Good morning, Chicago. If an ambitious redevelopment plan takes hold, investment totaling hundreds of millions of dollars could soon pour into Kenosha, potentially transforming its economy and skyline five years after the police shooting of Jacob Blake attracted worldwide attention to the small lake front city in Wisconsin. The city replaced a damaged strip mall with an affordably priced apartment complex soon after the 2020 civil unrest that followed the Blake shooting. But that was just one step in a decadeslong effort to revitalize what had been a Rust Belt city hit by factory shutdowns. Kenosha breathed new life into once-empty manufacturing sites, recently breaking ground on high-end residential developments near the city’s harbor, part of a new, walkable downtown meant to attract thousands of residents. A high-tech hub for small manufacturers, other local businesses and entrepreneurs has also begun rising just west of downtown. But the city’s latest reinvention still worries some residents. It’s tough now to afford housing and food, they said. And although the development blueprints look great, hundreds of new, expensive apartments and amenities could remake downtown into a place for the tourists and the affluent, pricing out struggling Kenoshans and leaving behind those who suffered most from the civil unrest. Read the full story from the Tribune’s Brian J. Rogal. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day, including: how Venezuelans in the Chicago area are feeling after Nicolás Maduro’s capture, who the Bears will be playing in the NFC divisional-round playoff game at Soldier Field and what films took top honors at last night’s Golden Globes. Today’s eNewspaper edition | Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles Games | Today in History Geno DiMaria of Go Fourth Media documents a protest against ICE on 26th Street in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood in response to the shooting death of motorist Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 7, 2026. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) Documenting the immigration crackdown, from Chicago to Minneapolis A small band of filmmakers from across the Chicago area are on a mission to protect constitutional rights through on-the-ground, documentary-style videos as President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration crackdown pushes on — with its propensity, in experts’ estimation, for needless safety risks and often an approach of acting first and justifying later. Nour Tamimi, right, leads a chant during a rally on Jan. 9, 2026, at a makeshift memorial in Minneapolis honoring Renee Good, near the site where Good fatally shot by an ICE officer. (John Locher/AP) Minnesota shooting raises questions about who investigates federal agents In a video reminiscent of scenes in Chicago, down to the snow on the ground, an immigration agent fired shots point-blank into a car blocking a residential road in Minneapolis, killing a 37-year-old mom. Less than 24 hours later, at a news conference in New York, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was asked about local officials claiming they’d been cut out of the investigation of the fatal encounter. Yvette Hernandez passes to-go containers of food to a worker at her restaurant, Carato’s Venezuelan Restaurant in Roselle, on Jan. 8, 2026. Hernadez has been in the U.S. for 10 years and has owned the restaurant for 11 months. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune) After Maduro’s capture, Venezuelans in the Chicago area face difficult choice: ‘People are afraid to stay and people are afraid to return’ Yvette Hernandez has four grandchildren she wants to meet someday. But they’re halfway across the world. Her path toward a reunion is uncertain. After the U.S. captured and imprisoned Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro last week, many Venezuelans are left with conflicting emotions: hope for the prospect of democracy in their home country yet mistrust that President Donald Trump — who has vowed to “run Venezuela” — will have their best interests at heart. Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado with Deputy Leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Asle Toje, right, outside the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Dec. 12, 2025. (Ole Berg-Rusten/NTB via AP) Pope Leo XIV meets with Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado in surprise audience Pope Leo XIV met with Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in a private audience at the Vatican today. Machado is touring Europe and the United States after she reemerged in December to accept her Nobel Peace Prize in Norway. The moon hangs above the Illinois State Capitol building in Springfield on Oct. 15, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) Illinois lawmakers return to Capitol facing $2.2B budget gap while pushing election-year affordability message In an election-year General Assembly session where what won’t pass will likely be as telling as what might, Illinois lawmakers return to the Capitol facing a familiar but narrowing path: avoid politically radioactive fights, plug a more-than-$2 billion budget hole and sell voters on a single unifying theme Democrats are leaning on from Washington to Springfield — affordability. MWRD Environmental Research Technicians Mike Portala (left) and Mike Ress display a 3.9-pound smallmouth bass they caught during an electrofishing survey to document fish species on the Cal-Sag Channel near Blue Island. (MWRD) Scientists and advocates hail catch of smallmouth bass as sign of improved Cal-Sag Channel water quality Mike Ress, an environmental research technician at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, said he was anxious at first to work in the Cal-Sag Channel, as his south suburban family told him to avoid the waterway growing up due to its reputation for poor water quality. But Ress said through his work with the MWRD he has found the channel has become a wild, vibrant ecosystem with herons and beautiful fish species such as the pumpkinseed, which he and other MWRD scientists attribute to regulatory changes and new water treatment systems. Traffic moves east into Indiana on I-94 on Dec. 17, 2025, in Lansing, Illinois. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune) As Bears dangle a stadium in Indiana, Kansas City and Chiefs fans weigh cross-border stadium move As the Bears appear in the NFL playoffs while dangling the threat of moving to northwest Indiana, take a look westward to Kansas City where the Chiefs, failing to make the postseason for the first time in 11 years, have left their fans to ponder the team’s move across the border to Kansas in what will be one of the nation’s largest taxpayer-subsidized stadium deals in history. Green Bay Packers linebacker Nick Niemann (31) is unable to prevent Chicago Bears tight end Colston Loveland from catching a ball to score a 2-point conversion in the fourth quarter of an NFC wild-card game at Soldier Field in Chicago on Jan. 10, 2026. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) ‘He’s really just scratching the surface’: Chicago Bears rookie Colston Loveland making big games look routine After the rookie tight end led the Bears in Saturday’s 31-27 win over the Green Bay Packers with eight receptions for 137 yards, former Bears tight end and current Fox Sports analyst Greg Olsen exclaimed on social media, “Colston Loveland is a dude!!!” Loveland’s performance included the second-most yards in NFL postseason history for a rookie tight end behind the Philadelphia Eagles’ Keith Jackson, who had 142 receiving yards in a 20-12 loss to the Bears on Dec. 31, 1988, at Soldier Field. Bears’ opponent is set for NFC divisional-round playoff game at Soldier Field Bears saved their wildest ending yet for the playoffs: Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on the wild-card win Sara Murphy, from left, Teyana Taylor, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Chase Infiniti pose in the press room with the award for best motion picture – musical or comedy for “One Battle After Another” during the 83rd Golden Globes on Jan. 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) ‘Hamnet’ and ‘One Battle After Another’ take top honors at Golden Globes Paul Thomas Anderson’s ragtag revolutionary saga “One Battle After Another” took top honors at yesterday’s 83rd Golden Globes in the comedy category, while Chloe Zhao’s Shakespeare drama “Hamnet” upset “Sinners” to win best film, drama. Mavis Staples performs at the Chicago Theatre on Jan. 10, 2026. (Troy Stolt for the Chicago Tribune) Mavis Staples at the Chicago Theatre: This is what freedom sounds like Mavis Staples leveraged more than 70 years of performance and activism to meet the moment Saturday at a sold-out Chicago Theatre. ...read more read less