When Dr. Theresa Chapple-McGruder was first hired as the public health director for the Village of Oak Park in May 2021, she came into the job with a singular mindset: Keep people alive.
Oak Park is making naloxone, an emergency opioid overdose medication, available in special boxes that will be installed in seven accessible, public locations throughout the village as part of an “Opioid Overdose Prevention Project.
The school’s announcement that all clubs, athletics and extracurricular activities would be canceled for the remainder of the semester sparked protests from parents and students Saturday. The school backtracked on its plans the following day.