Little Village

The United States hit another grim milestone Saturday in the fight against COVID-19. The U.S. surpassed 12 million coronavirus cases. Illinois is also seeing a surge with more than 11,400 lives lost. In Indiana, the virus claimed the lives of nearly 5,000 people. 55-year-old Juan Suarez was one of them. “It was a real big shocker,” longtime friend Gino Romo…

Friends and family recall the life of a Little Village radio DJ who lost the battle with the novel coronavirus. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability has launched an investigation after a man was shot and killed by a police officer Friday afternoon in the Little Village neighborhood, police said. At approximately 12:27 p.m., Chicago police officers were responding to a shots fired call in the 2600 block of Hamlin Avenue when they noticed a vehicle leaving the area. That…

A carjacker allegedly drove off with two young children in the backseat Wednesday in the Little Village neighborhood before dropping them off safely several blocks away. A woman exited her Mazda CX-5 as a person entered the car and drove off with two boys, ages 7 and 11, in the back, according to Chicago police. The carjacking happened about 7:35 a.m. in the 3300...

A Chicago mother had to say goodbye to her son earlier this year when he was killed in a Little Village shooting, and today she took her appeal for justice directly to Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Catalina Andrade, whose son Miguel Rios was killed on July 18, is begging City Hall for help, saying Chicago police aren’t doing enough to…

Two teenagers were shot Thursday in Little Village on the Southwest Side. The boy and girl, both 17, were outside about 11:45 p.m. in the 1800 block of South Albany Avenue when they heard shots, which struck them both, Chicago police said. The girl was shot in the head and leg and taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition,…

A ride share driver was shot in Little Village early Sunday morning, according to Chicago police. The 50-year-old male victim was driving westbound on 30th street near the 3900 block at around 2:49 a.m. when he saw multiple males yelling, according to police. He then heard multiple gunshots and immediately felt pain. He sustained one gunshot wound to the left…

Residents in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood gathered Friday to protest the restart of demolition to the old Crawford plant. NBC 5’s Charlie Wojciechowski reports.

Protests outside a Little Village power plant turned tense Friday amid a confrontation between demonstrators and a truck driver. The confrontation took place between one of the protesters and a truck driver, who was angered over the block street. Video showed the driver get out of his truck and push one of the protesters. Sunbelt Rentals, which owns the semi…

Demolition resumed at the Old Crawford plant after a previous incident left Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood covered in smoke. Protesters were at the scene Friday. Sandra Torres reports.

Chicago’s Little Village community is mourning the loss of a well-known and well-loved store owner who family members believe he died of coronavirus. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell shares how he is being remembered.

Lanes at Pulaski Road and 35th Place will close starting Wednesday until further notice, the Chicago Department of Transportation announced Sunday. The closures are “out of an abundance of caution,” due to the close proximity of the former Crawford Power Generating Station where just one month earlier a demolition created a cloud of dust and sparked outrage among residents. According…

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Thursday halted a planned demolition at a former generating station in the city’s Little Village neighborhood where just one month earlier a separate demolition created a cloud of dust and sparked outrage among residents. Inspectors determined that the building poses a public safety hazard because the building is structurally unsound and must be dismantled,...

The 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

A coronavirus testing device that was donated to St. Anthony Hospital in Little Village sits collecting dust as the hospital awaits a critical shipment of supplies needed to perform tests. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez reports.

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.

A man was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Little Village Saturday evening. The man, between 40 and 50 years old, was crossing the street about 8:35 p.m. in the 4100 block of W. 31st St. when he was struck by a white SUV, police said. The SUV continued eastbound on 31st St. and fled the scene, police said. The…

Chicago issued citations to a developer and general contractors after a botched smoke stack demolition blanketed a city neighborhood in dust in what the mayor called a “total failure.” Officials also revealed a series of protocol changes, noting the implosion was the first of its kind since 2005. “There was no separate in-depth permitting process for implosions,” Chicago Mayor Lori…

Chicago issued citations to a developer and general contractors after a botched smoke stack demolition blanketed a city neighborhood in dust in what the mayor called a “total failure.” NBC 5’s Patrick Fazio reports.

A man and a dog were shot to death in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood on Tuesday afternoon. According to police, the man, whose age is estimated between 20 and 25, was walking a dog in the 2800 block of South Keeler Avenue at approximately 3:32 p.m. when an unidentified individual fired shots at both. The man was shot multiple times,…