Little Village

The 43rd annual 8K run kicked off Sunday at Columbus Drive and Monroe Street. ‘It’s just a great experience, especially the feeling of running with a big group of people,’ said one runner about racing.
Marlene Hopkins was the city official in charge of reviewing plans for the 2020 Crawford coal plant implosion that ended up blanketing the Southwest Side community in dust.
Little Village nonprofit holds baby showers to help mothers in need like Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, who was killed in 2019.
Christian Covarrubias, 25, was standing on the sidewalk in the 3200 block of West 26th Street about 1:20 p.m. Monday when someone opened fire.
Brandon Alcaraz, 22, was struck in the head Saturday night in the 2500 block of South Trumbull Avenue. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. A 17-year-old boy was wounded.
After three years of behind-the-scenes planning, trash hauler LRS scraps an idea to send waste down to Central Illinois from the Sanitary and Ship Canal.
Las acciones de Marlene Hopkins y el ex funcionario, Jorge Herrera, “constituyeron una mala administración pública”, según reporte.
Marlene Hopkins oversaw the 2020 Crawford plant demolition that coated the community in dust.
El concejal local Michael Rodríguez (22°) habló en contra del ataque, ocurrido a cuadras de su casa, y dijo que está trabajando con funcionarios y trabajadores comunitarios.
“It’s very heartbreaking to hear that these types of things are happening,” community leader Baltazar Enriquez said.
Crisoforo Osorio-Gonzalez, 36, was found with gunshot wounds to his head and back around 6:45 a.m. Saturday in the 3600 block of West 26th Street, Chicago police said.
A man, 29, was in the driver’s seat of a vehicle in the 3400 block of West 24th Street when someone opened fire about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Chicago police said.
As many as 90,000 people could be eligible for injury payments up to $500, according to a lawyer for the residents. Claims must be submitted by March 26.
Little Village group wants the EPA to force action taken on a heavily polluted channel off the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.
The man, 37, was in critical condition at Mount Sinai Hospital, police said.
Mayor Brandon Johnson plans a range of resources, including another round of guaranteed basic income, targeted this time to four neighborhoods.
Negotiations have dragged on over pay and staffing, union leaders said. The charter operator runs two campuses near Little Village with a total of 550 students.
The teenager was shot multiple times about 12:30 p.m. in the 2400 block of South Albany Avenue.
Enrique Victor was shot in the head and the abdomen and taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital where he died, police said.
After a physical altercation at about 5:20 a.m. Sunday with another individual inside a residence in the 2500 block of South Trumbull Avenue, a 37-year-old and a 23-year-old, were shot multiple times throughout their bodies, police said.