After 80 years in Forest Park, Chicago Suburban Lumber Sales on Franklin Street, next to the CTA Green Line and Metra railyard, is closing up shop, and the property is on the market.

The decision to shutter the family-owned business comes as large corporations t...

The evening of March 15, Pioneer Tap received its second notice for emergency closure from the village in a single year. The notice came less than 24 hours after police saw multiple people fighting in front of the bar, two of whom were charged with battery....

A father and daughter switch places a la “Freaky Friday;” a woman tries to make enough money for film school by driving for Uber on Lower Wacker Drive; and Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead and meets him in Duffy’s Tavern. Those were some of the narratives of the 7-minute films submitted to this year’s 48-hour film festival.

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Walking through our home in Forest Park, I sometimes wonder about the folks who previously lived between these same four walls. Who was here before we moved in? What were their lives like? With the help of Jill Summers of Ordinary Houses, the history of our house was revealed through newspapers articles and public records. It was so much more fascinating than...