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Happy 5 year embassy-versary! Leaves a basket of cookies

Shameless us wrote:

South Side>North Side (Ofc)

Not any more. South Side ≅ North Side in crime and the powers that be just encourage more by their actions/inactions.

METH, COCAINE, AND WEED. THIS IS CHICAGO!

From NBC News Chicago [URL]: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-cicadas-2024-pest-control-pesticidies-how-to-protect-your-trees-from-cicadas/3386985/

The 1 thing you can do to potentially limit the number of cicadas in your yard, according to experts
What exactly are Illinois residents supposed to do about the upcoming cicada takeover? Not much, experts say -- the same goes for exterminators.

Velma Kelly wrote:

The Rat Hole Was Removed.

A two decade monument to Chicago was removed and put in storage.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chicago-infamous-rat-hole-removed-041846021.html?guccounter=1

From the referenced report:

A spokesperson for the Chicago Department of Transportation, Erica Schroeder, said the sidewalk slab “containing the famous ‘Chicago rat hole’” is now in temporary storage, per AP. She said the removal was a “collaborative decision between the city departments and the mayor’s office.”

This has become quite a spectacle!