illinoisanswers.org/2026/01/15/c... My latest with @schuba.bsky.social and Peter Nickeas about the tac team cop who shot and killed his partner. After Carlos Baker's initial rejection, Baker's district commander approved his promotion even after Baker disobeyed orders and cussed out his sergeant

Looking forward to this conversation with @aliceyin.bsky.social and @ctoner.bsky.social and people interested in Chicago journalism on Friday night!

Updated story here: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/13/c...

At Leighton Criminal Courthouse for Adam Beckerink's detention hearing. Beckerink is charged with throwing his estranged wife over a 24th-floor stairwell railing in a South Loop high-rise in Oct. 2024, killing her. @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/13/c...

“This is an administration that puts a lot of its chips on immunity.” After an immigration agent killed a woman in Minnesota, calls have mounted for state and local authorities to criminally investigate the feds’ actions But that’s easier said than done: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/11/i...

The Winter I Learned What a Fourth Down Was

Residents, activists, officials demand that the CCPSA hold a hearing/more thorough probe into CPD's role in blitz: “You have state power. (Expletive) use it. This body is not supposed to be a nice line on your resume.” Photos by @jkimpictures.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/09/r...

I’m wearing my professional reporter outfit (yellow raincoat two sizes two big for me) to this CCPSA meeting, everyone come say hi

The shooting of Renee Good by ICE: An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire. From the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

From Chicago’s Operation Midway Blitz to Minneapolis, the pattern is familiar: ICE shooting, DHS claims self-defense, then evidence that appears to tell a different story. My pal @ckubzansky.bsky.social digs into the parallels: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/07/f...

JUST IN: A newly filed indictment alleges for the first time that a pistol found on Hector Gomez in Little Village in November had been used to fire shots toward Border Patrol agents earlier that day:

Tuesday dinner: vegetable risotto, arugula salad, apple crumble with ice cream. Highlight was crumble, by Leah.

Doing beat checks in a bad mood is actually the way to go because whatever attitude station cops give me I can just throw straight back to them and not even care

Inbox: Harrison area detectives are looking to ID a suspect captured in video footage of a Dec. 19 homicide in Little Village that left a 24-year old woman dead.

"...emerging from an extended blackout, I'd walked out into the early spring in Portland, Oregon and seen flowers in a planter on the corner. I thought to myself then: 'you don't seem to have died yet, fancy that.'" @themountaingoats.bsky.social

There were five shootings that left a total of six people wounded and no homicides last night, per CPD.

CPD officers had their regular days off canceled and are doing 12-hour shifts for New Year's Eve, per citywide dept. message from Chief of Patrol Jon Hein. Order is effective 6 a.m.-6 a.m. Follows a pre-Thanksgiving weekend that saw nine teenagers shot in the Loop after the city tree lighting.

News: On Day 2 of Cmdr. Gregory Bovino’s chaotic return to Chicago earlier this month, a CBP supervisor dialed 911 as a convoy of federal vehicles sped north on Lake Shore Drive. Records capture CPD, OEMC coordination with the feds as they headed to Evanston. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/30/a...

Listening: "It's So Quiet Without You," by Raynes www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEba...

Art I am thinking about (a few days late): "little tree" by E.E. Cummings. "who found you in the green forest/and were you very sorry to come away?/see I will comfort you/because you smell so sweetly"

Hope you are all as filled with joy this Monday as Emi and her buddies

Chicago violence continued to plummet in 2025 despite high-profile crimes www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/29/2...

Razas vs. Bishops, 18th/Canalport on Christmas night. #chicago

I am seven kinds of in love with Chicago, especially in times like these.

I think about this number constantly

Art I am thinking about: "The Chestnut Casts His Flambeaux" by A.E. Housman. "...The troubles of our proud and angry dust Are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and if we can we must. Shoulder the sky, my lad, and drink your ale."

At the lake near Museum Campus: one old reminder, old Ambrose v. Kings tag. And long sightlines

The federal government indicted the Broadview 6 in a hugely significant case. Five work in politics. One is a garden store worker who sings and was randomly swept up. @tesskenny.bsky.social explains what happened and why it matters in this must-read story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/21/b...

What this guy lacks in eyesight he makes up for in enthusiasm

Broadview zoning officials last night nixed a proposed change to the village code that would have — among other things ¸— required allowance for religious worship inside prisons and detention centers in the village. W/ Tess Kenny www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/18/b...

The year I make it to the criminal justice team holiday party and am NOT crashing on three separate stories is probably the year I stop being a reporter

I come back to "San Bernardino" all the time and am always impressed with how much it helps me in any mood. Probably because it is a song about hope under difficult circumstances www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF19...

JUST IN: Lawrence Reed, the man charged with lighting a woman on fire on the CTA Blue Line on Nov. 17, is now indicted on additional arson charges for allegedly lighting a fire at City Hall three days earlier www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/19/f...

The front page of today's Chicago Tribune. Read the e-edition here: trib.al/EHGVt5p

@chicagotribune.com's first take on today's arrests and confrontations here. I have a lot on my mind but nothing to say just yet www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/16/b...

Just watched the entire convoy drive circles around a Menards at 26th and Cicero (or so) for several minutes without any agents getting out. They just detained someone out of a grey Cadillac a little further north on Cicero.

Border Patrol, including Cmdr Bovino, is back in Little Village. They've detained at least one person so far. Officers have pepper ball guns and tear gas canisters on them but have not deployed them so far. One officer was holding a can out the window as he drove away.

Wondering what changed during what must essentially amount to felony review such that the man detained for the Brown University shooting was released. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

Outstanding work on the lead-up to a domestic murder-suicide that took place a few months ago, and the gaps in a system meant to keep guns away from people who may be dangerous to themselves and others. By Tess Kenny. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/14/b...

@chicagotribune.com photogs rock my world every single day but often this year I've thought about how important their art is at the moments when words fail. Their top 100 just drives home what a year it's been in this precious city www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/12/t...

Grand jury refused to indict Laugh Factory manager Nathan Griffin and that's why the feds dropped the charges against him. Griffin allegedly shut a car door on the leg of a federal agent at the height of Operation Midway Blitz. For @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/10/c...

News: First Deputy Commissioner of Streets and San arrested for DUI Sunday, near South Shore Cultural Center. w @aliceyin.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/09/d...

Fine fine I'll say it. I can't stand these damn things and I fight the urge to kick them over every time they cross my path

Listening: "When We're Older" by James Blake feels like a good one for a day like this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw-i...

Could anyone on this here website direct me to someone who knows how to analyze images for possible AI tampering or generation? Thanks in advance.

"Unsquare Dance," by the Dave Brubeck Quartet, is the best song I can think of to loop on a frigid writing afternoon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbdE...

The Army Corps asked for $3.85 million for the Harbor Lock next year. It may get less than $300k. Close followers of Harbor Lock news will remember it from Sept, when Border Patrol docked near it after conducting a river cruise whilst armed with rifles www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/04/c...

Yet another criminal case against a U.S. citizen protesting federal immigration enforcement goes kaput. This time prosecutors have dropped charges against Laugh Factory manager Nathan Griffin. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/03/c...

Me and who