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Kate Middleton channels Diana in white blazer as she battles wind on baby bank visit

Princess Diana wore a striking white blazer in an iconic photograph of her holding hands with Mother Teresa in New York, with Kate Middleton now donning a similar jacket

Daily Mirror · Jun 8, 2022

Man charged with murder in weekend shooting in Little Village

He opened fire while a group of people was fighting in the 3900 block of West 26th Street Sunday night, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 7, 2022

Little Village community members demand CVS Pharmacy stay open

The Little Village store is one of 900 pharmacies being closed nationwide over the next three years.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 27, 2022

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Man fatally shot during car chase in Little Village

Elijah Gallardo, 21, was shot in his head early Sunday when someone in a pursuing black car opened fire in the 2800 block of South Pulaski Road, authorities said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 25, 2022

3 children in car uninjured after driver is fatally shot and crashes in Little Village

The children — 3, 6, and 8 — and the man were stopped at a red light on Cermak Road Wednesday morning when a vehicle pulled up and three people inside opened fire, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 13, 2022

August ‘Augie’ Sallas, who headed printers union, ‘knew a lot of people,’ dead at 86

He was chief of the Chicago Typographical Union Local 16 when it waged and settled a strike against the Chicago Tribune in the late 1980s and was active with the Little Village Community Council.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 6, 2022

This week in history: Architect Adrian Lozano goes underground

The architect, who died this week in 2004 and may be best known for designing Little Village’s arch, believed Chicago should build down, not up.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 31, 2022

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Year after Adam Toledo’s killing, family renews call for criminal charges against Chicago police officer who shot 13-year-old

“This is not the place where Adam deserved to die, in an alley alone at night at 13 years old,” the teen’s sister said tearfully during a vigil Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 30, 2022

Surge in Chicago violence highlights teens in trouble and efforts to save them

CHICAGO — The realistic painting in vivid colors by Adolfo Davis shows two sides of the same street, one bathed in sunlight with a college and an art center and the word “choices” written along the curb. On the other, a prison, a Chicago police surveillance camera, crime scene tape,…

Chicago Tribune · Mar 15, 2022

Editorial: A grieving mother’s question for Chicago. ‘How is it possible that a little girl dies in broad daylight?’

For children in Chicago’s Little Village, a predominantly Mexican neighborhood on the Southwest Side, there’s no buffer between a moment of family joy and the sudden terror of bullets flying. Broad daylight gives no cover. Neither does Halloween trick or treating on a street full of costumed children, nor the…

Chicago Tribune · Jan 31, 2022

Suspects charged in connection with fatal shooting of 8-year-old Chicago girl, top cop says

CHICAGO — A man and a 16-year-old boy have been charged with murder in connection with the fatal shooting of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega, who was shot in the head as she walked through Chicago's Little Village neighborhood with her mother this past weekend, Chicago police Superintendent David Brown announced.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 26, 2022

Pair being held in connection with fatal shooting of 8-year-old Chicago girl, sources say

CHICAGO — A man and a teenager were in custody early Wednesday in connection with the fatal shooting of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega, who was shot in the head as she walked through Chicago's Little Village neighborhood with her mother this past weekend, sources said.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 26, 2022

Two years ago, another little girl was shot in Little Village. She survived but still struggles with the trauma. ‘The ones who pay are innocent victims.’

The shooting that killed 8-year-old Melissa Ortega over the weekend was frustratingly similar to an attack that almost claimed the life of a 7-year-old girl out trick-or-treating.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 25, 2022

Chicago police to saturate neighborhood where 8-year-old girl was fatally shot, top cop says

CHICAGO — Police will be increasing patrols in the Little Village neighborhood following Saturday’s fatal shooting of 8-year-old Melissa Ortega, Superintendent David Brown said at a news conference Monday.

Chicago Tribune · Jan 24, 2022

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Daily Mirror · Jan 24, 2022

Girl, 8, shot and killed after stray bullet tragedy while walking with mum

Melissa Ortega died on Saturday afternoon after a gunman opened fire in Chicago's Little Village while she walked with her mum in Chicago's Little Village

Chicago Tribune · Jan 23, 2022

8-year-old girl fatally struck by stray bullet in Chicago identified

CHICAGO — One minute 8-year-old Melissa Ortega was walking with her mother through their Little Village community Saturday afternoon. The next, gunshots rang out, and mother and daughter broke into a sprint, trying to run to safety in a nearby bank.

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