5 Things You Need to Know Today: Aug. 28

The daily 5 has the weather forecast, gas prices, and some suggestions on how to spend your day.

1. The weather

The National Weather Service predicts today will be mostly sunny, with a high near 78 degrees. Tuesday night will be mostly clear, with a low around 55 degrees.

2. Wylie Elementary family tours

The Wylie Elementary PTT will host family tours of the school today from 6-8 p.m. For more information, email cooperm@dexterschools.org.

3. Cornman Farms’ Tomato Dinner

Dexter resident Alex Young's Cornman Farms’ dinner returns to Zingerman's Roadhouse in Ann Arbor today. The meal features the best of the tomato season. The tomato bar – 23 heirloom varietals, handmade fresh mozzarella, really good olive oil, cider balsamico vinegar, and freshly-picked basil – will be available. The cost is $55 per person. For more information, call 734-663-FOOD.

4. Gas prices

MichiganGasPrices.com reports the following gasoline prices in the Dexter area as of Monday night:

• $3.94 a gallon (regular), $4.19 (diesel), BP, 200 Baker Rd.
• $3.99 a gallon (regular), $3.99 (diesel), , 2940 Baker Rd.
• $3.95 a gallon (regular), $4.13 (diesel), , 195 Baker Rd.
• $3.95 a gallon (regular), $4.13 (diesel), , 750 Baker Rd.
• $3.99 a gallon (regular), $4.19 (diesel) BP, 8135 Main St.
• $3.99 a gallon (regular), $4.19 (diesel), Mobil, 7177 Dexter-Ann Arbor Rd.

5. This day in history

Aug. 28, 1955: While visiting family in Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, was brutally murdered for whistling at a white woman four days earlier. His assailants made Emmett carry a 75-pound cotton-gin fan to the bank of the Tallahatchie River and ordered him to take off his clothes. The two men then beat him nearly to death, gouged out his eye, shot him in the head, and then threw his body into the river. For more historic dates, visit www.history.com.