This article was published as part of a Telemundo Chicago-NBC Chicago collaboration with DePaul University to amplify the work of Chicago student journalists. What brings people to the Southwest Side neighborhood of Chicago Lawn on any given day? Quality aguas fresca, a homemade beverage made of freshly squeezed fruit, is popular in Mexico and other … Read more
A 104-year-old Chicago woman is believed to have set a record for being the oldest person in the world to tandem skydive out of an airplane over the weekend. Dorothy Hoffner, a lifelong Chicagoan, completed a skydive at Skydive Chicago Sunday in Ottawa, Illinois, jumping from a plane roughly 10,000 feet off the ground. At … Read more
Chicago community activists held a “call to action” meeting on Sunday after a number of robberies were reported in a 24-hour span this past weekend. “The armed robbery.. in Chicago is just out of hand,” activist Dr. Kim Tee said, alongside other community leaders, at a news conference in Chinatown. At least eight robberies occurred … Read more
Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications issued a statement Saturday morning addressing the decision to close downtown streets for Mexican Independence Day celebrations Friday night while saying there are no plans to do so again this weekend. The OEMC statement said that closures in the city’s Central Business District began at approximately 8:10 p.m. … Read more
CHICAGO (WLS) — As more buses carrying migrants arrive in Chicago, city council members are preparing for a detailed briefing with Mayor Brandon Johnson about his specific plan to shelter them, sources said. In an exclusive television interview with ABC7, Johnson revealed part of his plan to move migrants from police stations into what he … Read more