🌱 Bus Detours In Effect + Church Could Become Landmark + Pools Open

It's Friday, Chicago. Before the weekend, let's get caught up on the latest city headlines, including:

• New details about the unlicensed driver who injured four people Tuesday outside Sox Park.
• Police found another body in Lake Michigan Thursday, the third person this week.
• A security increase at this weekend's Pride events.

But first, today's weather: Mostly sunny and delightful. High: 81 Low: 64.

Here are the top 5 stories in Chicago today:

1. A 20-year-old man faces eight felony charges for a hit-and-run crash which seriously injured four people Tuesday night outside Guaranteed Rate Field. Condelarious Garcia “has never been issued a driver's license and had previously been arrested in Cook County for driving without a license,” according to court records. (Patch)

2. Investigators removed a body from Lake Michigan Thursday morning, just hours after a 19-year-old woman went missing near Foster Beach. Witnesses told police she “was swept under water by a strong current while attempting to make her way back to shore.” (Patch)

3. Six teens face a range of charges after damaging the inside of a store on Michigan Avenue Tuesday. Police said a group of juveniles also jumped on a vehicle in the Douglas neighborhood the same night. (NBC)

4. The Bronzeville church where Emmett Till was memorialized could soon become a U.S. landmark, CBS reports. Illinois senators hope to make Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ a national monument with new legislation. It is already a designated Chicago landmark. (CBS)

5. More than 70 park district pools will open today across the city, Block Club reports. Pool openings were delayed last summer due to a shortage of lifeguards. (Block Club)

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Today in Chicago:

• Join the Roving Naturalists at Garfield Park Conservatory. (11:30 a.m.)
• "Asteroid City" opens at the Music Box Theatre. (2 p.m.)
• The Red Sox come to town to play the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field, with a NASCAR theme night and post-game fireworks planned. (7:10 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The CTA is distributing free Pride Posters to Red Line riders at Belmont or Sheridan stations. (CTA)
• More than a dozen CTA bus detours go into effect Monday ahead of the NASCAR Chicago Street Race. (Paid source: Sun-Times)
• This Sunday’s Pride Parade is expected to have increased security. (Block Club)
• Jay Pharoah will film a comedy special later this summer at The Den Theatre. (Broadway World)

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That's all for June 23. See you tomorrow for another edition!

— 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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