FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Cicero | History Defined

20 years after two Marine brothers were found shot dead cops say they have charged a suspect

A motive for the killing has not been released

The Independent UK · Apr 12, 2025

2 women killed, 10-month-old wounded in shooting inside Cicero home

Police say two women were shot to death in their home Tuesday. An infant is hospitalized with gunshot wounds. A body, believed to be that of the shooter, was found in a nearby park with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 3, 2024

2 women shot, killed in domestic dispute in Cicero; search underway for suspect

Officers found the women, 19 and 29, with gunshot wounds around 7:45 p.m. in the 1800 block of South 48th Court.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 3, 2024

Illinois Gaming Board says it didn’t know of testimony about mob payoffs, now plans to revoke Cicero diner’s gaming license

The agency OK’d Jeffrey Bertucci’s Steak N Egger in 2019 to operate video gaming devices. But officials now admit they hadn’t realized he testified in 2010 in a mob gambling case.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 29, 2023

FEMA urges flood victims to open doors for damage survey: ‘We want to understand the impact’

Federal officials are surveying damage in the first step to sending federal aid to home and business owners. A July 2 storm flooded thousands of homes on Chicago’s West Side, suburban Cicero, Stickney and Berwyn.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 26, 2023

Giannis Antetokounmpo mural in Milwaukee is the work of Cicero artist Mauricio Ramirez

Bulls fans, don’t hold that against him. Ramirez has family there. He’s also the artist behind plenty of murals around Chicago and far beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 14, 2023

Cicero flash flood provides a fishing opportunity

Anna Simpson, 80, took advantage of the flash flood Sunday to fish from her front porch in Cicero.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 3, 2023

Gig drivers for Walmart say they’re forced to compete against bots for deliveries

Chicago-area gig workers who make deliveries for Walmart say the company’s delivery app is being targeted by scammers who use bots to hoard orders on the platform, making it difficult for them to make a living.

Chicago Tribune · Jun 30, 2023

He used to do business with reputed mob figures. Now, he’s licensed by the Illinois Gaming Board.

Jeffrey Bertucci testified in 2010 to illegally paying out winnings from video gaming machines installed in his Cicero diner and splitting his take with the mob’s so-called video poker king. In 2019, gambling regulators gave him a license to legally operate video gaming devices.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 12, 2023

Telling the stories of 2 moms, undeterred in their quest for justice for sons lost to gun violence

MOHAMMAD SAMRA: Although their sons were killed years apart and in entirely different areas, I was struck by the resolve of Rosa Sanders and Carmela Richardson in my reporting this year.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 20, 2022