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Block Club Chicago is a nonprofit news organization dedicated to delivering reliable, nonpartisan and essential coverage of Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods.

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Amid ICE Arrests, Chicago Filmmaker And Citizen Journalist Captures A City Under Siege
Andrew Freer of Go Fourth Media is releasing a series of documentary shorts on YouTube chronicling ICE and Border Patrol activity and the stories of local activists standing up for their neighbors.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Vote On How To Spend $500,000 For Humboldt Park, Logan Square Improvements
This year's proposed projects in the 26th Ward include playground and park additions, street safety lighting and raised crosswalks.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Chicago Homeless Shelter Residents Say They Wait Months At City’s Intake Center Before Being Placed At A Shelter
A year after the city’s largest migrant shelter turned into a temporary intake zone for unhoused individuals, the Shelter Placement and Resource Center sometimes takes months before placing them in homeless centers, some residents say.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Construction Paused On Lincoln Square’s New Plaza And Will Resume In Spring
The area around the intersection of Leland and Lincoln avenues has reopened — for now. The Western Brown Line Area Improvement Project is about 80 percent done, officials said.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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16 Things To Do In Chicago This Weekend: Kwanzaa Fests, Chosen Few DJs Holiday Party And More
There’s also the Historic Pullman model train experience, a night of jazz with the Chicago Soul Jazz Collective and a pre-NYE party at The Promontory.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Supreme Court Blocks Trump From Deploying National Guard In Chicago
The court’s ruling Tuesday denied the Trump administration’s request to allow for the mobilization of National Guard troops in Illinois. Gov. JB Pritzker called the decision “a big win for Illinois and American Democracy.”
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December 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Mayor Won’t Veto Council-Backed Budget, Avoiding City Shutdown
Mayor Brandon Johnson and his administration have called the alternative budget that passed City Council unbalanced. But facing a year-end deadline, the mayor on Tuesday said he won't block it from going into effect.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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ICE’s Illinois Arrests During Trump’s Crackdown Were Among Nation’s Highest
Most people arrested in Operation Midway Blitz didn't have criminal records, according to ICE's own data. Here are four other findings our investigative team discovered.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Pop-Up Bar Brings Puerto Rican Christmas — And A Bad Bunny Casita — To Humboldt Park
La Parranda Boricua Pop-Up at Le Lo Lai Gallery also features replicas of items from Bad Bunny album covers and Puerto Rican beer, sangria and spirits.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Years After Frontman’s Death, Space Gators Reunite To Honor Him With Thalia Hall Show
Ryan Deffet's shows were a party, and his band was always open to a third guitar player or a saxophone. The musicians he brought together will play a benefit concert in his honor Jan. 3 at Thalia Hall.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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All Elite Wrestling Show A Chicago Homecoming For Wrestler On The Rise
Chicago native Skye Blue and Kyle Fletcher will cap a year full of professional highs with AEW's World's End event Saturday in Hoffman Estates.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Family Of Humboldt Park Sub Shop Owner Begs For His Release As Health Deteriorates In ICE Custody
The federal appeals court in Chicago blocked the man's deportation last week — the same day he collapsed — on a temporary basis as it considers a longer-term order.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Chicago Dog Tests Positive For Rabies
It’s been at least 61 years since there was a rabid dog in Cook County. The dog bit someone Dec. 11 and has been euthanized.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Bears’ Cheese Grater Hats Go Viral After Win Over Green Bay. The Hat Maker Is Struggling To Fill Demand
The founder of Foam Party Hats only started selling the grater hats after the Packers sent him a cease-and-desist for his "Cheese Hat." The caps are a huge hit after Bears star Caleb Williams and DJ Moore wore them after shredding the Packers.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Illinois Congressional Delegation Flags Concerns Over Broadview ICE Center’s Conditions After Tour
The four members of Congress said they had worked for months to gain access to the site.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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El Nopal Bakery And Its Famous Cookies Find A Home Again At Chicago History Museum
The long-gone bakery, a hub in Pilsen and Little Village, is featured in the museum's “Aqui en Chicago” exhibit — and its signature hojarascas are for sale for Chicagoans to enjoy once again.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Lakeview’s Kelly Park Renovation Breaks Ground Following Years Of Delays
The project will expand play space, improve accessibility and honor the neighborhood’s Japanese-American history.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Proxi To Close, Bar Tutto Now Open and Other West Loop Dining News
Proxi will close after New Year’s Eve, Susu is taking over the former Grace location and Bar Tutto, chef Joe Flamm’s latest, is open all day.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Chicago Man From Bulgaria Dies In ICE Custody After Immigration Arrest
Nenko Stanev Gantchev, 56, died in an ICE detention center in Michigan Dec. 15 after being arrested locally in September. Gantchev lived in the Chicago area for 30 years and was a business owner, according to reports.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Forget A White Christmas. Chicago Could Have Among Its Warmest Christmas Days Ever
Christmas Day in Chicago will have highs in the 50s and light rain, which could make it one of the top 10 warmest Christmases in recorded history.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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7 Children Charged In Attack On Mom, 9-Year-Old Son Outside Far South Side School, Police Say
Children aged 10-13 were charged in the attack outside an elementary school, video of which went viral and shocked neighbors. The children are facing misdemeanor charges and have been assigned counseling services.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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West Side Teens Charged With Serious Crimes Can Now Avoid Jail In New School-Focused Program
Instead of being jailed while awaiting trial, West Side teens can enter a new pilot program that keeps them in school and in intensive after-school social services.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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City Council Passes 2026 Budget: Here Are The Major Fees And Changes
Mayor Brandon Johnson could still veto the alternative spending plan, which includes a shopping bag tax increase, a new retail liquor fee and a small property tax hike to help fund the public library system.
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December 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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City Beefs Up Police Presence At CTA Stations, But Feds Still Threaten To Withhold $50 Million
The CTA met a federal deadline to boost security, but the Trump administration called the plan “materially deficient,” giving the agency another 90 days to add more muscle or lose millions.
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December 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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City Council Passes Alternative Revenue Measure, Setting Up Final Budget Vote Saturday
Defying Mayor Brandon Johnson, alderpeople voted 29-19 in favor of the alternative proposal, which includes a series of new fees and taxes instead of a head tax. The mayor on Friday said he has not yet decided if he will issue a veto.
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December 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM