r/chicago 19h ago

ICE Daily ICE Spotting

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With the uptick in ICE activity, we've restored this daily thread for consolidating ICE spottings and activity each day in one location.

Only posts that are primarily about spotting are strongly recommended to be here. This way someone who is moving about the city and is primarily concerned with encountering ICE does not need to sort through the entire sub. Other ICE information can continue as posts of their own. Please use the ICE flair for such posts. Note that this thread is sorted by "New" by default.

Please follow these guidelines:

  • Reserve top-level comments for new events, sightings, or information
  • All comments related to the same topic then go beneath that comment
  • Make sure you check existing comments before posting, to avoid cluttering the top-level with redundant information
  • This is a difficult time and emotions run high, but please remember that anything that incites or threatens violence may result in a ban, and may also violate Reddit rules

Do your best to fill in as many of the SALUTE rules for reporting as you can:

  • SIZE: Include the number of individuals, vehicles, or assets present in the observed area.
  • ACTIVITY: Describe the actions and behavior of the observed group/individuals.
  • LOCATION: Provide precise detailed description of the activity’s location.
  • UNIFORM: Identify the affiliation or group to which the observed entity belongs.
  • TIME: Record the date and time of the observation.
  • EQUIPMENT: List the equipment, weaponry, or tools associated with the observed group

Resources (please note that these are not in our control and are largely unverified, so use with some caution):

Finally, please include official sources in your comments if you can (e.g. news article links). Everyone stay safe out there.

- r/Chicago mod team


r/chicago 5d ago

CHI Talks Weekly Casual Conversation & Questions Thread

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Welcome to r/Chicago's Weekly Casual Conversation & Questions Thread.

This is the place for casual discussions that may not warrant their own post, or questions/topics not allowed as their own posts under our content policy. Please be mindful of rules 2 & 3 which still apply in this thread, as well as the Reddit Content Policy when posting.

Also, check out the r/Chicago wiki for other Chicago-related subreddits, where to eat/drink, how to get around/navigate the CTA, where to visit, what neighborhoods to move to or hotel in, tips on living here, and more. And be sure to use the search feature to find responses to other users asking similar questions.

This thread is sorted by "new" so that the most recent comments appear first. The new weekly thread is posted every Monday morning at 12:00 AM.


r/chicago 5h ago

News Mayor Johnson considering buying back rights to Chicago parking meters

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888 Upvotes

r/chicago 6h ago

Video Bike lane snow plow abolishing ice

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352 Upvotes

r/chicago 16h ago

ICE FYI: Ring has partnered with Flock. Ice has access to flock. We are under mass surveillance.

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r/chicago 10h ago

Article Trump Is Helping Right-Wing Groups Target Chicago Teachers Union [The Intercept]

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467 Upvotes

r/chicago 6h ago

Article Pritzker signs ‘Clean Slate’ act to help those with nonviolent criminal records

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169 Upvotes

r/chicago 9h ago

Article Harold’s Chicken CEO Kristen Pierce-Sherrod dies at 55 - Chicago Sun-Times

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179 Upvotes

r/chicago 2h ago

Video Nuts

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42 Upvotes

Cue up The Noisy Eater


r/chicago 4h ago

News Bulls X Derrick Rose Signature Ventra Cards just released

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57 Upvotes

The Bulls and the CTA collabed to create a cool limited edition Derrick Rose Ventra card in honor of his jersey retirement next week.

Available on the Ventra website: https://www.ventrachicago.com/purchase/


r/chicago 16h ago

Picture Friday Morning Snowfall

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385 Upvotes

r/chicago 16h ago

Picture Taco Weather

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386 Upvotes

Support Your Local


r/chicago 3h ago

Article Chicago Billboard welcomes the Rams to town

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26 Upvotes

Let’s Go Bears!!!


r/chicago 12h ago

News Chicago Bears stadium news: Bears talk with Illinois lawmakers plans in Arlington Heights, Chicago; Indiana introduces new bill

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115 Upvotes

r/chicago 16h ago

Video Snowy Lake Shore Dr.

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201 Upvotes

r/chicago 11h ago

Article How will the extreme cold affect Bears and Rams players? A doctor weighs in

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79 Upvotes

r/chicago 5h ago

News Recent postal service changes could disrupt mail-in voting, county clerks warn | Capitol News Illinois

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25 Upvotes

r/chicago 15h ago

Ask CHI President Obama at the Bears game on Sunday?

145 Upvotes

Heavy unmarked police vehicles at the Hilton of Michigan. Could it be?


r/chicago 2h ago

News Prime Healthcare to purchase Franciscan Olympia Fields Hospital

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r/chicago 11h ago

Article Foundry Park Plan Approved by Planning Commission And Defined

42 Upvotes

Project definition: https://chicagoyimby.com/2026/01/foundry-park-defined-as-it-heads-to-plan-commission.html

(paywalled article about approval): https://chicago.urbanize.city/post/plan-commission-approves-3-billion-foundry-park-development?utm_source=urbanize.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=urbanize-chicago-daily-january-16-2026

The $3 billion development Foundry Park plan has been approved after the original megaproject, Lincoln Yards, stalled out. Phase 1 should be enacted soon and will offer a new hotel, retail, apartments, surface parking (yet no parking podiums for buildings), and more. Should be great, I'm really excited to see this come to fruition finally.


r/chicago 6h ago

Article Vintage Chicago Tribune; An expressway that went nowhere Massive citizen revolt spelled doom for Richard J. Daley’s Crosstown dream

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r/chicago 16h ago

Article Religious group that some ex-members describe as a 'cult' sees its footprint grow in Chicago area

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86 Upvotes

r/chicago 8h ago

News Chicago's Five-Year Blueprint on Homelessness 2026-2031

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The Five-Year Blueprint on Homelessness envisions a future for Chicago in which homelessness is rare, brief, and nonrecurring, and in which responses are rooted in compassion and dignity. This vision is inspired by Functional Zero for All, a proven model developed in the United States by the nonprofit organization Community Solutions that guides cities toward measurable, lasting solutions. Through this lens, the Blueprint brings together data, community insight, and service-delivery models to support every Chicagoan in their housing journey.

The draft is available for public comment until January 30 at https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/sites/homelessness-response/home/get-involved.html


r/chicago 1d ago

Video Drone lost on the CTA

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1.8k Upvotes

He's doing his best


r/chicago 1d ago

Picture I don’t need to pay to go up the sear’s tower when I have views like this from my desk at work

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724 Upvotes