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Martinez, an immigrant from Mexico who grew up in Pilsen, and graduate of Benito Juarez High School, said he was excited to return back home to his "dream job."
COVID-19 cases have forced a Southwest Side charter school to close.
Thousands of adults and kids from Afghanistan could be in Illinois soon, and U.S. immigration officials are finding some of the evacuees could be unaccompanied minors.
Christkindlmarket plans to return in November, after the popular Christmas-themed festival was forced to go virtual last year due to the pandemic.
Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert has reached a tentative settlement over payments to a man who accused him of child sexual abuse.
"Someone's out there trying to instill fear and that's the disappointing part about living in Chicago now."
Michael Montgomery, 17, was shot in the leg in South Chicago around noon Tuesday and died from his injuries in late afternoon.
Lake Zurich High School was first placed on soft lockdown Wednesday afternoon due to the discovery of a shell casing, but a hard lockdown followed after the school reported a student threatened violence.
Longtime Goodman Theatre artistic director Robert Falls will step down next year, after 35 years helping lead one of the city's most prominent theater companies.
"I think it is really an important time for us to recognize the richness and diversity of Latino communities." -- Gloria Castillo, Chicago Community Trust
Authorities are seeking to identify a suspect in an aggravated robbery on a CTA Blue Line train near the Kedzie-Homan station Monday.
A deer was spotted running on the streets in the Englewood area Wednesday afternoon, the Fire Department reported.
In the incidents, both in the 7300 block of South Ashland Avenue, the offenders entered the businesses through the front window or rear door and took property from inside.
The Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Coalition also calls for equity in public schools, new youth development and workforce investments and reforms in criminal justice housing and health care.
