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Chicago's street cleaning season begins today, requiring residents to move their cars to avoid tickets as sweepers clear debris. The city offers a Sweeper Tracker and posted signs for schedule awareness.

Chicago police seek public help to find missing 61-year-old Debra Perrault, also known as Debra Aguayo, who suffers from schizophrenia and epilepsy. She was last seen on March 28, 2024.

Chicago officials are relocating migrants from park shelters to temporary housing to restore park facilities for community use, a process that has begun with some upheaval for the affected individuals.

A judge ordered a breakaway Korean congregation in Naperville to return church property to the United Methodist Church amid disputes over LGBTQ policies and control issues.

The UW President proposes a 3.75% tuition hike, pending a vote by the Board of Regents, which would be the second increase after a decade-long freeze.

Ben Stern, Holocaust survivor and activist against neo-Nazism, died at 102. He notably led opposition to a Nazi group's planned march in Skokie, Illinois, in the 1970s.

An Illinois player won $1 million in Mega Millions, with the ticket from Bartlett's RT 59 Gasoline. Other local wins totaled $20,000 and $10,000.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul encourages residents with defaulted federal student loans to use the U.S. Department of Education's Fresh Start program before its deadline on September 30, 2024.

The 43rd annual Shamrock Shuffle in Chicago drew over 24,000 participants, marking the start of the outdoor running season with an 8K race and community events.

The Anti-Defamation League identifies Chicago pro-Palestinian groups as fomenting antisemitism. Tensions escalate as public figures and advocacy organizations engage in a war of words.

In Chicago, confusion surrounded the eviction of migrants from city shelters after only three were removed despite a projected 34, against a backdrop of low city funds and migrant uncertainty.

Chicago has started to enforce a 60-day limit for migrants in city shelters, with a few evictions and some extensions granted. Mayor Johnson's administration asserts the policy aids in fostering self-sufficiency.