Staff reports | West Cook News

Threat to remove memorial ribbons sparks anti-semitic allegations in River Forest

By Staff reports | Oct 27, 2023

A recent incident involving threats from the Village of River Forest to remove memorial ribbons from trees in a River Forest parkway has sparked concerns and raised questions of bias.

Hillside neighbors seek to unseat longtime mayor in April, say Tamburino 'needs to resign immediately'

By Staff reports | Dec 28, 2020

A group of Hillside residents is so fed up with its longtime mayor that they have organized to unseat him in the upcoming April 2021 elections.

Oak Park trustee Walker: Parents who want schools open showing their "white supremacy"

By Staff reports | Oct 2, 2020

Oak Park Village Trustee Arti Walker is again fanning flames of division in the community.

Blunt smoking Oak Park special ed teacher Anthony Clark wants your vote

By Staff reports | Sep 3, 2020

The video opens with Anthony Clark taking a drag off of a blunt, a plume of smoke alights into the air.

Trustee Arti Walker-Peddakotla encouraging Antifa behavior in Oak Park

By Staff reports | Sep 2, 2020

The recent vandalism of Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb's home as Oak Park village board members voted down a measure to defend the police is a sign of a community in turmoil.

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Voter record of congressional candidate Marie Newman questioned

By Staff reports | 4 years ago

While Marie Newman was able to overcome the odds in upsetting an incumbent in a primary, she may struggle in navigating through questions about her voter registartion record.

Defund police demonstration at Oak Park mayor's home sparks social media storm

By Staff reports | Sep 1, 2020

About 100 youths gathered in protest outside of Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb’s home, where he was on a Zoom village board meeting addressing a “defund police” measure, following a rally at nearby Fox Park on Aug. 25.