Who’s Running this City Anyway: Mass Murder, Bike Lanes and Potholes

April 18, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report – April 17, 2026 Chicago showed two faces on Friday. In one, the governor walked a safe block in downtown with cameras and handlers. In the other, regular people lived with mass shootings, carjackings, flooded bike lanes,…

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Pattern of Death and Improvisation: Fog, Blood, and Streetlight Crime

April 17, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report – April 16, 2026 First break in the illusion came just after lunch in the Loop, when someone jumped from a building at 235 West Van Buren, between Wells and Franklin. Police and fire trucks crowded the…

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They Don’t Care: Violence, Failed Priorities and Broken Policies

April 16, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report – April 15, 2026 Student gunned down at bus stop after school. Eric “EK” Billups (16) a Hyde Park Academy student was executed at a bus stop on 63rd & Stony on April 15, 2026, just minutes…

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Eric Billups Student murdered at Hyde Park Academy bus stop 63rd and Stony Island during dismissal Southside Chicago

April 15, 2026

Eric “EK” Billups (16) a Hyde Park Academy student was executed at a bus stop on 63rd & Stony on April 15, 2026, just minutes after school let out. He and his girlfriend were walking to the bus when a…

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Chicago in the Red: Empty Corners, Urban Terror, and a City on Edge

April 15, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report – April 14, 2026 It’s hot, sticky, and wrong in Chicago. 82 degrees in mid-April. Tornado watches over the suburbs. The scanner is rolling nonstop. I’m driving the blocks with the mic on and Bluetooth half-working, watching…

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From Drop to Surge: Chicago Crime Increase Expands in Week 15

April 15, 2026

SubX.News® Crime Report After weeks of rising violence, Chicago crime is no longer just rebounding — it is now clearly increasing above last year’s levels. What began as a sharp drop in early 2026 has been erased week by week,…

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30 people shot across Chicago this weekend, a 50% increase from last year

April 14, 2026

Final Demonized Tally: 1 killed, 29 wounded2025 weekend tally: 4 killed, 16 wounded2024 weekend tally: 11 killed, 42 wounded2023 weekend tally: 14 killed, 30 wounded2022 weekend tally: 1 killed, 19 wounded2021 weekend tally: 8 killed, 23 wounded2020 weekend tally: 6…

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Three Triples – Murder, Shootings and Death: Chicago is Unsafe

April 13, 2026

SubX.News® Crime Report – April 13, 2026 @ 630am Chicago Violence Totals (Apr 10–Apr 13, 2026) 30 victims shot | 1 shooting homicide | 4 other fatalities/death investigations Weekend started with shots fired into a CTA bus on the South…

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Hookers, Dollar Tree, and Golf: Rules for Thee, Not for Me

April 11, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report – April 10, 2026 Chicago insists nobody is above the law. Ride the streets with a scanner and open eyes long enough, and you see the truth: plenty act like they are, and too many leaders let…

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