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Operation Midway Blitz doesn’t stop this Chicago run club
Viento Little Village Runners Club has faced many challenges. It had a dip in membership post-COVID. And recently it’s had to cope with communi…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How to avoid problems with your tax payments this year
Humboldt Park resident, Brendan Byrne, owed federal taxes after filing his 2023 return. And like many people, he paid the balance through an onlin…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
How are Hoosiers feeling about the Bears’ potential move to Indiana?
An Indiana House committee unanimously advanced legislation yesterday (THUR) that would help the Chicago Bears build a domed stadium in Hammond. I…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. was many things to many people. Here’s how Chicagoans remember the civil rights leader
Reverend Jesse Jackson Senior was many things to many people. And in Chicago, he was everywhere — in churches, at protests, at City Hall, at Rainb…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Blitz Effect: Olga Bautista - "I'm still getting notices that families have been abducted just this week."
Nestled along Lake Michigan, the area is known for Calumet and Steelworkers parks, where families gather, children play soccer and generations have b…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Blitz Effect - Corina Pedraza: “They helped build the neighborhood brick by brick, shift by shift.”
When ICE arrived in South Chicago last year, some people were caught off guard. “The feeling was that we are so secluded or far away from Little Vill…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Blitz Effect - Illinois National Guard: Her mother and siblings are undocumented.
The threat of President Donald Trump sending the National Guard into Chicago’s streets has diminished since the fall, but it still hangs over Guard m…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Blitz Effect - Cecy's Molino de Masa: "The people were afraid to stand in line."
Since 1986, Cecilia “Cecy” Villarruel has been producing masa in South Chicago. She uses a molino, a machine that grinds up corn, water and other ing…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Blitz Effect - Moreno's Liquors: "Todo juntos. We’re in this together."
Sales declined sharply at Moreno’s Liquors during federal immigration operations. Customers have started to return, “but people have this uneasiness,…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Blitz Effect - Viento: "No one can run by themselves."
Before Operation Midway Blitz, the captains and runners of Viento, the Little Village run club, would message each other only to cancel a run. Now th…
3 months, 3 weeks ago