Little Village
As many as 50 immigrant children staying temporarily at Piotrowski Park joined Zapata Academy and other grammar schools in South Lawndale, and about a dozen youths may enroll in Little Village Lawndale High School, the Sun-Times has learned.
A man was shot to death Friday evening in Riverdale on the Far South Side, and a 17-year-old boy was shot to death in North Lawndale early Saturday
The work by Chicago-based artist Salvador Jiménez-Flores was made after Flores won the Chicago Sculpture Exhibit’s Richard Hunt Award. It’s one of 42 the exhibit is installing this month.
Street vendors on the South Side are setting up shop for Día de las Madres, which takes place Wednesday in many Latin American countries.
With a focus on culture and lifestyle stories, the improved La Voz aims to showcase and celebrate the breadth and intersectionality of the diverse Latino communities in the Chicago area.
Jennifer Aguilar, quien nació y se crió en La Villita, toma la dirección de la cámara de comercio, la cual promueve los negocios pequeños y organiza el desfile mexicano.
The drivers of the school bus and the car were hospitalized in serious to critical condition Tuesday, the Chicago Fire Department said.
Jennifer Aguilar, who was born and raised in La Villita, takes the helm of the local chamber of commerce, which not only advocates for businesses but runs the Mexican Independence Day parade.
About 40 vendors were forced to leave the mall on West 26th Street at the end of March, and had been looking for a new location. On Friday, they announced they’d found one — and had a commitment from the city to help.
It’s one of four Walmart stores in Chicago being closed for good Sunday.
Community leaders at the Chatham Supercenter question the abrupt announcement of four Walmart closures this weekend: “If they’re going to walk out on us, we’re going to walk out on them.”
The Walmart Supercenter in Chatham is one of four stores in Chicago — along with supermarkets in Kenwood, Little Village and Lake View — that the company announced Tuesday will close. The supermarket chain called the sites “unprofitable.”
Officer Eric Stillman chased Toledo into an alley in Little Village in March 2021 and fired a single shot into the boy’s chest, a split-second after Toledo dropped a handgun and raised his hands.
The National Labor Relations Board cited several cases of alleged intimidation and coercion during a campaign of worker activism in 2021 and 2022.
About 40 vendors got a six-week extension Monday afternoon, but most already had packed up. “They waited until the last moment to tell us,” said Griselda Estrada, standing in the store where she’s worked nearly 30 years.
The man, 20, was driving in the 2200 block of South Sawyer Avenue when someone shot at his car.
Four males were taken into custody after the shooting, which occurred about 10:50 p.m. Saturday.
About 40 vendors sued the property owner, seeking an injunction preventing their eviction. A judge on Friday denied their request, and those vendors now have to leave by Tuesday.
The plaintiffs want a judge to issue an injunction and restraining order that would allow them to remain open until a judge determines whether it’s legal to shut down their businesses and seize their merchandise.
Several in the group of about 40 vendors forced out of the mall have tried different means of remaining in business, but they say they feel isolated without one another.
Police said Oscar Montes and another man were seen on a police surveillance camera striking a man seated in a car late Friday in the 2300 block of South Washtenaw Avenue.
Johnathan Salgado, 22, was shot in the 2400 block of South Homan Avenue, police said.
Little Village residents, already exposed to high levels of air pollution, fear that a legislative plan that would add lanes, paid for with private funding, would worsen health risks.
Despite car caravan to Northwest Side office of mall’s owner, Novak Construction, March 26 eviction deadline stands.
A previously secret watchdog report accuses officials of being negligent and incompetent before the 2020 debacle that coated the community in dust.
Community groups and volunteers are stepping up to assist — and sometimes take into their homes — new immigrants seeking refuge around the Chicago area as shelters fill up and temporary housing spaces, including shuttered schools, spark controversy.
The Little Village Shopping Plaza, which includes the Discount Mall, is in the midst of transformation by its new owner, who has told some of the shop owners at the neighborhood icon to leave. They plan to stay.
A protest Thursday downtown and workshop Saturday in Little Village are the latest in a series of actions to help homeowners save money and change the process that led to the increases.
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