🌱 7 Shot At Austin Party + Longtime Business For Sale

Hello, Oak Park and River Forest. Let's get to today's top local stories.

But first, today's weather: Partly sunny. High: 77 Low: 58.

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

1. A person was killed and six others were injured Saturday at a house party in Austin, the Sun-Times reports. Police said “a verbal altercation” led to the shooting in the 4800 block of West Iowa Street. One of the injured was treated at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park. (Paid source: Sun-Times)

2. The Illinois budget passed last week in Springfield, including “several provisions that benefit the Village” of River Forest, officials announced in this month’s online newsletter. Funds will go toward demolishing the water tower near Harlem and Central, street projects and other capital improvements. (VRF)

3. Gina’s Italian Ice in Berwyn is up for sale, according to the Wednesday Journal. The business has been on Roosevelt Road since 1977. (Wednesday Journal)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Make interactive watercolor paintings at the Oak Park Public Library. (10 a.m.)
• The Park District of Oak Park offers a class on creating a YouTube channel. (Noon)
• Illinois Libraries presents “Navigate Your Stars: A Conversation with Jesmyn Ward.” (7 p.m.)

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From my notebook:

• The Oak Park Disability Access Commission is “inviting the community to share concerns and ideas” at a meeting tonight at the Oak Park Public Library’s Maze Branch. (VOP)
• Pride Month events are underway in both villages. (VOP)
• The “River Forest Reads” program will host discussions this summer on Eden Robins’ “When Franny Stands Up,” set in 1940s Oak Park. (Library)

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That's all for today. See you tomorrow for more local stories.

— 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.