Windy City

Brittany M. Hughes | May 31, 2022
Fifty-two people – that’s 52, for those who thought I’d miswritten – were shot in the gun-free city of Chicago over Memorial Day weekend, adding to…
Brittany M. Hughes | January 5, 2022
One Chicago alderman as a new and not-so-innovative approach to the shocking rise in local crime in the Windy City: if you see a crime happening,…
Nick Kangadis | August 11, 2021
Oh, the city of Chicago — the [insert West Coast city here] of the Midwest. They will place restrictions on regular, law-abiding folks, but ignore…
Brittany M. Hughes | August 20, 2018
Two weeks ago, 74 people were shot in Chicago – nine of them fatally – over one single three-day weekend. This weekend, another 60 fell victim to…
Nick Kangadis | March 27, 2017
    And we’re off to the races. The last couple of weekends in the Chicagoland area saw slightly less than 20 shooting victims each weekend, but…
Nick Kangadis | March 20, 2017
Some people think that Chicago is beyond saving. Some people even wonder why I keep reporting on the violence in the Second City on a weekly basis…
Nick Kangadis | March 13, 2017
Let’s hope that the aim of gang members in Chicago isn’t getting better. While there were four less victims of shootings in the Windy City than…
Nick Kangadis | January 30, 2017
It was yet another banner weekend for shootings in Chicago. Four people were murdered and 23 others were wounded in shootings across the…
Nick Kangadis | January 16, 2017
It was warmer this past weekend than last in Chicago… aaaaand the Windy City is unfortunately back to normal. Over the weekend, ten people were…
Nick Kangadis | January 3, 2017
The New Year is a traditionally time for people to start over. But for the city of Chicago, it’s just a time to reset the shooting counter. Chicago…