Vaccination Bus Travels Through Little Village Offering COVID-19 Shots
Chicago's Black and Brown leaders say numbers for second COVID vaccinations and boosters are still low in their communities, so they took their case on the road.
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Chicago's Black and Brown leaders say numbers for second COVID vaccinations and boosters are still low in their communities, so they took their case on the road.
A group of moms in Little Village cried and shared stories as they met this week– united by the same pain as the murders of their loved ones remains unsolved, and they feel forgotten.
Community activists in Little Village are speaking out after the deadly shooting of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega.
People living in Little Village are holding an anti-violence march Saturday afternoon.
At the accused gunman's bond hearing on Thursday, Cook County prosecutors said 16-year-old Emilio Corripio teen had committed three aggravated carjackings in the span of just 5 months, and was on "intensive probation" at the time of the murder.
"She came from Mexico to have a better life."
The CBS 2 Investigators have learned from law enforcement sources – at the time the 16-year-old was arrested for killing Melissa Ortega, he was on probation for a 2021 aggravated carjacking. And we're told this juvenile has also been arrested on a gun charge.
The Chicago City Council has designated the Little Village arch as an official city landmark.
Two children – 8-year-old Melissa Ortega and 7-year-old Dantrell Davis – were both killed in gang crossfire in Chicago nearly 30 years apart. When it comes to promises for change, is it just politics?
Oftentimes, people are afraid to speak up, offer tips, or report what they saw when it comes to a crime. In the case of the murder of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega in Little Village this past weekend, such was not the case at all.
"The hope that came with whatever her life was going to be, is going to be a hole that is so big, nothing will ever to fill it or replace her."
A third grader at Emiliano Zapata Academy, Melissa was new to Chicago, here since August, and excited to build a better life with her mother, both from Mexico.
Memorials lined the streets of the Little Village community Tuesday, placed for victims of gun violence. Parents are angry - even more so since the death of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega over the weekend.
The shooting that killed 8-year-old Melissa Ortega is not only heartbreaking, but also a big concern for the Little Village neighborhood.
"Losing a child under any circumstances is horrifying, and the circumstances in which this family lost this precious, precious child is almost unspeakable," Lightfoot said.
They sought the American dream but were dealt the all-too-common hand of American violence instead.
An 8-year-old girl has died following a shooting in Little Village.
A man was in serious condition Wednesday night after being shot and wounded in Little Village.
The Inspector General also recommended discipline for a a Chicago Department of Public Health official.
A mobile vaccination clinic will be held in the Little Village neighborhood Thursday.
A New Year means new fitness goals for many, and the YMCA of Metro Chicago hopes to help with that.
Santa and his helpers will be making stops in Little Village, Brighton Park, and McKinley Park until 4:00 p.m.
The 2,000-square-foot facility near 26th and Harding includes therapy rooms for kids.
Police are warning business owners about burglaries in the Little Village neighborhood.
"My dog started pulling in that direction. So I looked and I saw an elderly man sitting in the doorway."
