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Proposed Little Village Community Center Seeks to Improve Health Equity
Ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, advocates in Chicago are continuing his mission of inclusion, working to ensure marginalized communities have equal access to health care by supporting a new proposed community center. NBC 5’s Karen Aguilar reports.
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Little Village Street Vendors Demand More Police After Recent Armed Robberies
“When the Mag Mile gets hit, they take our resources, our police officers and send them that way,” Baltazar Enriquez, president of the Little Village Community Council said. “So why not do the same thing when this happens to our neighborhood?”
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Street Vendors Robbed at Gunpoint in Little Village
Little Village residents are working to make their community safety after several incidents in which street vendors were robbed at gunpoint. NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.
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Street Vendors Robbed in Little Village During Morning Hours
Little Village community members are demanding more police presence in the morning hours after four street vendors were robbed at gunpoint, NBC 5’s Lexi Sutter reports.
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Family Seeks Answers After Grandmother Dies Following Little Village Hit-and-Run
A Chicago family is expressing anger and heartbreak after a grandmother of 10 died from injuries sustained in a hit-and-run in the Little Village neighborhood, authorities said. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.
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Family Seeks Answers After Grandmother Dies Following Little Village Hit-and-Run
A Chicago family is expressing anger and heartbreak after a grandmother of 10 died from injuries sustained in a hit-and-run in the Little Village neighborhood, authorities said. Relatives described the victim, Juana Tapia Lopez, 56, as the rock of her family. “My mom was literally the light in everybody’s life,” said daughter Monse Soto. “As soon as you met her…
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Family Pleads For Justice in Hit-And-Run Crash That Critically Injured Beloved Grandmother in Little Village
A Chicago family is hoping for a holiday miracle after a mother of five and grandmother of 10 was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash in the city’s Little Village neighborhood.
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Grandmother of 10 Critically Injured in Little Village Hit-and-Run
A hit-and-run crash in Little Village left a grandmother of 10 critically injured weeks before the holidays, NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.
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Veteran Killed While Walking Dog, Leaving Family Pleading For Help To Find Killer
Jason Benitez, an Army veteran who was shot and killed in the city’s Little Village neighborhood this week, is being remembered as the glue in his family.
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Young Army Veteran Shot to Death in Little Village
A family of a young army veteran is desperate for answers after he was shot to death in Little Village earlier this week, NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.
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2 Dead After Little Village Shooting, CPD Officer Hurt After Crowd Gathers at Scene
At least two people are dead after a shooting in the Little Village neighborhood, and a Chicago police officer was injured after a crowd gathered near the scene Monday afternoon. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.
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2 Dead After Little Village Shooting, CPD Officer Hurt After Crowd Gathers at Scene
At least two people are dead after a shooting in the Little Village neighborhood, and a Chicago police officer was injured after a crowd gathered near the scene Monday afternoon.
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FBI Investigating Bank Robbery in Little Village
A person robbed a West Side bank Saturday morning, according to the FBI.
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Man Charged After Allegedly Attacking Postal Worker in Little Village
A man has been charged after allegedly attacking a USPS employee in Little Village, NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.
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Man Faces Kidnapping, Attempted Sexual Assault Charges After Allegedly Attacking Postal Worker in Little Village
Kidnapping and attempted sexual assault charges have been filed against a man accused of attacking a postal worker over the weekend in Little Village and stealing her mail truck.
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Police Search for Man Suspected of Attempting to Assault USPS Worker
As the number of assaults and robberies on letter carriers in the Chicago area continues to rise, police have released enhanced surveillance video of the suspect who they say on Saturday in the city’s Little Village neighborhood hid inside a U.S. Postal Service van and then attempted to sexually assault the van’s letter carrier. Lisa Chavarria has more....
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Man Killed, 3 Others Wounded in Drive-By Shooting in Little Village
A man was killed and three other people were wounded in a drive-by shooting early Monday in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood.
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CPD Searching For Suspect Who Hid in USPS Van, Attempted to Assault Mail Carrier
According to National Association of Letter Carriers, there have been least 30 assaults or robberies on letter carriers in the Chicago area since August.
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Chicago Police Release New Photo of Suspect Wanted for Sexual Assault of Mail Carrier
The Chicago Police Department has released a new photo of the man suspected in the sexual assault of a U.S. Postal Service mail carrier Saturday in the Little Village community.
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$50K Reward Offered for Suspect in Sexual Assault of USPS Mail Carrier in Little Village
A $50,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the arrest of the man wanted for sexually assaulting a mail carrier Saturday in the city’s Little Village neighborhood, authorities said.