🌱 Mayor To Visit White House + More Monkeypox + Soccer Teams Face Off

Happy Friday, Oak Park and River Forest! In today's Daily, health officials keep an eye on monkeypox and West Nile, local soccer teams face off for a good cause and Lake Theatre takes part in a nationwide cinematic event.

First, today's weather: More humid. High: 90 Low: 71.

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Here are the top 5 stories in Oak Park-River Forest today:

1. A burglar broke into a home in the 300 block of S. Austin Boulevard last week. The offender found keys and used them to steal the homeowner’s Ford Focus from where it was parked down the street. (OPPD)

2. Three additional cases of monkeypox have been confirmed in Oak Park, with three suspected cases also reported by the village health department. “The threat of MPV to the general U.S. population remains low,” village interim spokesman Erik Jacobsen told Oak Leaves. (Paid source: Oak Leaves)

3. Forest Park Mayor Rory Hoskins will visit the White House this month to attend the signing of the Inflation Reduction Act. “I hope to meet President Biden and shake his hand,” Hoskins said. (Forest Park Review)

4. Danielle Walker told Wednesday Journal she has spent nearly 10 years researching inclusion strategies. She was named Oak Park’s first ever chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer earlier this summer. “I really am grateful and honored to be in this inaugural role and to really grow with the community,” she said. (Wednesday Journal)

5. In honor of National Cinema Day, tickets are only $3 for all of tomorrow’s screenings at Lake Theatre. An extended-cut version of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is playing alongside new releases like “Beast” and “Bullet Train.” (Classic Cinemas)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Dole Center offers a foam "quillies" craft. (6 p.m.)
• OPRF and Fenwick High Schools face off on the soccer field at Oak Park Stadium for the Prevail Cup to benefit Housing Forward. (7 p.m.)
• The Taste of Melrose Park turns 40, with free entertainment and dozens of food vendors. (7 p.m.)
• Aaron Shapiro performs an outdoor concert at Compound Yellow. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Cook County recorded its first West Nile Virus-related death of 2022. (Patch)
• Oak Park organization Beyond Hunger has a full calendar of events in September in honor of Hunger Action Month. (Beyond Hunger)
• Loretto Hospital hosted free Narcan sessions this week as part of International Overdose Awareness Day. (FOX)
• With a 6-1 start to the season, the OPRF High School Huskies volleyball team is headed to the New Trier Invitational this weekend. (Wednesday Journal)
• Save the date: Mike Massé will perform at Madison Street Theater on Sept. 10. (Paid source: Elm Leaves)

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That's all for this Friday! See you tomorrow for the Labor Day weekend edition of the Patch Daily.

— 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.

Have a news tip or suggestion for an upcoming Oak Park-River Forest Daily? Contact me at georgi.presecky@patch.com