Posts by John Kugler
May Day CPD Missing in Action
SubX.News® Street Report – May 1, 2026 While cops were staged downtown for protests, kids on the Westside were coming home from school through open-air drug deals in a public…
Read MoreThe Fat Lady’s Singing — Step Outside, and It Didn’t Carry
SubX.News® Street Report – April 30, 2026 Chicago closed out April the same way it’s been running all month—movement on the radios, standstill on the streets, and a system that…
Read MoreAll Trauma, No Treatment
SubX.News® Street Report – April 29, 2026 Chicago spends another afternoon and evening stacking damage on top of damage — in courtrooms, on scanners, and on the streets themselves. The…
Read MoreConcrete Is Falling Over People’s Heads — And No One Is Stopping It
SubX.News®Street Report – April 28, 2026 Downtown Chicago is breaking down in plain view — above your head, under your feet, and across the streets. Another day unfolds from late…
Read MoreFrom Drop to Surge: Chicago Crime Increase Expands in Week 16
SubX.News® Crime Report – April 23, 2026 Chicago crime is no longer just rising — it is accelerating. What began as an early-year drop has now fully reversed, with violence…
Read MoreDuct Tape City: Selective Fixes, Silent Streets, and Open‑Air Drug Markets
SubX.News® Street Report – April 20, 2026 Chicago’s spring construction season opened with a promise: “wolf pack” crews swarming the city’s worst potholes to deliver rapid, visible repairs. Hours after…
Read MoreChicago Violence Returns to “Normal” — 4 Dead, 14 Wounded in 3 Days
SubX.News® Crime Report Apr 20 2026 Chicago didn’t spike this weekend — it settled. Over three days, 4 people were killed and 14 wounded in shootings across the city, alongside…
Read MoreWho’s Running this City Anyway: Mass Murder, Bike Lanes and Potholes
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,…
Read MorePattern of Death and Improvisation: Fog, Blood, and Streetlight Crime
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,…
Read MoreThey Don’t Care: Violence, Failed Priorities and Broken Policies
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…
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