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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 3 - The Untold Story

Migrants celebrate their first Christmas in Chicago, major winter storm forecast and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Toy drive with a twist in Little Village: kids get vouchers for Discount Mall vendors

The Una Buenanoche toy drive, scheduled 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, will give 500 children $20 vouchers that can be spent at participating shops in the Discount Mall.

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Little Village street vendors demand protection from theft that’s ‘happening more now than ever before’

Theft in the 10th Police District, which includes Little Village, has jumped up around 40% this year, from 378 thefts in 2021 up to 541, according to Chicago police statistics.

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Picture Chicago: 11 photos from this week’s local stories

A crowded mayor’s race sees candidates starting to field the public’s questions and a long-time Little Village mall’s fate remains unknown.

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After pushback from Little Village, Lawndale, Park District OKs changes to permit process for big events

Community members united to demand that big music festivals leave Douglass Park, which links Little Village and Lawndale.

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Chicago says it’s on track to plant 15,000 trees in first step to fix city's tree disparities. But ‘real work’ starts now, advocates say

CHICAGO — About four days a week, Dulce Garduno picks a few blocks in the Little Village neighborhood and knocks on doors. If there’s no response, she flags it as a house to revisit. If someone answers, she makes her pitch by posing a simple question: Do you want a…

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Chicago cop who fatally shot 13-year-old Adam Toledo now facing dismissal

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.

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Little Village resource fair on public health, immigration set for Saturday

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.

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18-year-old shot to death in Little Village

The teen was shot in the chest and back in the 4200 block of West 31st Street on Tuesday afternoon, police said.

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Two girls, 15, hit by car while riding scooter in Little Village

The teens were crossing the street in the 2800 block of South Kedzie Avenue when a black car struck them and drove off.

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16-year-old boy charged with fatally shooting young mother and her sister was already under investigation for another attack

The teen was charged with killing Jezebell Perez and wounding her sister in the 2700 block of South Homan Avenue, police said.

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One woman killed, another wounded in Little Village shooting

The women, 24 and 22, were standing outside in the 2700 block of South Homan Avenue when they were shot Wednesday night.

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15-year-old boy fatally shot in Little Village

Benjamin Ortega was shot in the 2400 block of South Trumbull Avenue, police said.

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Pat Quinn calls on Lightfoot to release Little Village implosion report

Citing a recent Sun-Times story, the former governor, who is exploring a run for mayor, says a watchdog investigation into the botched 2020 smokestack implosion should not be kept secret.

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Family files lawsuit as Pilsen mom remains on life support after I-55 road-rage shooting involving off-duty Chicago cop

Lizbeth Urbina is a single mother of two daughters, ages 1 and 3, and works at a shoe store in Little Village. “People love her in the neighborhood,” Baltazar Enrique said. “This is one of our children. She’s one of our family.”

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Residents in Little Village, Lawndale push for Riot Fest to leave Douglass Park

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.

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Little Village groups call on city to take action after botched implosion, how to see the supermoon and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Environmental groups call for air monitoring, home air filtration systems in Little Village two years after botched implosion

Environmental community groups issued a list of demands Monday as they continue to seek answers about the demolition of a smokestack at the former Crawford Coal Plant.

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Another alarming report on city inaction before 2020 smokestack implosion in Little Village

The public — and certainly the people of Little Village — deserve the full story on the implosion, not just the dribs, drabs and details coming out in bits and pieces.

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Little Village mural mystery solved; now Aurelio Diaz work is in line for a restoration

Completed in the late 1970s, “Education for the People” has new murals on either side of it. An artist behind those wants to repair and rejuvenate Diaz’s painting.

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13-year-old boy wounded in triple shooting in Little Village

They were shot as they sat in a car in the 2500 block of South Keeler Friday morning, Chicago police said.

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Council calls on Lightfoot to release report on botched implosion that blanketed Little Village in dust

Ald. Rodriguez wants to know details of an investigation and the reasons for reducing fines for developer.

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3 injured in Little Village fire, including 89-year-old man and 12-year-old boy

The fire broke out in the 3500 block of West Cermak Road around 2 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

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Man shot on porch in Little Village

The man was struck in his right leg and was taken to Stroger Hospital.

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Pan de Vida food pantry set to open in Little Village

“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.”

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