🌱 Man Missing After Salt Shed Concert + Pride Fest Weekend

Hello! Patch is back with the Thursday edition of the Chicago newsletter. Today's top stories include:

• Chicago police are searching for a missing 26-year-old man.
• Migrants share their shelter experiences.
• Juneteenth celebrations and more local events.

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Now, today's weather: A stray afternoon t-shower. High: 76 Low: 55.

Here are the top 5 stories today in Chicago:

1. Chicago police are searching for Noah Enos, 26. He was last seen leaving a concert Monday Night at the Salt Shed in the Goose Island neighborhood. (ABC)

2. New data shows 17,000 catalytic converters have been stolen from cars in Chicago since 2019, the Sun-Times reports. The paper found records of only 34 arrests related to the thefts. (Sun-Times)

3. Chicago Pride Fest will be held this weekend in Northalsted, with more than 60,000 people expected to attend the annual festival. Navy Pier will host a free pride event June 24, with the city pride parade set for June 25. (Choose Chicago)

4. Migrants from nine Chicago shelters spoke to the Tribune about their experiences at local shelters. Many said they “miss the support they found at police stations where countless Chicagoans have stepped up to help” with food, supplies, clothes and “making them feel welcome.” (Paid source: Tribune)

5. Wicker Park nonprofit Equity Arts received a $5 million grant from the city’s pandemic initiative, the Chicago Recovery Plan. The group is raising additional funds to buy and renovate the Lubinski Furniture building as headquarters. (Block Club)

Today in Chicago:

• Check out the Daley Plaza City Market. (7 a.m.)
• The Lincoln Belmont Branch Library hosts a drop-in craft. (9 a.m.)
• Willis Tower hosts a 50th anniversary celebration. (3 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Taste of Chicago will be held in Grant Park in September, pushed from its usual mid-July schedule due to the planned NASCAR street race. (NBC)
• Mariano’s will kick off a weekend of Juneteenth celebrations with an event in Bronzeville tomorrow. (Mariano’s)
• The Chosen Few Festival returns to Jackson Park next month. (Block Club)
• Donations to PAWS Chicago are being matched up to $35,000 this week. (PAWS)

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That's all for today! 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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