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Podcast Praise: Connecting Teachers and Community

Dr. Laurie Fiorenza has created the “Hear It From a Huskie” podcast to showcase the great work of the teachers in Oak Park and River Forest High School in Illinois

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Under new proposal, all Chicago Board of Education members would be elected by next year

An amendment filed by Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, would allow the board to be fully elected as soon as next year by splitting up memberships to two and four-year terms.

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Oak Park takes emergency steps to help with migrant crisis

The village has approved emergency spending and recently provided emergency shelter for more than 100 migrants staying at a Chicago police station.

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Will gas stoves become a thing of the past in Chicago?

Induction stoves, heat pumps and electric appliances may be the future of new Chicago buildings.

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Senate President Don Harmon gives back red-light camera company’s campaign cash after Sun-Times report

His spokesman says it was an “oversight” that Harmon’s campaign funds took the money after the Oak Park Democrat voted to ban contributions from red-light camera operators.

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Chicago-area retiree opens her home to migrants — ‘new family members’ — stuck at police stations

Elaine Pierce, an Oak Park resident with terminal cancer, opened her bungalow to families in early August. Advocates say she’s an example of the resolve needed to turn the migrant crisis into an opportunity.

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Illinois lawmakers banned campaign contributions from red-light camera companies but take them anyway

Among those accepting campaign contributions after supporting what was portrayed as reform legislation: Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park.

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South Side artist Max Sansing repaints, and reimagines, 79th Street mural

This week’s Murals and Mosaics newsletter takes a look at the recently restored 79th Street ‘Culture is Power’ mural, a 50-year-old mural on a North Side church and an Oak Park piece centered on joy.

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Boston reportedly tenders training camp deal to DJ Steward

The Oak Park native shot 40.9% from 3, 45.8% from the field, and 82.1% from the free throw line during his time in Stockton.

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Cook County backs spending about $14 million to buy two suburban hotels for the unhoused

The county was already helping rent the former hotels in Evanston and Oak Park. The plan won approval from the full board, though some commissioners wanted low-income south suburbs prioritized.

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Oak Park native, Moroccan husband collect donations for mountain rescue team following deadly earthquake

Brahim Inknjtaoun is raising funds to help his former mountain guide colleagues who are assisting with rescue and recovery efforts after Friday’s magnitude 6.8 shaker.

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Man dies after natural gas explosion in Oak Park apartment building

David Rech, 64, was taken to Loyola University Medical Center, where he died the following day, officials said.

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Natural gas explosion causes fire in Oak Park apartment building; 1 injured

A man was hospitalized, but his condition wasn’t known. About 12 other residents were displaced from their homes.

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After mass shooting, Kansas City neighborhood leader points to lack of police protection

When there’s an emergency in Kansas City’s Oak Park — an area long plagued by gun violence — some residents choose not to contact police, according to the neighborhood association President Pat Clarke.

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Will Oak Park’s modernist and National Register-listed village hall be razed?

Built in 1975, the building was designed by noted Chicago architect Harry Weese. Village officials seek new space for employees and cops.

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Biden names Oak Park’s Sheila Nix to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign chief of staff

In 2020, Nix was campaign chief of staff for then-Sen. Kamala Harris when she joined the Biden ticket.

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Heather Mack pleads guilty to plotting mother’s 2014 killing in Bali

Despite a deal with prosecutors, Mack seems to face a wide range of outcomes when she is sentenced. Prosecutors have taken the position that she should not be credited for the time she spent imprisoned in Indonesia. Mack’s lawyers disagree.

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Patrick Gasienica, Olympic ski jumper from Oak Park, dies in motorcycle accident

Gasienica died after being involved in a motorcycle accident on Monday night in the village of Bull Valley, located in Chicago’s far northwestern suburbs. He was 24.

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4 shot during funeral procession in Oak Park

Police in the western suburb said the wounded people were targeted in the procession.

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Last Chinese emperor’s wristwatch — with Oak Park connection — sells for $6.2 million

Oak Park-based journalist Russell Working played a vital role in helping to authenticate the Patek Philippe watch.

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His book captures 100 years of folk and country music history in Chicago

CHICAGO — Mark Guarino is a child of Oak Park, Illinois, and has been a writer since high school, his work appearing in a vast and varied number of publications, on stages of theaters in plays he created and now, finally, between covers in a spectacular book dedicated to the…

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Feds reveal Heather Mack texts in ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ killing of her Oak Park mom at Bali resort: ‘Im sneaky … Im smart … and I watch’

The newly released messages between the Chicago area resident and her boyfriend come as she faces trial July 31, accused of plotting to kill her mother, whose body was found in a suitcase at a posh resort in 2014.

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Black-owned business in Oak Park ‘barely holding on’ 3 years into the pandemic

House of Melanin, a beauty supply store for African American hairstyles, opened in Oak Park in 2018 and was successful up until the pandemic. Now, the owners say the growth of online ordering threatens to put them out of business.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cannabis operator MedMen considers selling stores in Oak Park, Morton Grove

MedMen Enterprises said it is also reviewing other asset sales as it attempts to narrow losses.

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PAWS Chicago cuts adoption fees for senior dogs in honor of Betty White’s 101st birthday

Senior dogs at PAWS Chicago can be adopted for as little as $101 in honor of the Oak Park-born actor, comedian and animal lover, who died in 2021.

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