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Share-worthy stories from the Illinois Patch network to talk about tonight:

Restaurants Struggle With Hiring Shortage As IL Reopening Nears

"We're struggling to find employees. Some are still afraid to be so close to people. Others are making enough (collecting) unemployment."

Illinois Shopper Among Faces In Instacart National Campaign

"I've never been happier, honest to God. I'm doing what I love, I'm good at it and I take such pride in the fact that I do it the way I'd want it done for me."

FBI Chicago Holds Diversity Agent Recruitment For Special Agents

The FBI is hiring 1,000 special agents with ethnic diversity a priority at an online recruitment event in Chicago June 2.

Jeremy Hylka Arrested By Joliet Police On 2 Felony Charges

Two weeks after a video appeared to show showed the teacher and youth minister attempting to meet up with an underage boy, he was released from a hospital and arrested.

Shedd Aquarium Sued Over Research Boat Sexual Harassment Claims

Susan Catherine Edgerton worked aboard the Coral Reef II for about a year before she was fired with no explanation, the lawsuit states.

Also Worth a Look Today

• Town's Memorial Day Parade Cancelled
• Woman Stabs Man During Domestic Dispute: Police
• Coroner IDs Body In Burning Car
• Chicago Children's Hospitals Plan Clinics To Vaccinate Kids 12-15
• Girl, 12, Shot To Death; No Charges Filed
• Water Park To Open In June
• Scaled-Back Memorial Day Parade Planned For Naperville
• Edward-Elmhurst Health Donates Respirators, Gowns, More To India
• Record Number Of Rabbits Need Homes In DuPage County
• Vaccination Portal Set To Open For Kids Ages 12-15
• Ethics Board Elimination Fails In Final Act Of Lame Duck Council
• Snoop Dogg Cancels RiverEdge Park Show
• Baby Bison Make Big Arrival in Batavia

Across America

• Panic Buying At the Pump, State of Emergency, Fallout From Hack
• First Transgender Christian Bishop In U.S. Elected In California

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