Welcome back, quotes readers! It was a big week for the Chicago Tribune. The newsroom was honored Monday with the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting for its coverage of Operation Midway Blitz, the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts that swept across the city and suburbs last fall. You can read some of the award-winning stories from our reporters, here.
One of the high-profile cases to emerge from last year’s immigration crackdown was the fatal shooting of Silverio Villegas González, a father of two shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a traffic stop last September in Franklin Park. Just this week, Illinois State Police announced an investigation into the shooting. Also this week, a federal judge dismissed the felony conspiracy count against the remaining “Broadview Six” defendants, and the Pentagon’s internal watchdog announced it is assessing recent National Guard deployments to major cities like Chicago.
Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff and a Chicago native, marked his first year as pope Friday. In that time, he’s spoken out in defense of immigrants, condemned the wars in Iran and Ukraine, and advocated for peace worldwide. Such stances have caused fractures with President Donald Trump, who again this week criticized the pope for his comments on immigration and the Iran war. The president’s latest barbs came just days before Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to the Vatican for a fence-mending visit.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Indiana residents voted to elect their preferred party’s nominee in primary races for federal, state and local office. Elections also took place in Ohio and Michigan. See the results from the Indiana contests, here.
In other local news, a Metra train collided with a semi truck in Wilmette, injuring two passengers, the head of an alleged gambling and extortion ring based in northwest Indiana remains in custody, and services were held for John Bartholomew, the Chicago police officer killed in a shooting last month at Swedish Hospital involving an armed robbery suspect.
As for the latest in the never-ending Chicago Bears stadium saga, Mayor Brandon Johnson traveled to Springfield on Wednesday to make a last-ditch effort to keep the team from leaving the city, and new poll of Illinoisans found that a majority of state residents believe taxpayer funding for a new Bears stadium should be limited.
Speaking of sports, the Cubs have been on a heater. The team has won nine straight games — and 15 in a row at home. This week the offense added to that tally, with three consecutive walk-off wins and a four-game sweep of the Cincinnati Reds. While the Cubs dominate, the Bulls have picked their man to lead the front office, the NCAA Tournament is expanding to 76 teams and the NFL schedule release is set for Thursday.
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