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Kaarin Tisue @katchicago.bsky.social · 16h

Well this is some good news for once

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 17h

Tonika Lewis Johnson’s artwork includes the acclaimed Folded Map Project. She’s one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows, announced on Wednesday.

MacArthur 2025 ‘genius grant’ winners include a Chicago photographer

Tonika Lewis Johnson’s artwork includes the acclaimed Folded Map Project. She’s one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows, announced on Wednesday.

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Amanda Kaschube @amandakaschube.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 The Texas National Guard has arrived in the Chicago area.

Tribune journalists saw several military members, dressed in camouflage and carrying long guns, on federal property in the far southwest suburbs this morning. Soldiers could be seen walking in and out of mobile sleeping units on the site.

Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area

Texas National Guard members have arrived in Illinois. City and state officials say Donald Trump is using them as “political props” in Chicago.

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Kaarin Tisue @katchicago.bsky.social · 6d

There was a time I thought I wanted to do this kind of field work for a living. RIP to Jane Goodall. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...

Jane Goodall, Who Chronicled the Social Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 7d

A mother and her two children who were detained in Millennium Park on Sunday by immigration agents were released from custody Wednesday, bringing a moment of relief and renewed hope for the Chicago-area family caught in the crosshairs of aggressive federal immigration enforcement.

Mother and children detained in Millennium Park released from ICE custody, father flown to Texas detention center: ‘We’re praying for a miracle’

The move came after a federal judge ordered that Noemi Chavez and her 8 year-old daughter and 3-year-old are protected from deportation or removal from Illinois while the government responds to a h…

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Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · 9d

Dasha, 8, and her little brother were playing w/ the water at the Crown Fountain in Chicago’s Millennium Park when fed agents approached their parents on Sunday afternoon.

The family is now detained at O’Hare w/ other mothers/children awaiting deportation.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 10d

Our latest story about prominent Chicago activist turned politician Andrew Holmes, who is facing new scrutiny as lawsuit alleges sexual assault of teenage girl. Also details how some families felt exploited. With @alisonflowers.bsky.social @chicagotribune.com
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Prominent activist turned politician faces new scrutiny as lawsuit alleges sexual assault of teenage girl

A survivor of sex trafficking has sued anti-violence activist and Dolton trustee Andrew Holmes, alleging he sexually assaulted her at age 16.

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Kaarin Tisue @katchicago.bsky.social · 16d

News photographers have to be ready to meet the moment and the Chicago Tribune's Stacey Wescott did that superbly. She tells the story here: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/22/t...

A Tribune photographer describes capturing a compelling image from protests outside Broadview’s ICE facility

Tribune veteran photographer Stacey Wescott details how she captured an image of an ex-Marine protesting in front of an ICE facility in Broadview that became a sensation on the internet.

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Kaarin Tisue @katchicago.bsky.social · Sep 2

Congrats on your fantastic run and good luck with the next thing

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Kaarin Tisue @katchicago.bsky.social · Aug 30

Oh good. Thanks

Kaarin Tisue @katchicago.bsky.social · Aug 29

Was delivery later than promised?

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · Aug 17

Several disillusioned families pulled children out of The Language and Music School in Oak Park in recent years.

They have since come to question whether the state is doing enough to keep watch over how this kind of school is run. Story w Bullington
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Gap in Illinois law leaves Oak Park mansion school largely unregulated by state

Parents said they assumed a private school in an Oak Park mansion was recognized by the state. But that’s not the case. Illinois law won’t allow it.

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Kaarin Tisue @katchicago.bsky.social · Jul 15

Nice story about bike messengers, who vanished so quietly I didn't notice. Used to be everywhere in the early '90s. chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/07...

Meet Chicago's last bike messengers. Here's how they survive

The pandemic was devastating to the courier business, but it survived. The industry is a far cry from its heyday a few decades ago, but the culture and camaraderie remain.

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Kaarin Tisue @katchicago.bsky.social · Jul 13

Excellent, sad story about the brutal 1995 heat wave and how it got downplayed and discounted: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/10/t...

Chicago doesn’t remember one of its worst disasters, and there are few memorials to this day

The closest thing we have to a memorial for people who died from the heat is not even in Chicago. It’s the headstone of the mass grave in Homewood.

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Kaarin Tisue @katchicago.bsky.social · Jul 9

Dispatches from the age of idiocy: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/w...

Measles Cases Hit Record High, 25 Years After U.S. Eliminated the Disease

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · Jul 1

Thirteen years after she was first charged with killing her toddler, a former Midlothian woman was found guilty of murder this week in a case that highlights just how long the Cook County courts can take to resolve cases.

Stalled Justice: Mother convicted of killing her toddler, 13 years after charges filed

Thirteen years after she was first charged with killing her toddler, a former Midlothian woman was found guilty of murder this week in a case that highlights just how long the Cook County courts ca…

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · Jun 28

A monument honoring the life of Wadee Alfayoumi, the 6-year-old Palestinian boy who was killed in a hate crime nearly two years ago, was unveiled at the Van Horn Woods playground in Plainfield Township on Saturday morning.

Monument unveiled in Plainfield for slain boy whose death ‘touched many hearts and opened the eyes of the community’

Before the unveiling of a monument honoring the life of Wadee Alfayoumi, a 6-year-old Plainfield Township boy who was brutally murdered for his Palestinian and Muslim heritage, his father stepped u…

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Erika Slife @eslife.bsky.social · Jun 15

The sounds of one of Chicago’s largest protests in recent memory reverberated throughout downtown Saturday, as tens of thousands gathered in a united admonishment of President Donald Trump, marching through the center of the city, pausing in front of the tower bearing his name to direct their ire.

‘We’re all people’: Chicago ‘No Kings’ demonstration sees giant crowd march peacefully around Loop

The sounds of one of Chicago’s largest protests in recent memory reverberated throughout downtown Saturday, as tens of thousands gathered in a united admonishment of President Trump.

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Kaarin Tisue @katchicago.bsky.social · Jun 14

Today in my city: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/14/c...

‘We’re all people’: Chicago ‘No Kings’ demonstration sees giant crowd march peacefully around Loop

Chicago’s “No Kings” rally downtown included fiery speeches, shouts and a peaceful march, part of a national slate of events planned around the country to protest President Donald…

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Robert Loerzel @robertloerzel.bsky.social · Jun 12

Coyote pups at Graceland Cemetery!

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · Jun 13

BREAKING:

Former House Speaker Michael J. Madigan was sentenced Friday to 7 1/2 years in prison in his corruption case, capping a stunning fall for the once powerful politician.

Ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan sentenced to 7 and 1/2 years in prison on corruption conviction

Former House Speaker Michael J. Madigan was sentenced Friday to 90 months in prison in his corruption case, capping a stunning fall for the once powerful politician.

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Jennifer Smith Richards @jsmithrichards.bsky.social · Jun 13

Chicago operates 150 schools that are half-empty and another 47 at less than 33% capacity.

It's extraordinarily expensive. The most extreme example: Douglass high school has 27 employees for 28 students this year and a per-student cost of $93,000. Story w/ with @chalkbeat.org's Mila Koumpilova.

100 Students in a School Meant for 1,000: Inside Chicago’s Refusal to Deal With Its Nearly Empty Schools

Declining school enrollment has left 30% of Chicago public schools at least half-empty. The city’s failure to address this problem has come at a high cost to the district — and its students.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · Jun 12

A veteran Chicago police officer will no longer carry a badge as part of a plea agreement in which he admitted that he struck an eighth grade boy while making an off-duty visit to a South Side elementary school two years ago.

Plea deal ends career of Chicago police officer who struck 14-year-old student

A veteran Chicago police officer will no longer carry a badge as part of a plea agreement in which he admitted that he struck an eighth grade boy while making an off-duty visit to a South Side elem…

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Kaarin Tisue @katchicago.bsky.social · Jun 8

Long live the king

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Laura Rodríguez Presa @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social · Jun 7

At Sox Mexican heritage night game, pride and community despite immigration crackdowns in Chicago and across the country.

An unspoken night of resilience for many.

Read my latest column.

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Column: Pride and community at Sox Mexican Heritage Night game amid immigration crackdowns

Heightened immigration tensions in the city’s Mexican community did not stop the proud masses from showing up to Friday’s Mexican Heritage Night.

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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · Jun 3

The Chicago Tribune is embarking on a road trip to revisit Route 66 ahead of the 100-year anniversary of the iconic roadway, which spanned eight states and three time zones, stretching from downtown Chicago to the Pacific Ocean.

One Century, One Road: Route 66, ‘The Main Street of America,’ turns 100

One Century, One Road Route 66, ‘The Main Street of America,’ turns 100 By Jonathan Bullington and E. Jason Wambsgans It was created to connect us, a fused chain of existing road…

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