Good morning, Chicago. Lots of coyotes are out and about in Chicago and its suburbs, and experts say there’s no cause for alarm. Coyotes have been spotted along the Magnificent Mile, in the Streeterville neighborhood, in the Montrose Beach Dunes, on frozen water in Humboldt Park and outside th e Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago in recent weeks. According to Chris Anchor, a wildlife biologist for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, people are seeing more of the species lately because mating season aptly peaked Feb. 14. Coyotes, who are instinctually territorial, are therefore patrolling their land more often. “Everybody in the Chicagoland area lives within the territory of a family group of coyotes,” Anchor said. Read the full story from the Tribune’s Madeline King. Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day, including: how screws are tightening for immigrant detainees swept up in Operation Midway Blitz, why Illinois lawmakers are pushing a university funding overhaul and the latest Cactus League report from spring training. Today’s eNewspaper edition | Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles Games | Today in History An aerial view of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on Aug. 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida. (Steve Helber/AP) Armed man shot and killed after entering secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, Secret Service says An armed man drove into the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida, before being shot and killed early yesterday morning, according to a spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service. Although Trump often spends weekends at his resort, he was at the White House when the breach occurred around 1:30 a.m. Members of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership pray around Sister Alicia Gutierrez before three of them were led inside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview to administer ashes for Ash Wednesday on Feb. 18, 2026. At left is the Rev. Paul Keller and second from left is the Rev. Leandro Fossa. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) Screws tightening for immigrant detainees swept up in Operation Midway Blitz as arrests continue Many of the most in-your-face signs of Operation Midway Blitz have evaporated from public life in Chicago. There’s no more tear gas or pepper balls in the streets. The Broadview processing center that saw so much chaos still draws protests and demonstrations, but last week, a religious group reported that just four people were being held there. U.S. Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino, who oversaw the height of the operation, hasn’t been seen in Chicago in months. Yet immigration enforcement continues in and around the city. And the battles that started on residential streets during the fall are still wearing on in courtrooms and detention centers from Wisconsin to Indiana to Texas. Toshiko “Tonko” Doi speaks on Feb. 19, 2026, at a vigil at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview on Japanese American Day of Remembrance to commemorate the executive order that forced incarceration of those of Japanese ancestry during World War II. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) ‘Wrong in 1942. Wrong now.’ Local Japanese Americans tie WWII incarceration to Trump’s immigration crackdown Born the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Toshiko “Tonko” Doi of Chicago was just a baby when she and her family were forced into Japanese incarceration camps by the United States government, spending the earliest years of her life in confinement. Her father was a Japanese immigrant. Her mother was a U.S. citizen. Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Lightford speaks among supporters on Feb. 17, 2026, about the Adequate and Equitable Public University Funding Formula at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) Illinois lawmakers push university funding overhaul amid regional enrollment drops and U. of I. opposition With enrollment plunging at many of Illinois’ regional universities, state leaders are again pressing a sweeping overhaul of higher education funding — one that would steer more money to smaller campuses despite firm opposition from the state’s flagship system, the University of Illinois. People dance in the middle of the street ahead of a balloon release on Feb. 21, 2026, in honor of two dancers from South Shore-based Empiire Dance Company who died earlier in the week in a car crash on the Bishop Ford Expressway. (Josh Boland/Chicago Tribune) Dozens attend dance-filled celebration for young dancer killed in Bishop Ford crash Nearly a hundred people attended a vigil at a South Side elementary school for the 17-year-old dancer who was killed in a car accident early Thursday morning. Thornton Fractional North High School in Calumet City on Sept. 4, 2024. (Vincent D. Johnson/for the Daily Southtown) Records show Thornton Fractional District 215 previously investigated teachers charged in sexual assault Records show Thornton Fractional High School District 215 began investigating a former teacher and wrestling coach more than a year before he was charged with sexual assault of high school students. A sign welcomes motorists to Hammond on Jan. 13, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) Arlington Heights? Hammond? Chicago Bears could join 10 NFL franchises who left namesake cities for suburbs. The Arlington Cowboys. East Rutherford Giants and Jets. Inglewood Rams and Chargers. And maybe the Hammond Bears. Ten NFL teams don’t play in their namesake cities but in their suburbs. If the Chicago Bears go through with one of their proposals for a new stadium — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker acknowledged Friday that the team’s next home is unlikely to rise within Chicago’s city limits — they could wind up in northwest suburban Arlington Heights or just across the Indiana border in Hammond. Gov. JB Pritzker suggests no matter how Indiana vs. Illinois fight goes, new Bears home won’t be in Chicago Column: Bears are headed to Indiana — for football, not politics. 6 topics for the NFL combine. Chicago White Sox second baseman Sam Antonacci runs the bases after hitting a two-run homer in the second inning against the Chicago Cubs during the Cubs and White Sox first spring training game of the year at Sloan Park on Feb. 20, 2026, in Mesa, Ariz. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Cactus League report: White Sox’s Sam Antonacci makes an impression before heading to the WBC After playing against each other Friday in the Cactus League opener, White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami and Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki will become teammates this week in Japan. Professional wrestler Anriel Howard, aka Lash Legend (above), will take part in the WWE's Elimination Chamber at the United Center in Chicago. (Andrea Kellaway/WWE) WWE’s ‘Elimination Chamber’ is coming to the United Center — and wrestling fans have been waiting World Wrestling Entertainment returns to Chicago later this week for one of the biggest events in the professional wrestling calendar as “Elimination Chamber” takes over the United Center. Nick Reiner appears at the premiere of “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” in Los Angeles on Sept. 9, 2025. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) Rob Reiner’s son returns to court, may enter plea in the killing of his parents Nick Reiner may finally enter a plea today in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, after two previous court hearings that brought some drama but little practical progress in the case. Reiner is set to appear in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom for his arraignment on two counts of first-degree murder with his new attorney Kimberly Greene, a public defender. Conan O’Brien breaks silence on Reiner murders following his holiday party ...read more read less