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Oak Park, Illinois · Oak ParkDJ Steward, who spent his first two high school seasons at Fenwick, inked an one-year, two-way contract with the Chicago Bulls following a quality showing with the team during NBA Summer League play last week in Las Vegas. Steward, a 6-2 guard, who grew up in Oak Park and played at Brooks Middle School, averaged 17.4 points and 6.4 assists per game and shot 40 percent from three-point range in five games with the Bulls. He had a game-high 37 poi…See the Story
Local player inks deal with Bulls
Oak Park, Illinois · Oak ParkFormer OPRF High School and Indianapolis Colts player Dallis Flowers has been wanting to give back to his community, and on Saturday he did so in a big way. Flowers, who played for four years at OPRF (2012-2015) and had his jersey retired this past August, hosted his inaugural youth football camp at the high school last Saturday morning, with kids from all over the area getting to work with him and other former OPRF players and coaching staff. F…See the Story
Youth blossom at Flowers’ football camp
Joe Biden · Oak ParkOak Park locals and lovers may or may not be aware: There’s a connection here to Vice President Kamala Harris: Sheila Nix, who has served as her vice-presidential campaign chief of staff, lived in Oak Park before joining President Joe Biden’s administration in 2021. It’s not yet clear if Nix will now be the presidential campaign chief of staff for Harris. “I am really excited about the new position because it’s so important to get the word out…See the Story
An Oak Park connection to the 2024 election? Sheila Nix
Hurricanes · Oak ParkHurricane Beryl, a category 4 hurricane that struck Jamaica in early July, killed at least 22 people, destroyed houses and triggered power outages. Russhane Dawkins, a 10-year Oak Park resident and lead brewer at Kinslahger Brewing Company, is experiencing such damage first-hand. Dawkins’ family lives in Treasure Beach, Jamaica, an area that experienced a bulk of the hurricane’s aggression. “[They] lost the roof of their house and a lot of belon…See the Story
Kinslahger hosts GoFundMe for lead brewer’s family destroyed in hurricane
Oak Park, Illinois · Oak ParkOn the week of the one-year anniversary of the natural gas explosion that killed an Oak Park man, legislators are stepping up efforts to push for natural-gas alarms. At an educational event Monday, State Rep. Camille Y. Lilly gave out natural gas detectors to senior citizens. Lilly partnered with DeNova Detect, whose headquarters are in Chicago, to give out 100 of their natural gas alarms. “Here in Oak Park, on two different occasions, we’ve had…See the Story
Legislator pushes for natural gas alarm on anniversary of Oak Park explosion
Oak Park, Illinois · Oak ParkAmong the many things Austin and Oak Park share is Bob Newhart. He died last week in California at the age of 94, almost as beloved as Betty White. The famed comic and sitcom star was born 94 years ago at West Sub in Oak Park. He grew up on North Mason in Austin at a time when Austin Boulevard was just a busy street down the middle of a shared community. He went to grade school at St. Catherine of Siena. He had family, aunts, uncles and cousins,…See the Story
Why we claim Newhart
Joe Biden · Oak ParkReflections, and questions, in the wake of Joe Biden’s honorable decision to be a one-term president: Biden was treated badly during the intense media effort of the past month to pressure him to withdraw his candidacy. Ridicule and recriminations, damning with faint praise (as opposed to Trump, whom we continue to praise with faint damns). Biden deserved better. But it must be a tremendous relief not to have his every move and utterance micro-an…See the Story
What we owe Joe Biden
Joe Biden · Oak ParkMany of us Dems breathed a collective sigh of relief when Joe Biden stepped down from the presidential campaign last week. I have to admit feeling excitement over the new match between Kamala the Cop and Donald the Felon. She is already doing one thing Biden was no longer capable of doing: making the case that Trump the Divider and Trump the Bitter Old Man (“I will be your retribution”) is a bad fit with the nation’s zeitgeist. As Kamala said re…See the Story