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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.

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...

Police are investigating what they’re calling a “targeted shooting” after a man was killed Tuesday evening in Chicago’s Oak Park neighborhood.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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.