🌱 BP Vandalized + Val's Records Celebrates 50 Years + Free Gas

Georgi Presecky
Updated ·3 min read

Happy Tuesday, Oak Park and River Forest! Here's the news for March 22.

First, today's weather: Cooler with occasional rain. High: 53 Low: 49.

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

1. The glass front door of the BP gas station at 6119 Roosevelt Road was broken with a blunt object, according to Oak Park police. The damage occurred on March 17 and cost an estimated $450 to replace. (Paid source: Oak Leaves)

2. A Maywood man was arrested last week in connection with three stabbings on the Las Vegas strip in January. Bradley Pitts was arrested on three counts of battery with use of a deadly weapon. (NBC)

3. Val’s halla Records will celebrate 50 years of business with a “Cue the Record” event tonight at FitzGeralds. Tickets include an all-you-can-eat BBQ buffet and all-vinyl music from 1972, the year Val’s opened in Oak Park. (Val’s)

4. Dr. Willie Wilson will host another gas giveaway on Thursday. He plans to give away $1 million worth of gasoline at 50 stations across Chicagoland, including locations in Maywood and River Grove. (Patch)

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Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

  • Join the OPRF Museum for a presentation on Universal Suffrage. (7 p.m.)

  • Poet Ada Limón gives a reading at Dominican University. (7 p.m.)

  • Set in 1950s Chicago, “The Outfit” is now playing at Lake Theatre. (7:10 p.m.)

  • St. Giles Parish leads a quiet prayer session for Lent. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Illinois has surpassed 33,000 deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic began. (Paid source: Tribune)

  • The Oak Park Public Library is offering educational and philanthropic resources related to supporting Ukraine during the Russian invasion. (OPPL)

  • Trinity High School dedicated its newly renovated Alice M. Fox Auditorium this weekend. (THS)

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That's all for Tuesday! See you tomorrow for more local headlines.

— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.

This article originally appeared on the Oak Park-River Forest Patch