🌱 TV Workers Strike + Women Vets Honored + High School Shooting

Good morning, Lakeview! Let's get to your five-minute summary of the news for Thursday, Oct. 7.

First, today's weather: Occasional rain and a thunderstorm. High: 71, low: 66.

Here are the top stories today in Lakeview:

1. More details are emerging in the Monday shooting outside Lakeview High School that killed a 16-year-old boy. Ald. Tom Tunney said police assure him the incident was unrelated to the school community and occurred near the building "by happenstance." The identity of the victim remains unknown. (CWB)

2. Film and TV production is at an all-time high in the Chicago area, but that could be impacted a worker strike. More than 98 percent of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees voted this week to strike for better pay and guaranteed meal breaks. (FOX32)

3. More than 90 female veterans were honored Wednesday as part of a historic flight out of Midway International Airport. Ninety-three veterans of all branches took a round-trip honor flight from Midway to visit National Memorials in Washington, D.C. as part of "Operation HerStory." (NBC5)

4. Chicago will experience warm and sunny weather Sunday for the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, which was postponed last year due to the pandemic. NBC is offering tips for spectators for this year's race, which kicks off at 7 a.m. Oct. 10. (NBC5)

5. Radio co-host Melissa McGurren is speaking out about leaving WTMX-FM 101.9 in December due to host Eric Ferguson creating an "unbearable hostile work environment" for her and other women. Ferguson is being sued by former employee Cynthia DeNicolo for defamation and coercing sexual acts. (Paid source: Chicago Tribune)

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Today in Lakeview:

• Long-awaited James Bond sequel “No Time To Die” opens at The Landmark. (4 p.m.)
• Autumn Nights in Old Town. (5 p.m.)
• Happy Hour at Moe’s Cantina. (5 p.m.)
• '90s Night at Little Wild. (6 p.m.)
• Catch “The Humans” on stage at the Redtwist Theatre before the film adaptation is released in November. (7:30 p.m.)

Lakeview Patch Notebook

• Tomorrow marks the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire, which destroyed 17,450 buildings. Find out which survived and still stand today. (Paid source: Chicago Tribune)
• Lakeview Pantry is expanding its Health and Hope Program to Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital. (Pantry)
• The National LGBT Chamber of Commerce is supporting struggling LGBTQ+ owned restaurants and bars with a new grant program. (NGLCC)
• Metropolis Performing Arts Centre resumes indoor performances tonight with a revival of “Legally Blonde.” (Daily Herald)
• Lakeview YMCA is now hiring and will host a virtual job fair Oct. 15. (YMCA)

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That's all for today, Lakeview. See you tomorrow for everyone's favorite Daily, the Friday edition!

— Georgi Presecky

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