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Hello Oak Lawn! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • See which Oak Lawn yards are turning Halloween up a notch
  • How Oak Lawn's gambling-machine burglaries led to new security rules
  • Why Dwyane Wade's Oak Lawn roots complicate Chicago's hoops Mount Rushmore

Also on today's calendar: Before you vote, Get the Facts on the referendum for School District 524 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: High clouds and very warm, with a high of 80 and low of 59 degrees.
  • Sunday: Clouds breaking and warm, temps: high: 76, low: 62.
  • Monday: Very warm, with a high of 83 and low of 66 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Patch's Best 2026 Halloween Yard Haunts: Cook County (patch.com) — Oak Lawn residents can tour two standout Halloween displays this year, including Smith's Grove Cemetery on South 55th Avenue, a full graveyard scene with a skeleton rock band, music, lights, and towering figures. Another Oak Lawn stop is a haunted condo balcony on Cicero Avenue, part of a wider Cook County yard-haunt guide that invites locals to submit their own spooky setups throughout October.
   

• Calumet Park man charged in connection with video gambling terminal burglaries in Oak Lawn, other suburbs (chicagotribune.com) — Oak Lawn residents are learning more about recent video gambling terminal burglaries after a Calumet Park man was charged in connection with two local break-ins at Stella's Place and Avenue Flower Shop and Wine Bar. Police say the sledgehammer-style thefts have strained village resources and helped spur new security fogger regulations approved by Oak Lawn and Alsip officials.
   

• Anthony Davis Names Mount Rushmore Of Chicago Hoopers; Leaves Isiah Thomas Off For Simple Reason (newsbreak.com) — Oak Lawn gets a shout-out in a debate over Chicago basketball greats, as the story notes Dwyane Wade's time at Harold L. Richards High School here. Anthony Davis shares his personal Mount Rushmore of Chicago hoopers, sparking discussion about who truly counts as a Chicago player and how high school roots factor into that legacy.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

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    If you or someone you know is available, please drop your number in the comments or send me a message. Thanks so much! (Nextdoor Oak Lawn)
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    Throughout October, Anti Cruelty is offering FREE spay and neuter surgeries for Pit Bulls at our Clinic for Pit Bull Awareness Month. A deposit is… (Nextdoor Oak Lawn 1)
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Ok Oak Lawn! 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!

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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