintance with a sword, River Forest police announced Friday. According to a press release, a 43-year-old woman called police early Thursday and reported that...

Eleven students who will graduate in May 2013 from Concordia University Chicago’s school counseling master’s program filed a lawsuit against the university in Cook County Circuit Court on Wednesday for what they say is consumer fraud. The...

The number of students who meet or exceed standards imposed by state testing is expected to decrease in Oak Park, River Forest and many other areas in the region and state this year as school districts are adjusting to more stringent testing standards...

Forest Park and River Forest have received a $1.34 million state grant to extend streetscaping on Madison Street west about 3 1/2 blocks from Desplaines Avenue to Van Buren Street. Administrators from both villages say they hope to copy the success...

Two historic Oak Park properties will benefit from state grants, the state announced this month. The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest will receive $125,000 from an Illinois capital investing program to help renovate an old fire house,...