Humboldt Park

Humboldt Park’s Puerto Rican Cultural Center and its partners held a lighting ceremony to kick off a variety of events leading up to Three Kings Day on Jan. 6.
Nearly 4,900 robberies happened between July 1 and Nov. 26, a more than 55% increase compared to the previous five months. That’s the largest percentage increase in robberies between consecutive five-month periods since at least 2001.
Tramon Thomas and his brother Terrance Thomas Jr. were working “to make ends meet,” their family said. A $2,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest.
The delivery workers shot in the “distressing incident” both worked for DoorDash, according to Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th).
He was found inside a car in the 600 block of West Augusta Boulevard. He had multiple gunshot wounds throughout his body, police said.
La empresa publicó el lunes ofertas de empleo para las instalaciones, cuya apertura está planeada para septiembre y que se centrarán en artículos “que la gente quiere y necesita con urgencia.”
Monday, the company will post job openings for the facility at 1260 N. Kostner Ave., which is expected to open in September, focusing on items “that people want and need in a hurry.”
Rescuing materials from an ignominious end in a landfill is part of the transformative mission of Chicago’s reuse facilities and many of its artists.
The driver, 32, was in the 700 block of North Trumbull Avenue when shots were fired shortly after 10 a.m., according to the Chicago Fire Department.
A new pilot program from Chicago Public Schools will provide additional support to newly arrived immigrant families while enrolling their children in classes.
Police found him with multiple gunshot wounds in the 1000 block of North California Avenue.
He was discovered outside with multiple gunshot wounds in the 1000 block of North Pulaski Road, police said.
The free event, hosted for the first time this year in Humboldt Park, also partnered with the Taste of Chicago Saturday afternoon.
The woman, 19, was near the sidewalk in the 1100 block of North Ridgeway Avenue when someone fired shots.
The man, 27, was on the street just before 1 a.m. in the 3700 block of West Division Street when he suffered multiple gunshot wounds.
The Fiestas Patronales Puertorriqueñas, dedicated to Puerto Rican culture, continues Sunday in the heart of Chicago’s Puerto Rican community.
“It was shocking,” said Glen Lichard. “I just wish the SWAT would have called me. I would have gotten on the phone with him or gone down there, or something.”
The man, who apparently took his own life inside the building in the 4100 block of West Chicago Avenue, had been the subject of more than 40 calls for service since January 2022, a CPD source tells the Sun-Times.
Officers responding to a shots fired call about 10 p.m. found the two in the 3800 block of West Ohio Street.
The man had been seen waving guns and yelling racist threats from atop a building in the 4100 block of West Chicago Avenue.
The boy was shot in a home in the 4200 block of West Walton Street, police said.