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Man murdered in south Oak Park
J. GEIL/Staff photographer
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Web Extra! Slideshow
Updated 9/9/2010 3:08 p.m.
A 41-year-old Oak Park mailman's dead body was found in his garage by his wife Thursday morning, and police are treating the investigation of his death as a homicide. Pedro Gurrola, Jr., was leaving for work from his home on the 800 block of south East Avenue around 6:45 a.m. Thursday, when police believe the murder occurred.

Oak Park police seeking man who hugged jogger
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Web Extra!
Oak Park police are seeking a man who hugged a jogging woman, and then exposed himself just before 8 p.m. Tuesday evening on the 800 block of N. Ridgeland Ave.

Note-able
Barry Winograd, sax player and WDCB jazz host, came to play last Thursday at the Marion Street Cheese Market. Oak Parker Jim Ryan joined in on keyboards.
JENNIFER WOLFE/Contributor

News
Bank switchover causes water billing snafu in Oak Park
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Web Extra!
Hundreds of Oak Parkers, who thought they had paid their water bills already, are receiving shut-off notices from the village.
Connecticut cops don't like former River Forest police chief
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Web Extra!
Former River Forest Police Chief Frank Limon, who left town earlier this year for a job in New Haven, Conn., doesn't seem to be getting along with his new charges.
With Daley leaving, Oak Park hopes for another regional leader
Thursday, September 09, 2010
Web Extra! Interactive map of local donations to Daley
Mayor Daley is a figure who's larger than life - and bigger than the city of Chicago.
That's the impression Richard M. Daley left on Oak Park Village President David Pope.
Third time may be charm for Oak Park's sale of Los Cazadores property
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Web Extra!
After two previous deals flamed out at the last minute, it appears that the village of Oak Park may finally be able to sell a long-vacant, village-owned storefront on Lake Street.
District 97 - the band, not the schools - releases debut CD
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Jonathan Schang and Patrick Mulcahy grew up together in Oak Park, attending local public schools. So, it was a tribute to their shared past that they named their rock band "District 97."
Oak Park, Berwyn, Cicero police looking to collaborate
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Oak Park, Cicero and Berwyn all butt up next to each other along the strip between Austin Boulevard and Harlem Avenue, and it's getting set for yet another resurfacing and streetscaping as the towns try their darndest to make it an economically vibrant strip.
Sports
A life on the run
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
The low-key, gray-haired guy who helps coach grade school kids' cross-country at Grace Lutheran School in River Forest has an amazing running résumé, one that stretches some 50 years.
Friars clobber Lindblom
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Clock in, clock 'em in the face and clock out. That was the workmanlike approach the Fenwick football team employed in a 42-0 rout of Lindblom Academy at Morton Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Phelan tosses three TD passes, Stapleton rushes for 131 yards
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
After scoring just one touchdown in the final minutes of a loss to Glenbard North in the season opener the week prior, the OPRF football team had no trouble finding the end zone against Hinsdale South on Friday night.
OPRF edges Young
Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Mike Bower caught a glimpse of an open Dimeji Williams during the OPRF soccer team's game against Whitney Young under the lights at Oak Park Stadium on Friday night and the result ended up a 1-0 Huskies victory.







 
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