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Two high school students detained and ‘assaulted’ by ICE agents when they joined a protest in Chicago, officials say

City and school officials blast federal agents after teens briefly detained during intense clashes in Little Village neighborhood

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Chicago immigrant hub neighborhood goes quiet amid fears of first Trump deportation raid

Foot traffic is down and employees no longer showing up to work in Little Village, locals say

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Someone’s got to clean up the foul-smelling, toxic waterway in Little Village

The folks in Little Village on the Southwest Side have put up with the stench from Collateral Channel for years. The EPA has to order a clean-up, and it’s less about who does it than when it gets done.

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EPA considers cleanup of toxic Southwest Side Chicago waterway

Little Village group wants the EPA to force action taken on a heavily polluted channel off the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

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Christmas lights up Chicago — we found houses decked for the holiday season in every part of the city

Sun-Times photographers fanned out across Chicago’s South, West and North Side neighborhoods to capture their favorite displays.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson’s anti-violence strategy takes ex-Mayor Lightfoot’s plans to a new level in 4 violent neighborhoods

Mayor Brandon Johnson plans a range of resources, including another round of guaranteed basic income, targeted this time to four neighborhoods.

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Teachers authorize strike at Instituto charter schools

Negotiations have dragged on over pay and staffing, union leaders said. The charter operator runs two campuses near Little Village with a total of 550 students.

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Man, 23, slain in Little Village: CPD

The unidentified man was in the 2800 block of South Drake Avenue when gunfire rang out, hitting him in the leg and abdomen early Monday.

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Winter Survival Appeal: At my lowest point, Little Village gave me strength to carry on

David Cohen talks to the families benefiting from charities in our Christmas appeal

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Boy, 16, shot in Little Village

The teenager was shot multiple times about 12:30 p.m. in the 2400 block of South Albany Avenue.

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Man fatally shot in Little Village

The man, 23, was shot in the head Saturday in the 3400 block of West 24th Street.

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We need more action to get the lead out of Little Village drinking water

Many residents hardly use their tap water unless it’s for cleaning or sanitation purposes, a leading Little Village organizer writes. The federal government can do more to reach the goal of replacing all lead pipes nationwide in 10 years.

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Fighting gentrification in Little Village, residents look to create a housing co-op

Worried about being priced out of their community, a group is exploring how to buy a building together and live there: “I don’t want to leave,” one person says. “There are many people who love Little Village but had to leave.”

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Little Village youth share culture through graffiti mural project

Teens give a shape to their personal experiences while digging into their families’ stories and sharing with the community via Yollocalli Arts Reach.

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Three people wounded in Little Village shooting

Police found multiple people with gunshot wounds inside a car in the 2300 block of South Whipple Street.

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Man fatally shot in Little Village fought gang members in front of his house; alderman calls it ‘incredibly tragic’

Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) called the fatal shooting “incredibly tragic on multiple levels and the type of homicide we can do more to prevent.”

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Man, 61, fatally shot in Little Village

The shooting happened late Friday in the 2600 block of West Luther.

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Man fatally shot in Little Village

Claronte Cummings, 28, was found facedown with a gunshot wound to the head in the 3000 block of West 21st Place.

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Chicago police investigating whether multiple cops had sexual relations with new immigrants, including a teen girl who is pregnant

CPD officials wouldn’t say whether any of the officers had been stripped of police powers or whether the allegations involving the underage girl had been given to prosecutors.

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Wife obtained order of protection days before Little Village man fatally shot her and teen daughter, wounded son: prosecutors

Jose Alvarez, 67, was charged with first-degree murder, attempted murder and aggravated battery from discharging a firearm.

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73 people shot, 11 fatally, over July Fourth weekend in Chicago that began and ended with mass attacks

Nearly half of the people shot were in just three police districts: Deering and Englewood on the South Side, and Chicago Lawn on the Southwest Side.

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Dad accused of shooting wife, 15-year-old daughter, then chasing son after wounding him. ‘Where are you? Where are you?’

The 17-year-old son, shot in the ankle, hid behind parked cars and fled to a neighbor’s house in the 2600 block of South Millard Avenue, according to a police report.

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15-year-old boy shot to death in Little Village

The boy was shot in the chest in the 2200 block of South California Avenue, police said. He was later pronounced dead at a hospital.

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Fellowship equips community members as nonlegal representatives in immigration cases

CHICAGO — For as long as she can remember, Martha Armenta felt invisible in the only country she knew as home. She grew up in Little Village, where her parents settled after moving to Chicago from Sinaloa, Mexico, escaping poverty and violence, she said.

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Vendors forced out of Little Village Discount Mall have mixed success beyond it

Several in the group of about 40 vendors have tried different means of remaining in business after their half of the mall shuttered, but business isn’t the same and they feel isolated without one another.

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