Marquette Park

Candidates in the 14th Ward (top and bottom left) Jeylú Gutiérrez and Raul Reyes; in the 13th Ward (top and bottom center) incumbent Marty Quinn and challenger Paul Bruton; and in the 23rd Ward (top and bottom right) incumbent Silvana Tabares and Eddie Guillen.

Elections

Burke ‘cloud’ hangs over 14th Ward, as Madigan casts shadow in 13th and 23rd

In the two-candidate contest to succeed Ald. Ed Burke in the 14th Ward, Jeylú Gutiérrez faces Raul Reyes. And in the nearby 13th and 23rd Wards, two incumbents — one who broke with former House Speaker Mike Madigan and the other a longtime ally — are seeking reelection.

By Tina Sfondeles

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News

Stray bullet kills man in Marquette Park

The man was sitting in his car Tuesday night in the 2900 block of Redfield Drive when he was shot, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Antonia Rueda prepares a snowball outside Neveria La Poblanita in Marquette Park. The 60-year-old grandmother began selling the summer treat as a way to get her four grandkids involved in the family business.

Chicago

Selling icy desserts offers life lessons to some, life raft to others

The bottom line for some local street vendors is to keep money coming in. “This is my way of staying above water,” one seller said.

By Michael Loria

Dominique Sabbs with Marquette Park Running Crew warms up on Marquette Park’s running track.

News

Neighborhood running clubs get people on their feet

Chicago Area Runners Association received $25,000 to fund free 5Ks and neighborhood running clubs formed in honor of Ahmaud Arbery.

By Michael Loria

Alfonzo Fleming, husband of Tamiko Talbert-Fleming, who was fatally shot while driving near West 71st Street and South Artesian Ave., on January 14, gets emotional during a press conference Wednesday near where Talbert-Fleming was shot in the Marquette Park neighborhood.

Crime

Family, friends ask for help finding the person who shot beloved South Side hairstylist

Tamiko Talbert-Fleming was shot Jan. 14 and died two days later.

By Stefano Esposito

A man has been charged in the death of a woman who was hit by a stray bullet last month on the West Side.

Crime

Marquette Park man sexually assaulted ex, forcibly undressed and recorded her: Prosecutors

Alejandro Pena, 23, is accused of sexually assaulting his ex-girlfriend in late 2020 despite her pleas for him to stop, prosecutors said.

By Madeline Kenney

Crime

Drug dealer killed by rival after he was told not to sell on Marquette Park block: Prosecutors

Reginald McCune, 37, was charged first-degree murder for the Dec. 20 shooting of Devonta Anderson.

By Matthew Hendrickson

A male was fatally shot after attacking a security guard Sept. 5, 2022, outside a Greektown business.

Crime

Man found fatally shot in Marquette Park

Officers responding to a ShotSpotter alert in the 7000 block of South Maplewood Avenue found the man with gunshot wounds to his head, shoulder, torso and arm.

By Sun-Times Wire

“I don’t want to get sick because the school is not getting cleaned,” 8-year-old Xochitl Frausto Morales, a third grader at Eberhart Elementary School, complained to the Local School Council at a meeting this past week about the filth — and the absence of custodians to keep the school clean. “I know it is not clean because I found a living cockroach on the toilet seat in the Eberhart bathroom.”

The Watchdogs

At Chicago elementary school, staff, moms, kids step in when CPS can’t keep school clean

After weeks of problems at Eberhart Elementary on the Southwest Side, CPS finally sent a substitute custodian — after Sun-Times reporters asked about the filth.

By Lauren FitzPatrick and Nader Issa

Crime

No bail for Marquette Park couple charged with murdering 2-year-old girl

Allison Zelaya suffered from “chronic and acute” child abuse, prosecutors said. Her mother Milixen Ardon, 24, and Ardon’s boyfriend, Wilfredo Cruz, 43, have been charged with the toddler’s murder.

By Emmanuel Camarillo

Alfredo Palafox speaks during a gathering meant to celebrate Black and Brown solidarity and commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s march at Marquette Park on Aug. 5, 1966 near the Martin Luther King, Jr. Living Memorial in the Marquette Park neighborhood, Friday morning, Aug. 6, 2021.

Marquette Park

Activists call for solidarity, mark anniversary of MLK’s Marquette Park march

South Side activists called Friday for solidarity between Black and Brown communities at the Martin Luther King Jr. Living Memorial in Marquette Park.

By Cheyanne M. Daniels

Crime

3 wounded in drive-by shooting in Marquette Park

They were standing outside in the 3100 block of West 64th Street when a black sedan pulled up and someone opened fire.

By Sun-Times Wire

Crime

Teen killed landlord’s nephew after illegal eviction: prosecutors

Deandre Rounds allegedly fired his weapon three times at a front window of the Marquette Park building where Deonte Brewer was standing inside. Brewer, 29, was struck in the forehead and died.

By Matthew Hendrickson

Chicago police work the scene where at least eight people were shot in the 6300 block of South Artesian Avenue in the Marquette Park neighborhood on Sunday, June 27, 2021.

City Hall

‘I feel like the city of Chicago has no love left.’ Friend, family remember women killed in mass shootings, as mayor decries ‘street justice’

This June alone, there have been at least 10 attacks where four or more people were shot in Chicago. About a third of the 78 people shot between Friday evening and early Monday were wounded in just four attacks.

By Fran Spielman, Madeline Kenney, and 2 more

Wisdom Parker, 5, and his family pose with 100 Men Standing and Robert Money in front of the limousine they were surprised with Friday morning.

Marquette Park

5-year-old boy gets movie-star treatment on his way to preschool graduation

Wisdom Parker was injured in a hit-and-run earlier this month, so community members stepped up to make his preschool graduation extra special.

By Cheyanne M. Daniels

Dwayne James was reported missing from Marquette Park on the Southwest Side.

News

Man missing from Marquette Park found safe

Dwayne James was last seen in the 6600 block of South Whipple Street.

By Sun-Times Wire

Marine Corps veteran Ah’monie Scanlon and her son Gabriel Scanlon-Curtis sit in their new 2018 Honda CR-V that U.S. Bank and Operation Homefront gifted them outside a U.S. Bank branch in the Marquette Park neighborhood, Friday morning, May 28, 2021.

Chicago

Marine veteran gifted a new SUV from Operation Homefront

Ah’Monie Scanlon, the single mother of a toddler, has been driving for Uber to try to make ends meet.

By Stefano Esposito

A teenage boy was shot April 10, 2021, in Lawndale.

Crime

Teen boy killed in Marquette Park shooting; 2 in custody

Two males chased the boy and fired shots as they ran, striking him several times throughout the body, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

News

2 injured in Marquette Park crash involving CPD vehicle

The squad car was westbound on 71st Street about 8:05 p.m. when it struck a 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche headed south on Maplewood Avenue, Chicago police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Police search for men who burglarized homes in January and February 2021.

Crime

Pair of burglars hit businesses in Chicago Lawn, West Lawn: police

The burglaries happened on Kedzie Avenue and Pulaski Road.

By Sun-Times Wire