This model shop is closing after 35 years. Chicago Sun-Times architecture columnist @leebey1.bsky.social has the details in a story with some cool photos of some of the models, including the Obama Presidential Center. chicago.suntimes.com/architecture...

So cool that this is at the Art Institute now! #gocubs ⚾️ chicago.suntimes.com/art/2026/02/...

A 40-year-old recording of then-Mayor Harold Washington leading the Refrigerettes in a cheer for the NFC Champion Bears weeks from their only Super Bowl victory is one of 800 newly digitized audio clips showcased on a web page unveiled Wednesday by City Clerk Anna Valencia.

Marimar Martinez, the Chicago woman who survived being shot five times by a Border Patrol agent, spoke with the Sun-Times and WBEZ about her shooting, the federal government’s failed attempt to prosecute her and the role she now sees for herself in a fight for accountability.

When I go to Wicker Park, I feel a bit "vintage," too. Here's another return-to-analog story from @mariahrush.bsky.social.

Go vote, Chicago! chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2026...

Steven and his father, Victor Romero Martinez, sought asylum in suburban Glen Ellyn, where they settled with the teen's mother. They were arrested in December and sent back to the same facility where they started.

No, my goosebumps aren't from the cold. 🥶 They're from @patfinley.bsky.social's recap of the five best Caleb Williams passes. 🏈🏈🏈🏈🏈 #gobears🐻 chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/0...

Last night was Chicago's PIT count, a census of houselessness on a single day. But it isn't always accurate — which can impact funding. "While it shows the trend, the numbers are not 100% accurate... It’s tough when you have to utilize those to determine what money is coming into your community."

Totally unscientific but not much difference today against Rams compared with a week ago against the Pack. This a Seatgeek a couple hours before kickoff sorted by price.

The @chicago.suntimes.com photojournalists went all over the city to capture how people are displaying their fandom ahead of the Bears-Rams game Sunday. Here’s #gobears 🐻 in 32 photos (if I counted right). chicago.suntimes.com/2026/01/16/c...

The Chicago Bears logo illuminates the Merchandise Mart, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Time

Local followers, has anyone seen or they themselves have outdoor displays that showcase your or your neighbors rabid devotion to the Chicago Bears especially in this historic playoff run? If so please let me know below, or via dm, or via email at [email protected]!

Here's some news you can use. chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/0...

Good morning! #gobears 🐻

The Chicago Bears wild card game against the Green Bay Packers from the perspective of Bears fans in 4 parts.

Everyone's excited about the 2025 Bears, and you want to join the fun. Here's what to know if you just started following the team.

Walk six blocks on Clark Street to experience artist Gabi Bozeman's Monday-to-Sunday vibes. Monday, for example, is blue with a “start” button, pixilated clocks, clouds and coffee. All brightly painted boxes include a portrait of a person wearing glasses and assorted moods, depending on the day.

Awesome Chicago Bears poster in today's print Chicago Sun-Times. What's a little drizzle? ☔️ Go get a copy. 🐻🏈🐻 #dabears

Where do I put "Da"? chicago.suntimes.com/games/chicag...

I'm not saying the rains in Chicago are strong tonight, but I just saw an old man with a beard and a large boat gathering animals 2x2. Concerning.

When you play for #dabears but your sister dates a Packer. chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/0...

Commuting home? Listen to this.

PHOTOS: Hundreds rally and march through Little Village demanding justice for Renee Nicole Good who was shot and killed by Federal Law Enforcement agents early in the day in Minneapolis, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Time

Still marching westbound on 26th street, chanting “ICE is just a racist mob, get a real fucking job”

At 8:00 everyone who had a whistle blew it in unison for Renee Nicole Good.

Small group of people are rallying next to the Little Village Arch in Chicago demanding justice for the death of Renee Nicole Good, who was shot and killed earlier today by Federal Law Enforcement officers in Minneapolis. There’s suppose to be a rally/vigil at 7:30 at this location.

A number of big projects are expected to wrap up this year with others kicking off — and maybe the Bears will find a stadium site?

ICYMI, this was our big story Sunday — an intimate look at what happened to a couple split up by the federal deportation campaign in Chicago. Great reporting from Mexico by @adrianacardmag.bsky.social. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Alexa Ramírez came to Chicago with big plans for the future. After her arrest, Ramírez signed a form agreeing to voluntarily leave the country. As she tries to readjust to life in Mexico, she and her husband are working out how to rebuild their life together.

This never gets old. #dabears #chicagobears

Yeah, why? chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

What body cam videos captured when federal agents went to the Northwest Side on Oct. 12. Read @chipmitchell1.bsky.social's report.

Chicago faced unprecedented challenges in 2025 including federal immigration enforcement, massive protests and Madigan's sentencing. WBEZ and Chicago Sun-Times photographers captured the year's defining moments.

Gregory Bovino, the U.S. Border Patrol official who has led the Trump administration’s deportation efforts, returned to the Chicago area Tuesday morning in the city’s Southwest Side and western suburbs.

ICYMI yesterday, your morning read. @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social and @dmihalopoulos.bsky.social reporting. chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...

The city has seen more service calls to start this year’s snow season than the same time period in any year since at least 2019, a WBEZ/Sun-Times analysis of 311 data found.

Yes, @profgalloway.com just rocked a Chicago Public Media crop top... Here’s to public media — in Chicago and across the country! @wbez.org #PivotTour

Here at Northcenter Town Square where 100-200 community members including families and young children are rallying after a teacher was taken by federal law enforcement from a local daycare this morning.

Tyler and I are out here at the rally where the crowd has about doubled since this first post. Easily 400+ people. Group is chanting “no hate, no fear, everyone is welcome here.”

Follow @jonseidel.bsky.social's reporting on the legal cases arising out of the federal deportation campaign in Chicago, and you, too, may want to become a @chicago.suntimes.com member.

U.S. Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino is at Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Tuesday for a status hearing as part of an ongoing lawsuit over the feds’ treatment of protesters during the ongoing immigration blitz. 🔴 LIVE updates: trib.al/Y0WEg3j

Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino expected in Chicago's Dirksen Federal Courthouse today in tear gas case. There are already a lot of cameras in the lobby. Preview from @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

The Trump administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday to undo an order that has blocked it from deploying National Guard troops within Illinois for more than a week.

Several social media posts erroneously claim that Mayor Brandon Johnson deployed the salt trucks along Chicago’s expressways to block ICE operations. But that's not true. trib.al/bY0FPWD