Chicago

Chicago’s Cracks Are Impossible to Ignore

April 7, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report – April 6, 2026 From an empty downtown at rush hour to 12‑inch potholes, drug use outside gleaming nonprofits, and tents in “fancy” neighborhoods, a few hours drive on a Monday evening showed a city whose promises…

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Homicide Trend 2026 — Chicago Crime Increasing

April 6, 2026

SubX.News® Crime Report 2026 is no longer tracking below recent years — it is moving back toward them. The early gap that made it look like crime was “down” has been erased week by week. The same pattern seen in…

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Good Friday in Chicago: God, Cicero and Truffles

April 4, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report April 3, 2026 Good Friday in Chicago played out on the streets as a running indictment of budgets, violence and faith. The day’s horror started early in the west suburbs. Just before 9 a.m. in Oak Park,…

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Loyal to the Lie: Truth, Race, and Corruption in Chicago

April 3, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report April 2, 2026 Chicago looks calm on the surface. It isn’t. Late afternoon downtown Thursday is supposed to be packed. Instead, the center of the city feels hollow. Thursday’s route was simple: downtown at Stetson, west into…

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Gang Wars and No Place is Off Limits

April 3, 2026

City Using CVI to validate and desensitize the killings … pay the community and its ok … HiHo

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Crime is Increasing in Chicago – First Quarter Violence Report 2026

April 2, 2026

Chicago – First Quarter Jan 1 – Mar 31: 2026: 102 killed, 292 wounded 2025: 103 killed, 282 wounded 2024: 121 killed, 419 wounded 2023: 129 killed, 424 wounded 2022: 138 killed, 503 wounded 2021: 149 killed, 600 wounded 2020:…

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Tax Dollars, Broken Sidewalks, and a City Falling Apart

April 1, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report · March 31, 2026 Downtown Chicago keeps getting sold as the part of the city that’s working. The skyline is supposed to mean strength.The towers are supposed to mean money. The headlines tell people crime is down,…

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Chicago Streets Filled with Blood and Lies

March 31, 2026

SubX.News® Crime Report – March 30, 2026 Before the first call hits the radio, before anyone starts running, Chicago is already telling you how it works. Look at this tow truck right here. He sits just off the main drag…

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Not Looking Good … Chicago Crime Stats … Shootings are More Lethal per Incident Now …

March 29, 2026

SubX.News® Crime Report March 29, 2026 Chicago’s homicide numbers improved a lot in recent years — but that improvement started from an extremely high point. The big drop we saw came from the very high COVID-era years, when homicides surged…

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Gang Wars and Drownings Don’t Stop Because Someone is a Liar

March 28, 2026

SubX.News® Street Report March 27, 2026 Friday was cool and crispy with the skyline clean against the lake, the kind of early-spring afternoon that makes Chicago look better than it behaves.The soundtrack of the afternoon is a local news station…

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