Posts by John Kugler
Crime is Increasing at an Accelerated Pace in Chicago Week 12 Public Safety Report
Crime Report March 24 2026 At the start of the year, crime was significantly down — but that lead has disappeared fast. This is not “back to normal” — it…
Read MoreNothing’s Changed: Three Years in Power, The Same Streets, The Same Problems, The Same People Doing Crime
SubX.News® Street Report March 23, 2026 The drive started downtown, cutting through Michigan Avenue and Ontario, where the first thing that stood out wasn’t crime—it was absence. Storefront after storefront…
Read MoreCrime In Chicago Going from Bad to Worse
SubX.News® Crime Report Three dead teens in three days. The supposed 71% murder “drop” from January is officially gone. While the Mayor’s office claims it is “committed” to public safety,…
Read MoreTeens Shot and Killed, Carjackers Running Loose While Politicians Celebrate Spending Money
SubX.News® Street Report On Chicago’s primary election day, March 17, 2026, while political leaders focused on turnout numbers and control of public spending, two young men were shot—one fatally—and multiple…
Read MoreCardboard, Zombies, and Plugged Bike Lanes: The Failed Promises of Social Justice in Chicago
SubX.News® Street Report March 16, 2026 On a brittle late‑winter afternoon in Chicago, the city’s contradictions unfolded block by block, as visible and unyielding as the potholes that scar its…
Read MoreThey Want My Vote—but They Won’t Fix Shit
Chicago SubX.News® Street Report In one day and a few city blocks, we taxpayers keep paying while drains stay clogged, streets flood, pumps break, bike lanes drown, and the system…
Read MoreCycle of Selfishness: Painted-Over Signs and New Tents
Chicago SubX.News® Street Report | March 11, 2026 Empty CHA buildings, new tent cities under the Dan Ryan, and a day of shootings that exposes what the city has and…
Read MoreLoops, Hail and Floods: Rain, Rain, Rain – the Corruption Don’t Wash Away
Street Report | March 10, 2026 From late afternoon into the early morning hours, the streets showed what happens when weather, crime, drugs, and failing infrastructure collide. While the radio…
Read MoreMarch Madness: That’s What We Got Going On
SubX.News®Street Report March 9 2026 Monday afternoon started the way Chicago sometimes tricks you into thinking things are normal again. The temperature pushed into the low seventies, the sky was…
Read MoreStormy Friday Exposed Chicago’s Contradictions: a 13-year-old Shot at Mandrake Park While Police Ticketed Patrons on Milwaukee Avenue
SubX.News® Street Report | March 6, 2026 The rain moved into Chicago first. Mid-afternoon on March 6, storms pushed across the city, pulling a thick fog in off Lake Michigan.…
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