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Portage Park elementary school students taught choreography from musical ‘SIX' on last day of school
Students at an elementary school in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood were taught choreography for the musical “SIX” by the production’s dance captain. NBC Chicago’s Sandra Torres reports.
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Chicago police warn of attempted kidnapping of 15-year-old in Portage Park
Chicago police have issued a community alert after the attempted kidnapping of a 15-year-old girl in the city’s Portage Park neighborhood.
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Portage Park residents demand further action to tackle infestation
A resurgence of rats has gotten out of control in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood, multiple residents explained Friday as they called for city leaders to take further action. NBC Chicago’s Natalie Martinez reports.
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‘Never seen rats this bad:' Portage Park residents demand further action to tackle infestation
A resurgence of rats has gotten out of control in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood, multiple residents explained Friday as they called for city leaders to take further action.
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Surveillance video captures brazen daylight attack in Portage Park
Jarring video from a surveillance camera captured the moment a woman was attacked by thieves in the city’s Portage Park neighborhood. The attack was reported at around noon on Monday in the 5400 block of West Pensacola Avenue, according to police. Surveillance footage shows two individuals jump out of a vehicle and attack a woman as she walks down the…
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Surveillance video captures brazen daylight attack in Portage Park
Jarring video from a surveillance camera captured the moment a woman was attacked by thieves in the city’s Portage Park neighborhood.
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Some residents in Portage Park push back on temporary migrant shelter plan
Outside of the former St. Bartholomew Catholic School in Portage Park, a group of residents and community members shared their concerns and complaints with city leadership, now that the building could be slated to become a temporary migrant shelter.
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Residents protest potential migrant shelter in Portage Park
Residents in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood are protesting a potential migrant shelter at a former Catholic school, NBC Chicago’s Lexi Sutter reports.
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Portage Park residents set to protest potential new migrant shelter at former Catholic school
Since August of 2022, Chicago has received more than 24,000 migrants.
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New migrant shelter in Portage Park to house up to 350 people
Preparations for a new migrant shelter in Portage Park are in the works, according to 30th Ward Alderwoman Ruth Cruz.
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Governor pauses construction at Brighton Park migrant site following environmental report
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has paused construction on a base camp for migrants in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood following the release of an environmental report last week. Mary Ann Ahern has more on the fallout from the decision.
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Portage Park shooting that left 9-year-old dead detailed by prosecutors in new docs
Prosecutors in court Tuesday detailed how the horrific and allegedly targeted shooting of a 9-year-old girl unfolded in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood over the weekend, NBC Chicago’s Kate Chappell reports.
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Portage Park shooting that left 9-year-old dead detailed by prosecutors in new docs
Prosecutors in court Tuesday detailed how the horrific and allegedly targeted shooting of a 9-year-old girl unfolded in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood over the weekend.
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Man charged in fatal shooting of 9-year-old girl to appear in court
A man who police say shot and killed a 9-year-old girl in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood before being shot himself as her father tackled him following the shooting will appear in court Tuesday for the first time.
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Man charged in fatal shooting of 9-year-old girl to appear in court
A man who police say shot and killed a 9-year-old girl in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood before being shot himself as her father tackled him following the shooting will appear in court Tuesday for the first time. Sandra Torres reports.
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Man charged with killing of girl, 9, after neighbors say he complained she was too loud
Murder charges were announced in the shooting death of a 9-year-old Chicago girl who neighbors said was shot and killed by a fellow neighbor who stated that she was too loud. NBC 5’s Regina Waldroup reports.
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Portage Park man charged with killing of girl, 9, after neighbors say he complained she was too loud
Just hours after murder charges were announced in the fatal shooting of a young Chicago girl, neighbors on the city’s Northwest Side came together and remembered the 9-year-old, who was planning to enter the fourth grade in just weeks. Family and friends released balloons as a tribute to Serabi Medina, who was fatally shot this past weekend by a...
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9-year-old girl among 6 killed in Chicago weekend violence
An 8-year-old girl was among six people killed in Chicago weekend violence. which also left another 21 people wounded across the city. Lisa Chavarria reports.
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8-year-old girl shot to death in Portage Park, suspect in custody
Chicago police said on Sunday a suspect was taken into custody in connection with the shooting death of a girl in the city’s Portage Park neighborhood. NBC 5’s Christian Farr reports.
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Girl, 9, fatally shot in Portage Park; alleged shooter wounded in struggle over gun
A 9-year-old girl was killed in a shooting Saturday night in Portage Park and the alleged gunman was in critical condition after being shot as well, police said.