OAK PARK, Ill. (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- After a suburban library board was publicly taken to task on a number of issues this week, the board later apologized and promised to do better. Speakers at ...

"We have 3-5,000 school-age kids here in this community and they need access to a public library," said Oak Park resident Michael W. Benjamin. "Oak Park reads, too. We read too in Oak Park." ...

Locals looking to celebrate Black History Month, honoring the achievements and adversity faced by generations of African Americans, can attend library- and village-sponsored events.

Voting is one way Oak Park and River Forest residents can make their voices heard and enact change on the local level during the April 2025 local elections.