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Black students suspended at higher rate; Oak Park and River Forest officials blame ‘trauma’

Oak Park and River Forest High School officials said the disproportionate rate of suspension of Black students is not evidence of bias.

Julie Ryan McGue, who grew up in the western suburbs, is back with her third book and will sign copies in Downers Grove.

Tuberville lamented what he says is an overreliance on medication to treat ADHD. He lost credibility when he mentioned whipping a child.

Activities for all ages, outdoors and indoors, draw a crowd every year to the Park District of Oak Park’s annual Winter Fest.

We’re living in a country where needing help is for losers and providing it is for suckers, writes Heidi Stevens.

Oak Park residents have expressed concerns over the Field Center’s cost, the location of the center and its effects on traffic.

NabrU teamed up with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago for programs in Dolton and other south suburbs.

Richton Park resident Meagan Sims is working on her doctorate degree at Governor State University and helping people along the way.

We should resist the urge to wall ourselves off from what’s painful, and instead take improv’s “yes, and” approach, writes Heidi Stevens.

Teens who started the Palos Leo Club in Palos Heights are disproving the ‘bad rap’ that kids only want to be online.