The Oak Park Public Library was closed Monday after receiving a threat of an explosion.
At about 7 p.m. Sunday, Oak Park Public Library staff reported a threat to the police department's non-emergency number that was received by the library's online contact page. "There will be a big explosion all over Cook county’s highways and librarys including Chicago gurnee and oak park.
It will explode sometime tomorrow 8/21/2023." [sic]At about 2:45 p.m., the library announced that it will re-open with regular hours on Tuesday.Police said that several libraries across the northern suburbs received similar threats on Aug. 17 and no explosives were ever found or detonated.
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