🌱 1 Dead After Lake Street Shooting + Vaccine Clinics For Children

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First, today's weather: Sun, some clouds. High: 78 Low: 64.

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Here are the top 3 stories today in Oak Park-River Forest:

1. A man was shot and killed Saturday night in the 100 block of Lake Street, CBS Chicago reports. Oak Park police identified the victim as a 41-year-old Chicago man. (CBS)

2. An additional hearing on the liquor license at the Forest Park Tap Room will be held tomorrow after several cancellations and postponements. The bar has been the subject of scrutiny on Madison Street for its “pattern of disruptive customer behavior and incidents of customers and co-owners being belligerent toward the police.” (Forest Park Review)

3. Only about five percent of Illinois children younger than five years old have been vaccinated to protect against COVID-19. The Oak Park Department of Public Health’s next kid-friendly vaccine clinic is set for tomorrow at Cheney Mansion. (VOP)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Pick up a craft bag at River Forest Public Library. (9 a.m.)
• Oak Park Public Library offers tips for online job applications. (2 p.m.)
• Illinois Senate President Don Harmon will host a third town hall meeting tonight at Austin Public Library. The Oak Park lawmaker will be joined by Rep. Camille Lily at the free event. (6:30 p.m.)
• Create “mixed media poetry masterpieces” at Dole Center. (6:30 p.m.)
• Take a salsa class at Hit It! Fitness. (8:15 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• On this date in 1956, two Oak Parkers were rescued from the sinking Andria Doria. (OPRF Museum)
• Oak Park storyteller and juggler Chris Fascione will take his show to Hinsdale Aug. 3. (Paid source: Oak Leaves)
• Whirlwind Coffee will host a tasting event tomorrow at Cheney Mansion. (PDOP)

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That's all for today! See you tomorrow for the Tuesday edition.

— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.