Maria Gonzalez

Reporter · Oak Park, IL

With a background in education reporting for the Tribune, Maria has spent nearly eight years focused on schools and educational policy. She holds a degree in Education from Loyola University Chicago and aims to give a voice to teachers, parents, and students in Oak Park.

2 stories from Maria Gonzalez in Peoria

Schools

OPRF boys, girls cross country run down state team berths

Oak Park and River Forest senior Nick Houghton remembers well the frustration of the 2025 Class 3A boys cross country sectional. The Huskies finished eighth, one place from the last state team berth. Houghton finished one place and .1 from the final individual state berth. “(I think about that)...

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NewSchools

Oak Pak clerk addresses election volunteer telling early voters to present ID

Concerns were raised on Saturday, Oct. 31, around an election volunteer allegedly directing early voters to have identification, driver’s license or state ID, ready as they waited in line to vote at Oak Park’s Village Hall for early voting. Oak Park Village Clerk Christina Waters said, in a written...

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