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🔎 Below: To protect immigrant students, a Chicago-area college told Flock to remove its cameras. The company refused.
🗞️ Plus: Details emerge about a shooting involving an off-duty police officer, a judge threatens to order Midway Blitz agents to hand over their phones and more.
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TODAY’S TOP STORY 🔎
College told Flock to remove its cameras — the company refused
Reporting by Lisa Kurian Philip, Jon Seidel and Alma Campos
Flock flak: Although an Elgin Community College audit of Flock data found no evidence to suggest information had been accessed by federal immigration agents, college officials asked Flock to remove the surveillance cameras „out of an abundance of caution“ for its Latino students, school president Peggy Heinrich said. The company initially refused. The school said it covered the cameras with trash bags, which workers in an unmarked vehicle repeatedly removed. The pattern continued until their contract expired and Flock uninstalled the cameras.
Key context: Flock’s license plate readers use artificial intelligence to track passing vehicles. Public records show federal immigration authorities have accessed Flock data at Illinois colleges.
Reported abuse: Data captured by Flock cameras at Illinois public campuses, including Joliet Junior College, the University of Illinois Chicago and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was searched dozens of times last year in connection with immigration enforcement, records show. In some cases, federal immigration authorities directly accessed colleges’ data. The state also found that U.S. Customs and Border Protection illegally searched Illinois Flock data last year.
Related news:
- A federal judge in Chicago warned the Trump administration that any Homeland Security employee who worked Operation Midway Blitz might be ordered to turn over their personal phones for review — if litigation over the deportation campaign moves forward.
- The family of Silverio Villegas González, the man shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent last year, filed a complaint seeking compensation from the federal government for his death.
PUBLIC SAFETY 🚨
Police investigate Little Village shooting involving off-duty cop
Reporting by Sophie Sherry
Details emerge: As community leaders call for criminal charges against a Chicago police officer accused of using two guns to fire down a Little Village street, new details have emerged about the cop and the circumstances of the off-duty shooting that left another man wounded last weekend.
Zooming in: The officer has been identified as Edgar Delgado-Arroyo, 30, according to a Civilian Office of Police Accountability report. No formal allegation had been made against him, the report states. A law enforcement source told the Sun-Times that police are investigating whether there was an exchange of gunfire.
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN 📐
Orthodox church heads toward landmark status
Reporting by Lee Bey
East Side structure: St. Simeon Mirotočivi Serbian Orthodox Church, at 3737 E. 114th St., is a pile of Byzantine Revival architecture with its crucifix-topped towers and two-tone brickwork with an array of arches, horizontal stripes and checkerboard patterns. Built in the 1960s, the building is modeled after a 15th-century monastery in Serbia. Now, the church is nearing city landmark status.
Building backstory: The church and the hall were built on former swampland by its Serbian immigrant congregation, who worked in the mills that once dominated the neighborhood. Worshippers would reportedly attend meetings and sign over their paychecks to fund the building’s construction.
MORE NEWS YOU NEED 🗞️
- Speaking up, walking out: Hundreds of Lincoln Park High Schoolers marched the streets in solidarity with a former Cornell University student who alleged she was raped by classmates in 2024.
- DePaul demonstration: Nearby, more than 100 DePaul University students, faculty, staff and neighbors lined up outside the shuttered DePaul Art Museum, a demonstration to press school leaders to reopen the institution.
- Lincoln’s bloody cape: A blood-stained coat, reportedly worn by Mary Todd Lincoln the night her husband was assassinated, will soon be on display inside the Chicago History Museum.
- CTA employee killed: Authorities are looking for a man who fatally stabbed Julian Mobley, a CTA janitor, at a Near West Side Green Line station.
- Info sought in woman’s death: City and federal officials increased a reward to $35,000 for information on the Sept. 11 fatal shooting of Natalia Rodriguez.
- Relief request denied: The Trump administration denied federal disaster assistance for Illinoisans and municipalities recovering from severe storms throughout the summer. Gov. JB Pritzker said he plans to appeal the decision.
- IG wants AI: City Inspector General David Glockner said he wants to identify ways for cash-strapped Chicago to use artificial intelligence to deliver city services better, faster and at lower cost.
- Things to do Oct. 9-14: Audrey Hobert, „House of the Exquisite Corpse VI: Lullabies“ puppet show, and Cinema Femme Short Film Festival are among the highlights in the days ahead.
ELECTIONS ☑️
What to know about the 4th Congressional District race
Reporting by Tina Sfondeles
Race to replace: Running to replace U.S. Rep. Jesus „Chuy“ García in the 4th Congressional District are Patty García, the outgoing incumbent’s former chief of staff; Chris Getty, Lyons mayor and an independent candidate; Republican Lupe Castillo; and Working Class Party candidate Ed Hershey.
The controversy: Chuy García’s last-minute ballot switch — helping his then-chief of staff Patty García, no relation, get enough petitions to take his spot on the Democratic ballot — has nabbed a lot of attention. Chuy García’s move was widely panned as a maneuver that critics called a coronation and a Chicago machine play.
Go deeper: U.S. representatives vote on federal laws, advocate for their districts and work to secure federal funding and other resources for constituents. Head here to learn more about the candidates.
ON WBEZ 91.5 FM 📻
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Weekly news recap: WBEZ’s Dave McKinney, WTTW’s Nick Blumberg and Block Club Chicago’s Melody Mercado break down the week’s top stories.
Say More with Mary Dixon and Patrick Smith, 10 a.m.
- What’s your favorite way to eat chicken?: A conversation about chicken ahead of this weekend’s TenderFest at Navy Pier. Callers weigh in.
CHICAGO MINI CROSSWORD 🌭
Today’s clue: 8A: Venue like the United Center
FROM THE PRESS BOX ⚾🏈👟
- Sox analysis: The White Sox have overachieved to contend this early, but taking the next step will require more pitching depth, writes James Fegan.
- Green Bay outlook: The Packers bet big on Matt LaFleur and Jordan Love — and that duo is struggling as it faces an ascending Bears defense, writes Jason Lieser.
- High school football preview: A look at Week 8’s top games.
- Marathon debut: After a standout year on the U.S. road circuit, Emma Grace Hurley will lean on months of preparation for her debut at 26.2 miles.
BRIGHT ONE 🔆
9 theater performances to get your Halloween fix
Reporting by Mike Davis
Spooky season has arrived, and the apparent theme this year in Chicago theater is old-school horror.
Among the offerings: Otherworld Theatre’s world premiere of „Midsummer Night Scream“ is a new take on Shakespeare’s most-produced play, giving it a 1980s, neon-and-synth-filled rework.
Relatedly, the Broadway in Chicago remount of Kokandy’s hit musical „Jekyll & Hyde“ is a gothic horror story fueled by a 15-piece orchestra backing 1980s power ballads. The set feels like a haunted house.
Take a gander, if you dare, at our list of nine must-see shows this spooky season.
YOUR DAILY QUESTION ☕️
What’s a Chicago ghost story or urban legend that you grew up hearing about?
Reply to this question via email (please include your first and last name). We may run your answer in a future newsletter or story.
On Thursday, we asked you: What’s the best Chicago-set book you’ve ever read?
Here’s some of what you said, edited for length and clarity:
„Without a doubt, ‘Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago’ by Mike Royko, the best Chicago columnist ever. This is a fact-based review of Daley from cradle to grave — outstanding! An explanation of the city during Daley’s reign also, published in ’71. A must-read for every Chicagoan.“ — Michael King
„‘The Chicago Way’ by Michael Harvey, author of the Michael Kelly series, is a gripping story. It’s filled with familiar landmarks and institutions.“ — Jay Massey
„The Studs Lonigan trilogy; (‘Young Lonigan,’ ‘The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan’ and ‘Judgement Day’) by James T. Farrell, for many a forgotten but brilliant Chicago writer who provided readers with an honest portrait of the personal and professional lives of Chicago citizenry in the early 20th century.“ — Tom Knoff
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