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 the state, marking the effective end of legalized slavery in…
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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. Cabs are cutting across lanes.Workers are hunting for their cars.…
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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 man behind her pulling his fingers at the corners of…
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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 and more like an emptied-out set waiting for the next…
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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 parts of McKinley Park and Brighton Park looking more like…
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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 residents say never had to happen. Scanner traffic earlier in…
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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 methodology, Chicago recorded 4 killed and 23 wounded between Friday…
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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, detectives were telling a different story. Initial police reports described…
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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 Chicago started with smoke rising from beneath a CTA Orange…
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