Little Village
Maria Aguilar, 50, said she was robbed at gunpoint while helping a customer Thursday morning. She joined other street vendors, activists and residents at the 10th District police station to demand more officers patrol 26th Street.
A man handed a teller a note, implying he had a gun, police say. After not getting any money, he walked out of the Citibank branch.
The developer is selling the benefits of a truck parking area but community members say traffic and diesel pollution are already unbearable.
The Una Buenanoche toy drive, scheduled 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, will give 500 children $20 vouchers.
After 31 years, the lease for the 100 or so tenants of the busy shopping center on 26th Street expires next month, and the owner has not announced what will happen to the property.
Attorney Anabel Abarca, a McKinley Park resident, is the mayor’s fourth appointment to fill an aldermanic vacancy.
Juana Tapia Lopez, 56, was struck about 8:20 p.m. on Nov. 20 in the 2500 block of South Drake Avenue, according to police. She died Thursday.
Tramaine Larry, 49, was on the sidewalk about 1:40 p.m. in the 2200 block of South Springfield Avenue when two males approached him and opened fire.
Community members united to demand that big music festivals leave Douglass Park, which links Little Village and Lawndale.
Lawyers for Ruben Roman say evidence suggests 13-year-old Adam Toledo fired shots that drew police, led to fatal foot chase.
A man was shot to death Friday night in an alley in Chicago Lawn. A man was killed and 3 wounded outside a River North nightclub.
Officer Eric Stillman chased Toledo into an alley in Little Village in March 2021 and fired a single shot into the teen’s chest, a split-second after the teen dropped a handgun and raised his hands.
Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez will be at the event in Little Village, as will organizations offering free immigration and public health resources, plus a slew of vaccines.
“I don’t think they see the opportunities that it brings to the community,” Shameka Barnes, of Mt. Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church, said about area residents seeking to have the annual event moved elsewhere.
The three-day music festival starts Friday, but some West Side leaders say it’s detrimental to the health of nearby communities.
The annual bike ride will pass hot spots of gang activity in an effort to have riders and bystanders form better associations with sometimes precarious corners.
The teen was charged with killing Jezebell Perez and wounding her sister in the 2700 block of South Homan Avenue, police said.
Benjamin Ortega was shot in the 2400 block of South Trumbull Avenue, police said.
Citing a Sun-Times report, the former governor, who’s exploring a run for mayor, says an inspector general’s investigation into the botched 2020 smokestack implosion shouldn’t be kept secret.
After a heated community meeting, neighborhood groups are calling for artists to drop out of the weekend music festival as they continue to push for changes to how the West Side park is used.
Even as drug stores increasingly provide more vital services, including COVID-19 tests, contraceptive counseling and wellness visits, communities on the South and West sides have fewer locations than other parts of the city.
The 41-year-old was shot Saturday in the 2600 block of South Tripp Avenue, Chicago police said.
Anthony Heredia, 19, told investigators he was asked to come to the McDonald’s by employees who called him when they recognized the 17-year-old girl from an earlier altercation.
“It’s going to be like a supermarket,” said Margarita Marquez, a Pan de Vida client who was given a tour. “You’re going to see what it is that you really need. Before, what they had is what you took.”
“When I got into office, the people who were used to having their way, who were used to dominating our city — they wanted their city back and they’ve been fighting against us every single day,” the mayor told the breakfast crowd at Starlight Restaurant, 8300 S. Kedzie Ave.
Tough but uplifting documentary details the struggles of surviving in gang territory.
The Little Village store is one of 900 pharmacies being closed nationwide over the next three years.