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Patients evacuated from Weiss Memorial Hospital over heat suffer again during heat wave at new facility

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Patients evacuated from Weiss Memorial Hospital over heat suffer again during heat wave at new facility

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When temperatures inside Weiss Memorial Hospital in Uptown rose to 90 degrees last week, Harold O’Connell and 21 other patients were transferred to Weiss’s sister hospital West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park late Tuesday night.But West Suburban was just as hot as Weiss, Harold O'Connell's daughter Diane told the Chicago Sun-Times. Family bought a fan and a thermostat for her dad’s room, and as Chicago experienced its first major heat wave o…See the Story

Mary Smith, beloved community member and trailblazer, passes - Austin Weekly News

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Mary Smith, beloved community member and trailblazer, passes - Austin Weekly News

Mary Smith | Provided For decades, Mary Smith, the first woman to own and operate three funeral homes in Illinois, comforted the community through their losses. Now, after Smith died June 6, the West Side is mourning the trailblazer and respected community member. Smith was a beloved sister, mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. She was surrounded by her family as she passed peacefully at her home. Born in Dumas, Arkansas, Smith built an undeni…Read Article

Build CEO Adam Alonso moves on to YMCA - Austin Weekly News

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Build CEO Adam Alonso moves on to YMCA - Austin Weekly News

After over a decade with the violence prevention nonprofit, he’s starting as CEO of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago in July Read Article

Space to Grow in Austin - Austin Weekly News

The Space to Grow playground offers open space to Spencer Technology Academy students and the neighborhood, while managing stormwaterOak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

Police Want to Speak to 34-Year-Old After Car Thefts at More than a Dozen Incidents

Police are appealing for help to locate a wanted man in relation to more than a dozen thefts from vehicles.Theft · Oak Park See the Story

June 26, 2025: Trustees: Tell the Appropriations Committees to fund libraries

The trustees of the Oak Park Public Library ask our community to take action in support of libraries—before July 21. Background President Trump’s budget proposal, submitted on May 30, 2025, calls for eliminating funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) starting in 2026. Additionally, Congress must reauthorize the Museum and Library Services ... Read more The post June 26, 2025: Trustees: Tell the Appropriations Committees …Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

Paul Dinello Siblings: Meet the Siblings Squad Behind the American Comedian - Kahawatungu

Paul E. Dinello, born on November 28, 1962, in Oak Park, Illinois, is an American comedian, actor, writer, and director known for his collaborations with comedy icons Amy Sedaris and Stephen Colbert. Raised in a middle-class Midwestern family, Dinello’s early life was shaped by his parents, Frank Anthony Dinello, head of DePaul University’s Mental Health Clinic, and Ann Lee Dinello (née Zeiler). Dinello attended Oak Park River Forest High School…Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

What my 83-year-old says

Last week a friend, who enjoys nudging me (thank goodness), asked, “What would your 83-year-old self say to your 73-year-old self?” As happens every time someone asks a question like that, my mind went blank. The following day (standard percolation time), my 10-year plan heaved into view, as I imagined my 83-year-old self saying, “You’ve got 10 years. It’s a gift. What are you going to do with it?” At my age, 10 years is all I can reasonably gif…Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

Harmon’s move is unacceptable

Re: the Chicago Tribune article on June 8, “Ethics legislation stalls in Springfield as Senate president tries ‘brazen’ move that would have helped his election case,” this move from Don Harmon seems unacceptable. Will anyone try to primary him next year? Brady HurlburtOak Park The post Harmon’s move is unacceptable appeared first on Wednesday Journal.Senate · Oak Park Read Article

Man shatters Oak Park grocery store’s window with headbutt

A man wearing a helmet headbutted his way through an Oak Park grocery store’s plate glass window in a fit of rage last week, according to Oak Park police. Shortly before 11:30 p.m. June 14, a man wearing a helmet struck his head against the 5- by 7-foot plate glass window of a grocery store in the 400 block of Madison Street, according to police. The man then fled west bound on Madison Street while riding a black moped, according to police. Th…Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

Pete’s Fresh Market on track for winter opening

Building a grocery store at Madison Street and Oak Park Avenue has been in the works for the better part of a decade. For the past several years that effort focused on building a second Oak Park location for Pete’s Fresh Market. Now, after many delays, Pete’s says an opening day is about six months away. The grocery store planned for the site at 640-728 Madison St. has been in development since 2018, three years after the chain store’s first lo…Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

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