Kudos to Ken Trainor for his concise yet devastating survey of our current situation in “Ghost Dancing in the Dark” [Viewpoints, June 4]. It’s a manifesto for our times, and I plan to pin it up and ...

In response to the Boomer-coded letter to the editor on June 4 [Forest Park vs. Oak Park], this empty-nester, retiree attitude of “get mine and get out” is why our country is currently failing. Our ...

I was outside with friends after a movie. We made snow slushies, got bored, and when my friends wanted to go doorbell ditching, I wanted to belong, so I went along. After several houses, a car pulled ...

Shootings have increased drastically since the 2010s. Chicago has suffered from this violence, multiple shootings and gun fights have occurred, dozens of deaths and injuries, but how? The answer: ...

Shootings have increased drastically since the 2010s. Chicago has suffered from this violence, multiple shootings and gun fights have occurred, dozens of deaths and injuries, but how? The answer: ...

Gambling is putting something of value on an outcome that is due to chance. Eighty percent of Americans gamble in one form or another, the most common mode being playing the lottery. But there are ...

St. Ignatius defeated Peoria Notre Dame 1-0 to win the IHSA Class 2A girls soccer state championship, the first in program ...

The Earth is some 4.5 billion years old, and we exist for maybe 100 years, if we’re super-lucky. So how we choose to spend ...

The Earth is some 4.5 billion years old, and we exist for maybe 100 years, if we’re super-lucky. So how we choose to spend our limited days matters tremendously. After completing my college degree and ...

It also wraps up my eighth season covering sports for Wednesday Journal. Before I present my “Tatesies” awards, I’d like to ...

Catcher Julia Mattiace was among five seniors who contributed to the Oak Park and River Forest High School softball team’s third-place Class 4A state softball finish in 2023. At two state games as a ...

Rising Fenwick High School senior Aiden Williams tore his ACL. But through intense rehabilitation, he was able to return in ...