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Thursday, April 25, 2024
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Tyler LaRiviere

Visual journalist
Manifestantes bloquearon el lunes la entrada a un campamento de carpas planeado en Brighton Park, que podría albergar inicialmente a 500 migrantes y luego ampliarse a 2,000.
La Voz Chicago
Grupo de manifestantes bloquea la construcción de campamento para migrantes en Brighton Park
Los manifestantes dijeron que más de 10 camiones estaban en fila para entrar en el sitio para poner una base de grava, que los funcionarios de la Municipalidad han dicho que se requiere en cualquier sitio destinado para ser un campamento de migrantes.
By Michael Loria and Tyler LaRiviere
 
Manifestantes bloquearon el lunes la entrada a un campamento de carpas planeado en Brighton Park, que podría albergar inicialmente a 500 migrantes y luego ampliarse a 2,000.
Immigration
Brighton Park migrant tent site construction blocked by protesters: ‘Show me the permit; I’m ready to go to jail.’
Protesters said more than 10 dump trucks were lined up to enter the site to lay a gravel base, which city officials have said is required of any site intended for a migrant camp.
By Michael Loria and Tyler LaRiviere
 
Soyfa Athamanah
Crime
69-year-old matriarch killed in hit-and-run near her Uptown home: ‘She had a good heart ... it was stripped away from us.’
Soyfa Athamanah was in a crosswalk in the 5100 block of North Broadway, carrying food after helping out at a restaurant Tuesday night, when she was struck by a black Honda.
By Sophie Sherry, Cindy Hernandez, and 2 more
 
Chicago Teachers Union and elected officials remove the cover to reveal the new Honorary Karen Lewis CTU Way street sign in front of the union’s headquarters, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022.
News
Street sign unveiled for Honorary Karen Lewis CTU Way in front of teachers union headquarters
CTU and elected officials were on hand for the renaming of the stretch of West Carroll Avenue in front of the union’s Near West Side headquarters.
By Tyler LaRiviere
 
Yellowcard performs during the second day of Riot Fest in Douglass Park.
Music
Riot Fest 2022: Day 2 PHOTO GALLERY
The annual music extravaganza returned to Douglass Park in full force this year.
By Miriam Di Nunzio and Tyler LaRiviere
 
Officials work the scene where a man who allegedly opened fire Saturday during a family reunion at a South Holland park was shot by an off-duty police officer.
Crime
Off-duty officer fatally shoots alleged gunman who opened fire at family reunion in South Holland
An off-duty Palos Hills police officer at the gathering returned fire when a gunman began shooting following an earlier domestic dispute, authorities said.
By Tyler LaRiviere and Mohammad Samra
 
Around a thousand people march on Wacker Dr. in the Loop, during a pro-Palestinian protest, Friday, May 21, 2021.
News
Hundreds march in Loop to show support for Palestine
Protesters gathered in Congress Plaza Garden, at Ida B. Wells Drive and Michigan Avenue. Various activists, politicians and religious leaders spoke before the group marched north on Michigan Avenue to Wacker Drive.
By Tyler LaRiviere
 
Mayor Lori Lightfoot (from left), Gov. J.B. Pritzker and U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, touring the $65.9 million emergency coronavirus hospital at McCormick Place on April 17 — the day Pritzker announced the first five patients had been transferred there. Only 33 more would follow.
La Voz Chicago
El hospital improvisado en McCormick Place, ahora cerrado, le costó $15 millones a los contribuyentes
Al final, solo 38 pacientes fueron transferidos ahí para recibir tratamiento.
By Tyler LaRiviere
 
Guaranteed Rate Field sits empty during the Chicago White Sox opening day game against the Minnesota Twins, Friday evening, July 24, 2020.
MLB
Sox, Cubs open delayed season in fan-free ballparks
Cardboard cutouts and piped-in crowd noise were the order of the day as both teams finally began the regular season at home.
By Ashlee Rezin and Tyler LaRiviere