🌱 1 Dead In Expressway Shooting + Hotel Could Become Shelter

Welcome back to Patch's Chicago newsletter, a quick guide to the latest local headlines. In today's news:

• Funeral services will be held today for Officer Areanah Preston.
• At least 10 people were robbed on the Northwest side this week.
• A new report names Chicago among the "best places to live."

But first, today's weather: Sunny and cooler. High: 60 Low: 49.

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Here are the top 4 stories in Chicago today:

1. A person was shot and killed Tuesday morning on the Eisenhower Expressway near Cicero Avenue, CBS reports. Several lanes were closed as Illinois State Police responded to the shooting report. Another person inside the victim’s vehicle was injured. (CBS)

2. Officer Areanah Preston will be laid to rest today. Funeral services will be held at Trinity United Church of Christ. Preston was 24 years old when she was shot and killed outside her Avalon Park home earlier this month. (ABC)

3. A group of men robbed at least 10 victims Sunday night on the Northwest side. Police issued a community alert, saying the robbers were riding in a gray Hyundai Elantra. (WGN)

4. City leaders approved a proposal to buy the Diplomat Hotel and possibly convert it into temporary housing for migrants, Block Club reports. A meeting about the Lincoln Square motel plan will be held May 31 at Swedish Hospital. (Block Club)

Today in Chicago:

• Farmers markets are held in Lincoln Park, Ravenswood, Pullman and Uptown. (Times vary)
• Gallagher Way kicks off its summer movie series with a free screening of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” (6 p.m.)
• Lizzo performs at the United Center. (8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart called on lawmakers to better enforce the state’s gun laws. “Right now, there’s 27,000 People in Cook County, just in Cook County, who have had the right to have a firearm revoked. And there’s been no effort to go and get any of the guns back. None,” Dart said. (WBEZ)
• Chicago was named among U.S. News and World Report’s “best places to live.” (Patch)
• Actor Jamie Foxx is reportedly recovering from a medical condition at a Chicago facility. (ABC)
• Block Club Chicago curated a guide to next month’s Pride events across the city. (Block Club)

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You're all caught up on this Wednesday! See you tomorrow for more local stories.

— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.

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