🌱 Expressway Shooting In Oak Park + Indigenous Peoples' Day

Happy Monday, Oak Park and River Forest! Let's get to the headlines for Oct. 11.

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First, today's weather: A severe p.m. t-storm; breezy. High: 82, low: 60.

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

1. An early Sunday morning shooting injured one person on the Eisenhower Expressway in the outbound lanes at East Avenue in Oak Park. State police shut down I-290 from Austin Avenue to Harlem Avenue for three hours to investigate the 190th expressway shooting this year. (ABC7)

2. A vote was delayed in Cook County to replace the name "Columbus Day" with "Indigenous Peoples' Day." It is the second time this year county commissioners have delayed the vote to change the controversial nomenclature of the day, which is observed today in the U.S. - and is already officially Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Oak Park. (Paid source: Sun-Times)

3. Agata Jagielski of Elmwood Park is pleading with the hit-and-run driver who killed her mother to come forward. Teresa Jaworecka was months away from retiring from her job as a janitor in Jackson Park when the driver of a Jeep Wrangler struck and killed her in September. (NBC5)

4. Brookfield Zoo named Dr. Michael Adkesson, DVM, as its new President and CEO. “Brookfield Zoo touches the lives of millions of people every year, inspiring them to conserve and protect animals and habitats,” said Adkesson, who begins his new role Oct. 15. (Paid source: Chicago Tribune)

5. A West Side nonprofit broke ground on a new four-story, 43-unit affordable apartment building in West Garfield Park this weekend. The United for Better Living project will cost $18 million. (Austin Weekly News)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Registration begins for Deck the Depot. (8:30 a.m.)
• Chess workshop at Dole Center. (1 p.m.)
• “Women and the Great Chicago Fire” event at The Nineteenth Century Club. (1:15 p.m.)
• Pajama story time at River Forest Public Library. (6:30 p.m.)
• Celebrate the music of Chicagoan John Prine at FitzGerald’s. (8 p.m.)

Oak Park-River Forest Patch Notebook

• The Oak Park Public Library is open today with regular hours, and is “here to connect you with books, videos, online resources, and learning experiences that celebrate Native peoples all year long.” (OPPL)
• River Forest Township is seeking a new member for its Youth Services Committee. (VRF)
• Oak Park officials are offering tips to prevent basement flooding this fall. (VOP)
• Cook County is now offering emergency rental assistance. (SEOPCO)
• River Forest is reminding residents about its leaf collection schedule. (VRF)

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

— Georgi Presecky

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