Man charged with shoving CPD supervisor after driving truck toward protesters

A man has been charged with shoving a Chicago police supervisor who stopped him for allegedly driving a truck toward a group of protesters Saturday in Little Village on the Southwest Side.

3 shot in Little Village

Two men and a woman were wounded in a shooting Sunday in Little Village on the Southwest Side.

Demolition of former power plant resumes in Little Village
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Demolition continues Friday for a site in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood but not everyone is on board with the project.

Demolition of Little Village site continues to the dismay of some

Demolition will continue Friday for a site in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood but not everyone is on board with the project.

Alderman says he witnessed racially motivated attacks on black people in Little Village

The alderman of a mostly Mexican-American neighborhood in Chicago says he has witnessed racially motivated attacks in his community on innocent African Americans in recent days.

Chicago Latinos see higher rates of coronavirus infections

Across the country, states reporting racial data indicate similar trends, with overwhelmingly high rates of infection within the Latino population.

Lightfoot announces 6 new COVID-19 testing sites

Mayor Lori Lightfoot said the additional sites will enable the city to perform up to 10,000 COVID-19 tests per day by the end of the month.

Developer behind botched smokestack implosion faces new fines

The suburban developer behind a botched smokestack implosion in Chicago faces a new $2,500 fine for allowing “silty water” into the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, according to health officials.

Illinois sues developer, contractors in Little Village coal plant implosion

The Illinois attorney general’s office on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against a developer and two contractors for the release of contaminants during the implosion of a smokestack at a defunct Chicago power station.

Chicago tortilla maker El Milagro temporarily shuts down after worker dies of COVID-19

There were long lines outside a popular tortilla shop in Little Village on Monday after word got out that the company was closing temporarily because of a coronavirus outbreak.

Man turns himself in after hitting, killing Little Village pedestrian: prosecutors

A 26-year-old Little Village man turned himself in to Chicago police Saturday hours after he allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian, Cook County prosecutors said Monday.

Illinois agency refers 'enforcement action' against company after smokestack demolition

An Illinois agency has referred an enforcement action against a company whose demolition of a coal plant caused a dust cloud to cover parts of Chicago neighborhood.

Chicago cites developer, contractors in smokestack implosion

A developer and two contractors overseeing the destruction of a defunct coal plant’s smokestack that covered a southwest side neighborhood in dust face nearly $70,000 in fines, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Friday.

Company apologizes for massive dust cloud in Little Village after demolition

The company whose weekend demolition of a former coal plant in Little Village sent a massive cloud of dust into Chicago’s nearby neighborhood apologized for causing “anxiety and fear.”

Teen, dog killed in Little Village shooting: police

A 17-year-old boy and his dog were fatally shot while out for a walk Tuesday in Little Village on the Southwest Side, police said.