Posts by John Kugler
Teens 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.…
Read MoreThey’re Back !!!! Holidays Are Over and Downtown Streets are Filling Up with Addicts, Vagrants, and Dope Dealers … Again
SubX.News® Street Report | March 5, 2026 Thursday afternoon should have marked the start of rush hour in downtown Chicago. Instead, the streets were eerily quiet, and the police scanner…
Read MoreCity-Wide Dysfunction Versus Local Resilience: Creepers, Hot Dogs and Birthdays
SubX.News® Street Report | March 4, 2026 Chicago turned 189 years old on March 4, a reminder that the city was incorporated in 1837. The moment of civic pride came…
Read MoreBeans, Airbags, and Extinguishers … Downtown Chicago Goes Quiet While the CTA Stays Dangerous
Roosevelt CTA Station (Red/Green/Orange Line) Chicago Police arrive after reports of a man swinging a fire extinguisher during rush hour. The extinguisher is visible on the ground as commuters pass through the entrance; the suspect walks away before any arrest is made … 5:18 p.m. | Street Report — March 3, 2026 Screengrab from SubX.News® video https://x.com/SubxNews/status/2028975560597078152/video/1
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