🌱 New COVID Guidance As Cases Rise + Forest Park School To Close

Good morning, Oak Park and River Forest! Here's your quick guide to today's headlines.

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

1. The Oak Park Department of Public Health issued new safety guidance for schools as COVID-19 cases increase. Health experts are urging contact tracing and adherence to CDC guidelines about isolating for five days after testing positive. (VOP)

2. A Chicago man was arrested May 11 for threatening a teenager at the CTA Blue Line Station on Austin Boulevard, according to Oak Park police. He also struck a police officer while being detained and is charged with aggravated assault and battery to a police officer. (Paid source: Oak Leaves)

3. Grant-White Intermediate School will officially close this summer, the Review reports. The Forest Park School District 91 board voted to keep Betsy Ross Primary School open for at least one more year. (Forest Park Review)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Free blood pressure screenings are offered at the Oak Park Public Library as part of Celebrating Seniors Week. (10 a.m.)
• The River Forest Police Department presents “Fraud and Scams: A Crime Prevention Approach.” (11 a.m.)
• Donate blood at Oak Park Public Library. (Noon)
• Join Meditation Mondays with the OPRF Chamber of Commerce. (12:15 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• NPR host Peter Sagal sold his Oak Park home after more than 20 years in the village. (Paid source: Oak Leaves)
• The Oak Park Art League’s new exhibit “Abandoned Spaces” is now open through May 26. (Patch)
• Save the date: early voting begins June 13. (County Clerk)
• The Oak Park Police Department is bringing back its community policing initiative Bike the Beat. (VOP)
• Tonight’s poetry event at Dole Center has been canceled. (PDOP)

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— 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.

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