News

Thursday, October 13, 2022  ::   Oak Park Police are responding to an incident involving an individual in distress on the 1100 block of N. Harlem Ave. Officers initially responded shortly after 11 a.m. to reports of an individual armed and barricaded in his apartment. As of 6 p.m., the Oak Park Police Department and the Cook County Sherriff’s Office remain on the scene working to resolve the situation.

Thursday, October 6, 2022  ::   Cory J. Wesley, an Oak Park resident involved with a number of community organizations, has been selected to fill the remainder of the term of former Village Trustee Arti Walker-Peddakotla, who recently resigned. The Village Board will vote on Wesley appointment next Monday.

Thursday, October 6, 2022  ::   The Oak Park Village Board of Trustees will soon return to in-person meetings at Village Hall for the first time in more than two years. As was the case prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, Village Board meetings will be open to the public, but now a hybrid option will also be available via Zoom.

Wednesday, September 21, 2022  ::   Oak Park Police responded at around 5:45 p.m. Tuesday to reports of shots fired in the vicinity of Ridgeland Avenue and Ontario Street. According to witnesses, a gray sedan was stopped in the westbound lane of Ontario at Ridgeland when the driver of a white sedan pulled up alongside, leaned out the window and began firing in the direction of the gray sedan.