In 2002, The Wednesday Journal did a wonderful commemorative section honoring its centennial. It was entitled "Oak Park Stories 100 Years of Big News in a Small Town." Excepts of articles from that edition are presented here, with permission from The Wednesday Journal.

• Oak Park's Defining Moments
• How a Great Books group led to a political revolution
• In the 1950s Oak Park took the high road and the low road
• Institutionalized
• A fitting memorial for gun victim Jim Piszczor
• The VMA’s first VM