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Suburban Park District Cancels Cooking Class Following Backlash
A suburban Chicago park district won’t offer a summer program that would have allowed participants to “cook and investigate the history and flavors of the transatlantic slave trade” in response to complaints that the offering was racially insensitive and offensive. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.
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Suburban Park District Cancels Cooking Class Focused on Transatlantic Slave Trade Following Backlash
The Park District of Oak Park won’t offer a summer program that would have allowed participants to “cook and investigate the history and flavors of the transatlantic slave trade” in response to complaints that the offering was racially insensitive and offensive. The class, entitled the “Transatlantic Slave Trade,” was among the programs the Park District advertised for teens and...
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Oak Park Police Investigating ‘Targeted' Fatal Shooting
Police are investigating what they’re calling a “targeted shooting” after a man was killed Tuesday evening in Chicago’s Oak Park neighborhood.
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Catalytic Converters Reportedly Stolen From Over a Dozen School Buses in Oak Park
Officials at Percy Julian Middle School in the village of Oak Park said more than a dozen catalytic converters were stolen from school buses, causing transportation delays throughout Monday. Regina Waldroup has the details.
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Catalytic Converters Reportedly Stolen From Over a Dozen Oak Park School Buses
Officials at Percy Julian Middle School in the village of Oak Park said more than a dozen catalytic converters were stolen from school buses, causing transportation delays throughout Monday.
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19th Century Club Offers Show Honoring Music of the Past
A club in Oak Park is offering a show that’s meant to both entertain and educate about music of the past, NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.
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Oak Park Police Standoff Ends After Nearly 18 Hours
Roads are reopen and police barricades are being removed in suburban Oak Park and River Forest after an 18-hour police standoff with an armed individual has to be resolved, officials said. Sandra Torres has more.
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After 18 Hours, Police Standoff With Armed Individual in Oak Park Resolved: Officials
Roads are reopen and police barricades are being removed in suburban Oak Park and River Forest after an 18-hour police standoff with an armed individual appears to be resolved.
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Aerial View: Armed Individual Barricaded Inside Oak Park Apartment
Residents are being urged to use caution in suburban Oak Park on Thursday afternoon due to an armed individual who is barricaded inside of an apartment.
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Armed Individual Barricaded Inside Oak Park Apartment, Officials Say
Residents are being urged to use caution in suburban Oak Park on Thursday afternoon due to an armed individual who is barricaded inside of an apartment.
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Oak Park Neighbors Stunned After 18-Year-Old Killed During Robbery
A chilling crime has stunned residents in suburban Oak Park, as two assailants shot and killed an 18-year-old woman in the parking lot of a gas station Wednesday morning.
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Oak Park Neighbors Stunned After 18-Year-Old Killed During Robbery
A chilling crime has stunned residents in suburban Oak Park, as two assailants shot and killed an 18-year-old woman in the parking lot of a gas station Wednesday morning. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has the story.
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18-Year-Old Woman Shot Dead During Robbery at Oak Park Gas Station Parking Lot, Police Say
A woman was shot dead by someone who then robbed her and stole her car early Wednesday in a gas station parking lot in suburban Oak Park, according to police.
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New Senior Living Community Is Coming to Oak Park This Summer
Brad Jacobson, senior executive director of American House Senior Living, joins Chicago Today to discuss a new Senior living community coming to Oak Park later this summer.
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Oak Park Students Hold Protest Demanding Action After Texas School Shooting
Students in suburban Oak Park held a protest Wednesday after a Texas school shooting left 21 people dead. NBC 5’s Christian Farr has more on their calls for action.
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13-Year-Old Shot by Chicago Police After Officers Stop Car Wanted for Carjacking in Oak Park
An unarmed 13-year-old boy was shot and seriously wounded by Chicago police after officers stopped a car wanted for a carjacking in Oak Park a day earlier, according to police sources.
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Rise in COVID Cases Prompts Emergency Meeting at Oak Park School District
Just days after the Oak Park Health Department unveiled new COVID-19 guidance for schools following an increase in cases, one village school district’s board announced its own actions to help reduce the spread of the virus. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.
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Rise in COVID Cases Prompts Emergency Meeting at Oak Park School District
Just days after the Oak Park Health Department unveiled new COVID-19 guidance for schools following an increase in cases, one village school district’s board announced its own actions to help reduce the spread of the virus. In an emergency meeting Friday, Elementary School District 97 voted to require masks on field trips and for those who attend indoor events inside…
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Nightly Update: COVID Concerns, Governor's Race
The top digital stories you need to know for Friday, May 13.
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Oak Park Updates School COVID Guidance Following Increase in Cases
Explaining COVID cases among school children continue to cause disruptions, the Oak Park Health Department has released new guidance for schools in an effort to reduce the virus’ spread.