Pilsen restaurant honoring gun violence victims
The Chicago restaurant staff at Lawrence's Fish & Shrimp is wearing orange in support of “National Gun Violence Awareness Day.”
Businesses create new Pilsen Chamber of Commerce
Small businesses in the Pilsen community have a new advocate --- the Pilsen Chamber of Commerce.
Thousands of Chicago residents apply for chance to receive $500 for a year as deadline looms
The city-run program will select 5,000 participants to give $500 a month for a year.
Pilsen residents rally against Chicago metal recycling company that they say is polluting the air
An 8-year-old with asthma says her lungs are being destroyed by polluters. "My asthma inhaler, I always have to carry, sometimes I can’t breathe."
Pilsen high school ordering students to lock up phones during school day
The school is ordering students to lock up their phones for the whole school day starting April 25.
Police warn Chicago residents after trio of armed carjackings
Chicago police issued an alert to residents of two districts after groups of people have been robbing and carjacking victims at gunpoint on the West Side.
Pilsen kids ask EPA head to protect them from ‘massive amounts of pollutants in … air we breathe’
Saying they can’t take any more air pollution in Pilsen because it’s making them sick, a group of six children hand delivered a letter to the top environmental official in Chicago Wednesday asking her to promise to conduct a comprehensive health study of the community before any new government approvals for a longtime scrap-metal operation is allowed.
Chicago 'Demolition Surcharge Ordinance' up for City Council vote this week
A plan to slow gentrification in two of Chicago’s hottest neighborhoods is up for a City Council vote this week.
Chicago school holds prayer vigil for Ukraine on same day they started accepting refugees
Chicago students from a Ukrainian Village school are offering prayers of peace for their loved ones overseas.
Chicago archdiocese to offer ashes-to-go for commuters on Ash Wednesday
Catholics in Chicago can receive ashes during their commute on Ash Wednesday as part of a service being offered by the Archdiocese of Chicago.
'Unbelievable!': Benito Juarez HS students, parents surprised with full rides to Illinois colleges
It was a stunning announcement that could change thousands of young lives in Chicago.
Could a new elevated nature trail be coming to the West Side?
You’ve probably heard of The 606 trail and maybe enjoyed the respite it provides. You also may know that another linear park on a rail line, the El Paseo Trail, is proposed in Pilsen and Little Village.