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Birders, conservationists excited about Chicago bald eaglets

Three baby bald eagles were recently born in Chicago, the first time the national bird of the United States has hatched in the city in more than a century.

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u/MarsBoundSoon — 5 days ago
▲ 36 r/WindyCity

Uber driver, high school basketball player killed in West Side shooting

An Uber driver and a high school basketball player he picked up were killed in a drive-by shooting Thursday evening in the East Garfield Park neighborhood.

Jassen Cho, 38, and Damarion Johnson, 18, were driving in the 200 block of North Homan Avenue around 8:30 p.m. when someone inside a gray SUV fired at them, Chicago police said.

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u/MarsBoundSoon — 6 days ago
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05 07 26 Ray Hanania on Politics Frank Calabrese and Samantha Steele | It's long but worth a view

This is Ray Hanania on Politics Podcast, Thursday May 7, 2026 … my guest is Frank Calabrese, a former aid to Board of Review District 2 commissioner Samantha Steele who about 18 months ago got into a head on car crash on the northside of Chicago on Nov. 10, 2024 … police went to the scene and confronted a driver who appeared intoxicated, reported a half empty bottle of booze, and who refused to take a field sobriety test and kept telling the police “I am an elected official.”

Steele was found not guilty in a bench trial, not by the jury but by former Cook County Judge Donald Suriano brought back to service for this case (elected in 1996 and retired in 2016.

With me to discuss this is Frank Calabrese, a former aid to Steele who is now a political consultant. Frank is not related to the famous Calabrese family.

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u/MarsBoundSoon — 7 days ago
▲ 61 r/birdfeeding

My hypothesis is that birds actually think faster than humans. How else can they fly thru bushes/tress and maneuver so smoothly? When Charlie encountered that large worm there was zero hesitation, he quickly grabbed it. That was the first time Charlie had seen the big worm among the little ones, in fact he was familiar with just the little worms. I have said this many times here before, bird behavior fascinates me.

u/MarsBoundSoon — 8 days ago
▲ 10 r/WindyCity

NEW: The communist takeover is underway inside the Chicago Teacher's Union. Some parents say activist educators are trying to indoctrinate the next generation by exposing them to far-left ideology. We saw a glimpse of that during the May Day protest.

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u/MarsBoundSoon — 9 days ago
▲ 12 r/WindyCity

>City backers and real estate investors are hoping that Google’s project, one of the most closely watched real estate projects in the city's history, will provide a lift for the central part of the Loop, where some office properties are being converted to new uses such as apartments amid historically low demand.

I have said as soon I heard about Google coming it could be really good news

u/MarsBoundSoon — 10 days ago
▲ 69 r/WindyCity

Judge John Lyke put suspected cop killer Alphonso Tally on an ankle monitor “over the state’s rigorous objection.”

He pointed to the SAFE-T Act.

“It appears his mind is finally developing," Lyke said. "He may be on the path to making better decisions."

u/MarsBoundSoon — 16 days ago
▲ 12 r/chicagobirding

First thing in the morning Charlie stops by and grabs 3 worms for his nestlings. He has been coming by many times a day and grabbing worms which is sure sign there are hungry nestlings. Plus his mate Bessie is only coming by once in the morning and once in the evening, and does not take any worms. She is busy all day guarding her kids wile Charlie is out getting food for them.

u/MarsBoundSoon — 22 days ago