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Site title: Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest | Cook County, Illinois

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The Oscar and Nonie Balch House on Kenilworth Avenue in Oak Park was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1911. Its architectural provenance landed it a spot in this year’s Wright Plus line-up. Wright Plus researcher and Frank Lloyd Wright Trust volunteer Ken Simpson says there’s more than architectural history to the home.

Oak Park’s first Village Manager, Mark Keane...


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After losing in the sectional final the past two years, the third time was the charm for the Oak Park and River Forest High School boys’ volleyball team at the Argo Sectional on Tuesday night. The Huskies, the top-ranked team in the state, defeated Brother Rice 25-21, 26-24 for the title and clinched a trip to the state finals for the first time since 2023.

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Odds and ends with some a bit odder than others:

“Two bad actors”: After a Cook County judge on Monday left Manoj Prasad in charge of the Resilience Healthcare empire of shuttered hospitals, a former staffer at West Sub told our reporters that both Prasad and Rathnaker Reddy Patlola, the landlord and partial owner of the empire, were “two bad actor...


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“Shrubtown celebrates 35 years”
June 3, 2026 | Marc Stopeck

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