🌱 Person Shot On Oak Park Expressway Ramp + DMVs Reopen

Happy Monday! Let's start the week with the latest local stories.

First, today's weather: Morning snow, 1-3"; cloudy. High: 30 Low: 6.

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Here are the top 4 stories in Oak Park-River Forest today:

1. A person was shot Friday night on the Eisenhower Expressway in Oak Park. The victim was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after being shot on the I-290 ramp to Harlem Avenue. It was the 11th Cook County expressway shooting of 2022. (ABC)

2. The omicron variant is “still running rampant” in Forest Park, according to Growing Community Media. More than 36 percent of the village’s total COVID-19 cases have occurred over the past three months. (Forest Park Review)

3. Lyons School District 103 will return to in-person classes today after taking an “adaptive pause” last week. The district attributed the remote learning to a rise in COVID-19 cases, but did not report official numbers. (D103)

4. Illinois driver facilities will reopen today after being closed for three weeks due to the omicron surge. Online services will still be available through the secretary of state website. (NBC)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Visit Concordia University’s Ferguson Gallery to see the landscape exhibition “Land of Wonder.” (9 a.m.)
• Public skate at RCRC Ice Rink. (Noon)
• Stern Glass Works hosts an open studio event. (1 p.m.)
• Learn about the Mexican Fine Arts Museum at a Nineteenth Century Club presentation. (1:15 p.m.)
• Oak Park Photography Club meets at the library. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Oak Park Art League named the winners of this year’s Figures & Faces Exhibition. (OPAL)
• Nonprofit "A House in Austin" is celebrating five years serving the community, founded by Oak Park resident Erica Hilgart. (Wednesday Journal)
• Oak Park and River Forest townships are offering a senior services handyman program to help older residents with small home repairs. (Patch)

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