Archive for June 2026
Brick Walls, Soft Promises in the City That Won’t Change
SubX.News® Street Report – June 18, 2026 On the night an old Chevy van plowed into a brick wall in a Jewel Osco parking lot that everybody on the street…
Read MoreGeneral Order No. 3
issued by Union Major General Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas, proclaimed that all enslaved people in Texas were free. This decree enforced the Emancipation Proclamation in…
Read MoreChicago’s ‘Equity’ Mayor vs. Street Reality
SubX.News® Street Report – June 15, 2026 Four fifty-seven on a Monday in June. Downtown Chicago is supposed to be humming. The workday is ending. Office towers are emptying out.…
Read More“It Was Just a Joke”: Why the ‘Asian Eyes’ Gesture at the World Cup Still Matters
SubX.News® Commentary When a South Korean influencer turned her camera on herself to celebrate her team’s World Cup victory in Mexico, the last thing she expected to capture was the…
Read MoreChicago Under Tornado Warnings, But Downtown Feels Abandoned
SubX.News® Street Report – June 11, 2026 As tornado warnings marched across Illinois and northwest Indiana Thursday evening, downtown Chicago looked less like the front yard of a major city…
Read MoreEverything can be replaced … Storm Rips Through McKinley Park and Brighton Park: Cars Crushed, Streets Blocked, Power Cut
SubX.News® Storm Report – June 11, 2026 Violent storms ripped across Chicago’s Southwest Side on the night of June 10, 2026, shredding trees, crushing cars, knocking out power, and leaving…
Read MorePredator City: How Chicago Trades Public Safety for Towing Fees and Talking Points
SubX.News® Street Report – June 8, 2026 Monday evening rush on Chicago’s lakefront ended in twisted metal and flashing lights a multi-car pileup on the Lake Shore Drive S-curve that…
Read MoreViolence Skyrockets First Summer Weekend in Chicago … Surges Past Last Year … Shooting Victims Up 107.7%, Homicides Up 33.3%
SubX.News® Crime Report | June 8, 2026 Chicago’s first full weekend of June delivered another reminder that crime statistics only tell part of the story. Using the official HeyJackAss weekend…
Read MoreDowntown Loop Stabbing: Sexual Assault Becomes “Unwanted Contact” as Story Changes Three Times
SubX.News® Crime Report | June 6, 2026 Friday afternoon began with reports of a sexual assault and two stabbing victims at State and Lake. By the end of the night,…
Read MoreTurning the Corner Into the Alley of Death
SubX.News®Street Report | June 1, 2026 CTA Fires, Empty Streets, Locked Exits, West Side Shootings, Fentanyl Zombies, and South Shore Takeover Chaos During Another “Recovery” Day in Chicago Monday in…
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