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Oak Park, Ill., is located in Cook County just west of the Chicago border. In 1837, Joseph Kettlestrings, a native of England, bought 172 acres of land in the area. The town became known as Oak Park in 1871 after first being called Oak Ridge, and the "Village of Oak Park" came into being in 1902. Its population in the 2003 census was 50,824. Famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright built his home in Oak Park in 1889, and many of his buildings still exist throughout the suburb. Oak Park is also the birthplace of writer Ernest Hemingway. Read more about Oak Park, IL
Oak Park, Ill., is located in Cook County just west of the Chicago border. In 1837, Joseph Kettlestrings, a native of England, bought 172 acres of land in the area. The town became known as Oak Park in 1871 after first being called Oak Ridge, and the "Village of Oak Park" came into being in 1902. Its population in the 2003 census was 50,824. Famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright built his home in Oak Park in 1889, and many of his buildings still exist throughout the suburb. Oak Park is also the birthplace of writer Ernest Hemingway. Read more about Oak Park, IL
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Learning center on tap for Austin Gardens
An environmental learning center and other improvements will be coming in 2015 to Austin Gardens in Oak Park, because of a $400,000 state grant that will fund half the cost. The Park District of Oak Park has received an Open Space Land Acquisition and...Tags: Arts and Culture, Austin (Chicago, Illinois)
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Health professionals split over allowing psychologists to prescribe drugs
Week in and week out for the last five years, Marlin Hoover has boarded a plane for New Mexico, where he sees patients Monday through Wednesday. Then, the psychologist flies home Thursday to treat patients at his southwest suburban office in Tinley Park....
Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Psychologists, Physiology, Mental Illness, Don Harmon
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Oak Brook attorney suspended by state Supreme Court
Tribune reporterThe Illinois Supreme Court has suspended an Oak Brook attorney, author and former radio host accused of misappropriating more than $2 million from her clients. The court indefinitely suspended Kathleen Niew’s license to practice Tuesday while her...Tags: Laws, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Economy, Business and Finance, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers
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Oak Park changes law so new president can take office
Oak Park officially has a new village president, but only after trustees voted to change a local liquor policy that created an obstacle between the office and the candidate voters elected. Anan Abu-Taleb, who won the election April 9 over former...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Pat Quinn, Local Government, Illinois Governor
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Oak Park student-actor wins musical theater award
When Oak Park and River Forest High School senior John Clay III goes to New York in late June as the male winner of the Illinois High School Musical Theater Award, he will have at least one friendly face to cheer him on. His girlfriend, Taylor Marie...
Tags: High Schools, Water Tower Place, Les Miserables (movie), Entertainment Events, Television Industry
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Oak Park teacher receives Golden Apple
John Paulett leads almost all of his classes at Fenwick High School while the students sit in chairs formed in a circle. It's a way that provokes discussion and critical thinking for some of the tough topics he tackles in his theology classes at the...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, High Schools, Chicago Heights, Niles, Walter Payton
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BEST BETS FOR THE WEEK
LFHS to stage "Seussical" Lake Forest High School presents "Seussical The Musical" May 2-4 at 7 p.m. in the Raymond Moore Auditorium at Lake Forest High School, 1285 N. McKinley Road, Lake Forest. Tickets are available at lfhstheatre.org. Admission is...Tags: Lake Forest, Culture, Frank Lloyd Wright, Lake Bluff, Arts and Culture
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Oak Park composting program goes village-wide
One Oak Park resident reported not knowing how much food the family threw away until joining the village's pilot food-waste and soiled-paper collection that started last April. One woman said her family now throws out only one bag of garbage each month....Tags: Environmental Politics, Earth Day, New Products, Environmental Issues, Local Government
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1 dead, 8 wounded in shootings across city
Tribune reportersA 36-year-old man was killed early Sunday morning and eight others wounded since Saturday afternoon in shootings from the Northwest Side to the Southeast Side. The man killed was shot about 6:05 a.m. in the 2500 block of West Division Street in the...Tags: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Garfield Park, Chicago Fire Department, Cynthia Soto
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From Death March to Hell Ships
In 1991, Jan Thompson attended a reunion of World War II veterans who were prisoners of war in the Philippines. She accompanied her father, one of those veterans. "I was just dumbfounded at what I heard," she said. "I walked out saying, 'Why doesn't...
Tags: Jamie Farr, Philippines, Loretta Swit, Wars and Interventions, Entertainment
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Back-door school subsidies
Oak Park's pricey homes, Frank Lloyd Wright architecture and array of shops and restaurants generate billions in property wealth, funneling a bounty of tax dollars to its elementary school district. That kind of local affluence usually means fewer...
Tags: Aurora, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Budgets and Budgeting, Frank Lloyd Wright
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Remarkable Woman: Amy Little
In a ceiling-high, greasy tangle of wheels, fenders, handlebars and derailleurs, Amy Little sees hope. She's the co-founder with her husband, Lee Ravenscroft, of Working Bikes Cooperative (2434 S. Western Ave., workingbikes.org), a nonprofit...
Tags: Lollapalooza, Colleges and Universities, Purdue University, Trips and Vacations, Science and Technology
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