Train Strikes Man Near Oak Park + Eviction Moratorium Expires

Hello, Oak Park and River Forest! Welcome to a new week of Patch’s daily newsletters.

First, today's weather: Clear throughout the day. High: 81, low: 62.

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

1. A man was struck and killed by a Metra commuter train near Oak Park Sunday night. He was walking on the tracks between the Kedzie and Oak Park stops around 11 p.m. Sunday. (CBS2)

2. Oak Park native Ellis Coleman is in Tokyo as an alternate for the U.S. Olympic wrestling team. Coleman has been in Japan for two weeks, training and encouraging his teammates. He led the Oak Park and River Forest High School team to the championship in 2009 and said of the Olympics: “this is bigger than just me.” (Chicago Tribune)

3. Speaking of local sports, high school teams are on the football field preparing for the fall season, from OPRF to Fenwick. (Wednesday Journal)

4. The District 97 school board hired an executive search firm to find its next superintendent, though they are still working on a timeline for the national search. (Wednesday Journal)

5. The nationwide eviction moratorium expired Saturday. The ban was put in place by the CDC early in the pandemic to assist workers whose jobs were altered or cut by COVID-19 closures. More than 3.6 million Americans are at risk of eviction this week. (AP)

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Today in Oak Park and River Forest

• Virtual story-time for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. (10 a.m.)
• Oak Park Public Library hosts virtual workshops on meditation (noon), entrepreneurship (noon) and memoir writing. (6 p.m.)
• "Paint Your Pet" with River Forest Public Library. (3:30 p.m.)
• Catch Matt Damon’s “Stillwater” at Lake Theatre. (6:45 p.m.)

Oak Park-River Forest Patch Notebook

• River Forest Public Works will be collecting brush from last week’s storm through Aug. 4. (VORF)
• The Oak Park Farmers’ Market is offering coupons for SNAP users and certain vendors. (VOP)
• Growing Community Media is hiring; the group publishes Wednesday Journal, Forest Park Review and more. (GCM)
• Dominican University’s newest chief diversity officer Precious Porras is speaking out about DACA and dreamers. (Wednesday Journal)
• Oak Park native and “Saturday Night Live” performer Cecily Strong is on the Kelly Corrigan podcast today. (Kelly Corrigan Wonders)

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You're all caught up on the latest news in OPRF. See you bright and early tomorrow.

— Georgi

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