Pilsen

Members of Chicago’s Pilsen community turned out at a vigil in remembrance of a star high school athlete who had been gearing up to start his senior year but was fatally shot one week ago.

No injuries were reported after a two-alarm fire in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood led to a building collapse, NBC Chicago’s Natalie Martinez reports.

Firefighters battled a two-alarm fire that affected multiple buildings in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, with the original building involved in the blaze collapsing, officials said.

A new Mariachi exhibition is taking center stage at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen, NBC Chicago’s LeeAnn Trotter reports.

Eight people living in Chicago have contracted the Measles virus in the last week. Seven of those people are living at a Pilsen migrant shelter.

Eight people living in Chicago have contracted the Measles virus in the last week, with seven of those people are living at a Pilsen migrant shelter, NBC Chicago’s Lexi Sutter reports.

Lifelong Pilsen residents are fearful the stark rise in property taxes will push them out of the neighborhoods they grew up in.

Lifelong Pilsen residents are fearful the stark rise in property taxes will push them out of the neighborhoods they grew up in, NBC Chicago’s Courtney Sisk reports.

After a case of measles was identified in a child living in a Pilsen migrant shelter, NBC Chicago’s Charlie Wojciechowski takes a look at how the city plans to respond.

Property tax increases and public safety were top of mind for many residents at Pilsen’s first public meeting of the year on Thursday. NBC 5’s Courtney Sisk reports.

Thursday marked the first public meeting of the year for Pilsen and Little Village residents. Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez, who represents the city’s 25th Ward, typically hosts meetings throughout the year to understand what residents are concerned with, and share progress in the ward. “We’re trying to raise awareness with state and federal officials as well about the needs...

The man was shot 14 times, Chicago police said.

Famed actress Melissa McCarthy was in Chicago over the weekend and it appears she made a stop at a Pilsen restaurant.

A Cook County courtroom packed with Chicago police officers and their families erupted in cheers Thursday afternoon after a judge found fellow cops Ruben Reynoso and Christopher Liakopoulos not guilty in connection with an on-duty shooting in July 2022 that left an unarmed man wounded.

A Chicago police officer was hospitalized, and two suspects are in custody after a vehicle crashed into a building in the Pilsen neighborhood Wednesday.

Chicago’s Colored Cocktail Factory in Pilsen host pottery-making classes with a twist, creating risqué phallic-shaped objects.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson stopped by the 12th district police station Tuesday afternoon to meet with migrant families just one day after being inaugurated as efforts continue to find housing in the city.

Volunteers are working to house, clothe and feed arriving migrants, with several temporary shelters set up in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, NBC Chicago’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Community leaders are getting ready to expand an emergency shelter for migrants in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood with more migrants expected to arrive from the U.S.-Mexico border. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.

Community leaders are getting ready to expand an emergency shelter for migrants in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. “This is some of the stuff that they’ve been working on,” Ald. Byron Sigcho Lopez, of the city’s 25th Ward, as he showed NBC Chicago around the new space to house migrants arriving from Texas. The alderman said the community came together to...