TV Show Films In River Forest + Austin Shooting Injures 5

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First, today's weather: Rain in the morning and overnight. High: 80 Low: 68.

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

1. Five people were injured in a mass shooting in South Austin Sunday. Around 3 a.m., shooters opened fire at a group sitting on a porch in the 900 block of North Massasoit Avenue. No one is in custody for the crime, which left all five victims in serious condition. (CBS Chicago)

2. River Forest trustees voted to implement a new residential solar program in the village. Solar farm participants would “net a 20 percent discount from their annual Commonwealth Edison supply charges,” Robert J. Lifka reports. (Wednesday Journal)

3. Oak Park resident and DePaul University professor Andrea Kayne has penned and published a new book. “Kicking Ass in a Corset: Jane Austen’s 6 Principles for Leading and Living from the Inside Out” is out now, and Kayne says it was largely inspired by her time in Oak Park. Autographed copies are available at The Book Table. (Forest Park Review)

4. “Ordinary Joe” premieres tonight on NBC. The show filmed part of its pilot episode on the Dominican University quad in November 2020. (DU)

5. Cook County has unveiled a Racial Equity Action Plan to address “some of the largest racial inequality gaps in the nation.” County Board President Toni Preckwinkle detailed the plan on WBEZ in honor of Racial Equity Week. (WBEZ)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Join naturalist Retta Hennessy and the park district for a nature walk. (10 a.m.)
• “Coffee Monday” at the River Forest Public Library. (10 a.m.)
• The OPRF Chamber of Commerce hosts Meditation Mondays. (12:15 p.m.)
• The Oak Park Village Board meets. (6:30 p.m.)

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• Oak Park librarian Dontaná McPherson-Joseph recommends titles for the American Library Association “Banned Books Week.” (OPPL)
• A pay-what-you-can bookstore opened on Chicago’s West Side. (Austin Weekly News)
• River Forest earned the 2021 Distinguished Budget Presentation Award from the Government Finance Officers Association. (VRF)
• Fenwick High School is remembering George Wendt, the teacher and alumnus who died Sept. 11 in Lake Michigan. The Hall of Fame swimmer was 73. (FHS)
• Oak Park officials are partnering with FEMA to offer tips in honor of National Preparedness Month. (VOP)

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