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🌱 Patch AM: Caller Claimed To Have Gun, Homemade Bomb Inside Oak Forest HS, Threatened To Shoot Up School: Police

And check out Women's Club Annual Fall Craft/Vendor Fair and Car Show on the Oak Forest Patch calendar

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Good morning to you Oak Forest! Catch up on our news and events right here. Keep reading to stay in the know. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Swatting call triggers tense lockdown at Oak Forest High School
  • How a stolen Oak Forest trailer sparked a multistate copper heist

Also on today's calendar: Women's Club Annual Fall Craft/Vendor Fair and Car Show and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Is there anybody completely useless? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Cloudy, with a high of 65 and low of 56 degrees.
  • Thursday: Periods of clouds and sun, temps: high: 69, low: 53.
  • Friday: Sunshine and a few clouds, with a high of 69 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Caller Claimed To Have Gun, Homemade Bomb Inside Oak Forest HS, Threatened To Shoot Up School: Police (patch.com) — Parents and residents in Oak Forest learned that a terrifying threat at Oak Forest High School was actually a swatting call, after a man falsely claimed to have guns and a homemade bomb in a school bathroom. Police locked down and partially evacuated the building, thoroughly searched the campus, and later confirmed there was no real danger, with the investigation now handed to the FBI.
   

• $500K In Lifted Copper Wire, Trailer Stolen From Oak Forest Discovered Hundreds Of Miles Away: Sheriff (patch.com) — Police say a trailer stolen from Oak Forest was used to haul about $500,000 in copper wire taken from a DeKalb business, before being tracked across Kentucky and Ohio. Investigators from multiple states helped recover the wire and trailer, and three people were taken into custody as the Cook County Sheriff's Office continues its investigation.
   

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🗞 Nearby News

Tinley Park

  • Tinley Park eyes ending 2-hour parking limits around Harmony Square (chicagotribune.com)
  • 'The nicest situation I could ask for': Why young some adults are opting to live at home (baltimoresun.com)

Alsip

  • Elim Christian Services Celebrates 30 Years Of Klompen, Banket And Hutspot Saturday At Dutch Fest (patch.com)

Orland Park

  • Orland Park Lions Queen Of Hearts Raffle To Benefit Survivors Of Law Enforcement Line Of Duty Deaths (patch.com)
  • Beloved Orland Nonprofit Treasure Chest Foundation Gets New Leader (patch.com)

Ok Oak Forest! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: No because they can always be used as a bad example! (Thank you Gary M. for sending it in!)
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