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Shattered car side window with broken glass fragments on the seat.

The Oak Park Village Board approved a $20,722.56 contract amendment with Securitas Security Services to add overnight security at Avenue Parking Garage, where about 29 cars were smashed in a single night in September.

A large concrete mixer truck stopped at a street intersection with a painted crosswalk in the foreground.

Oak Park family eyes legal action after fatal cement truck crash

The family of Ann Marie LoPrieno, a 71-year-old Oak Park resident killed by a cement truck at North Boulevard and Euclid Avenue on Sept. 23, is considering legal action. The village says no changes have been made at the intersection.

Boxes and individual wrappers of Once Upon a Farm Tractor Wheels organic toddler soft-baked bars in strawberry, pumpkin and beet; apple, sweet potato and spinach; and banana, pumpkin and cauliflower flavors.

FDA warns popular Once Upon a Farm bars can cause choking

The FDA is warning parents not to serve Once Upon a Farm Tractor Wheels Organic Toddler Soft-Baked Bars after reports of toddlers choking on the product. The nationwide recall includes Illinois, and the bars were sold at Costco, Target and Walmart.

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