...two victims had been dating for several months and living together since July in the 1800 block of South Fairfield Avenue, their families said. Gonzalez, 28, works in accounting for a Chicago trucking company, while White...

Published by Chicago Tribune on September 27, 2008.

Robert White, 22, of 4834 W. Arthington St., was shot at 1816 S. Fairfield Ave. and pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital of Cook County at 2:23 a.m., according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. An autopsy is tentatively scheduled for later Friday.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 26, 2008.

The incident happened on the 1800-block of South Fairfield -- which is near Douglas Park.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 26, 2008.

Police say the woman's ex- boyfriend is in custody. They say he broke into the apartment in the 1800 block of South Fairfield early Friday.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 26, 2008.

According to preliminary police reports, the ex-boyfriend broke into the apartment in the 1800 block of South Fairfield Avenue (below) in the Douglas Park neighborhood shortly after 1 a.m. 

Published by Chicago Tribune on September 26, 2008.

The man tried to drive Herndon to the hospital but crashed into another car on the 3100 block of West Ogden Avenue, police said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on August 11, 2008.

The friend, who was in a hurry to get to the hospital, collided with another car at 3100 W. Ogden Ave., police said. He then lost control of the car and crashed into a light pole. No one was injured in the traffic crash.

Published by Fox News Chicago on August 11, 2008.

The friend, who was in a hurry to get to the hospital, collided with another car at 3100 W. Ogden Ave., police said. He then lost control of the car and crashed into a light pole. No one was injured in the traffic crash.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 11, 2008.

The friend, who was in a hurry to get to the hospital, collided with another car at 3100 W. Ogden Ave., police said. He then lost control of the car and crashed into a light pole.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 10, 2008.

The witness was not hit by gunfire, but the other man was. The witness attempted to drive the victim to a hospital but crashed several blocks away in the 3100 block of West Ogden Avenue. The victim later was prounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Published by Chicago Tribune on August 10, 2008.

The friend, who was in a hurry to get to the hospital, collided with another car in the 3100 block of West Ogden Avenue, police said. He then lost control of the car and crashed into a light pole.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on August 10, 2008.

Fire crews responded to a second fire about 3:06 a.m. in a vacant two-story building at the 3100 block of West 16th Street. The fire spread lightly to the adjacent building at 3142 W. 16th St., but was also under control as of 3:40 a.m., Rosado said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 22, 2008.

The firefighter was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries after the fire in the 3100 block of West 16th Street on the edge of Douglas Park, said Richard Rosado, a fire department spokesman. The blaze...

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 22, 2008.

"I'm still running 26th Street," King said on one tape, in a reference to the main artery of Latin King territory in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 19, 2008.

An ordinance authorizing the execution of a Lease Renewal agreement at 1201 S. Campbell Ave., Department of Health, Lease No. 10043 (28th Ward)

Published by Chicago Audio Journal on July 17, 2008.

An ordinance authorizing the execution of a Lease Renewal agreement at 1201 S. Campbell Ave., Department of Health, Lease No. 10043 (28th Ward)

Published by Chicago Audio Journal on July 17, 2008.

A 19-year-old Pilsen man found dead Monday afternoon in Douglas Park near Mt. Sinai Hospital had apparently been shot elsewhere, police said. Mario Lopez of the 1400 block of West 16th Street was found about 1:10 p.m. in the 2800 block of South Farrar Drive in the park, according to police and the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 15, 2008.

The man was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound at Douglas Park, near South California Avenue and West Ogden Avenue, about 1:10 p.m., police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 14, 2008.

Federal agents used an informant to infiltrate the gang, she said, and King was arrested in 2006 after taking a kilogram of what he thought was cocaine from a dealer operating with his approval around the Little Village neighborhood.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 14, 2008.

But statistics and politics meant nothing Sunday at the Little Village home of Juan Aguilero. There was just a family in a tidy red-brick home trying to adjust to the 15-year-old boy's death.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 14, 2008.

One of the boys, Juan Juan Aguilero, 15, was killed in what officers said they believe was a gang-related fight in the city's Little Village neighborhood Saturday evening.

Published by NBC 5 on July 13, 2008.

A group of concerned citizens marched for peace Sunday after the latest shooting took the life of a 15-year-old in Little Village and a 17-year-old gunned down in West Pullman overnight.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 13, 2008.

One part of the top cop's job is to make residents feel safe. That's why taking part in anti-violence marches are part of the beat. On Saturday afternoon, Weis took part in a march in the one in North Lawndale.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 13, 2008.

The firm has been awarded four management contracts with CHA since 2001, and despite the announcement of a contract suspension at the rowhouses, it appears UPA will continue working on several CHA projects, including "The Park Boulevard" in Bronzeville and "Scattered Sites West" with housing in such neighborhoods as Austin, Lawndale and Chinatown.

Published by NBC 5 on July 9, 2008.

The firm has been awarded four management contracts with CHA since 2001, and despite the announcement of a contract suspension at the rowhouses, it appears UPA will continue working on several CHA projects, including "The Park Boulevard" in Bronzeville and "Scattered Sites West" with housing in such neighborhoods as Austin, Lawndale and Chinatown.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 9, 2008.

Elias Munoz was arrested during a raid in April of 2007 at the Little Village Discount Mall. He is the owner of Nuevo Foto Munoz.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 8, 2008.

A Chicago alderman's father pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges that he conspired to make fake IDs at a photo shop in the city's heavily Mexican-American Little Village neighborhood.

Published by NBC 5 on July 8, 2008.

In a separate crash overnight, five people were seriously hurt when a car struck a pole near 13th Street and Pulaski Road in the Lawndale neighborhood just before midnight, Chicago Fire officials said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on July 1, 2008.

A South Side woman went on trial Monday for the 2005 murder of her 3-year-old brother. Yesenia Diaz was 17 when she allegedly suffocated her brother Ricardo, stuffed his body into a white garbage bag and put it into a garbage can in a Little Village alley. Several witnesses testified Monday, including a scavenger who found Ricardo's body and witnesses who saw Diaz in the hours after the killing, when she told conflicting stories about what had happened.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on July 1, 2008.

The trial of a then-teenage girl accused of smothering her 3-year-old brother in their Little Village home more than three years ago is scheduled to begin Monday.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 30, 2008.

Claudia Mosqueda was barely born when community activist Rudy Lozano was killed in 1983. But as a teacher at Little Village-Lawndale High School, a school born from the efforts of Lozano's spiritual descendants, Mosqueda is aware each day of the work he did and the work that remains.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 23, 2008.

Claudia Mosqueda was barely born when community activist Rudy Lozano was killed in 1983. But as a teacher at Little Village-Lawndale High School, a school born from the efforts of Lozano's spiritual descendants, Mosqueda is aware each day of the work he did and the work that remains.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 23, 2008.

Johannes Brahms intermezzo floats from a grand piano out a first-floor window in Little Village and floods the front stoop.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 21, 2008.

The Little Village neighborhood is a close-knit and vibrant community and a focal point for Mexican-American culture in Chicago, but it is also a community that is feeling loss and frustration after losing two students in the past year to violence.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 14, 2008.

Chicago's top hot spots for auto theft, according to the Chicago Police Department, are: Austin, Roseland, Englewood, South Shore, West Englewood, Near West Side, Auburn Gresham, Humboldt Park, Chicago Lawn, North Lawndale and Greater Grand Crossing.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 13, 2008.

Little Village, a neighborhood that was home to two of the 24 Chicago Public School students murdered in the last year is having a street festival as part of an anti-gang strategy.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 13, 2008.

In addition to Crawford, Little Village also has a plant that burns leftover chemicals from steel shipping drums; a plastic recycling plant moved to the area from Lincoln Park; a recycling plant that takes garbage from eight other neighborhoods; and a 24-acre former asphalt plant that contaminated 170 nearby homes with cancer-causing chemicals.

Published by Medill Reports on June 11, 2008.

On the West Side, Ald. Ed Smith said an $80 million aquatic center slated for Douglas Park, just across the street from his 28th Ward, would be a boon to the area.

Published by Chicago Tribune on June 5, 2008.

At the heart of Chicago’s bid is a proposal to concentrate almost all Olympics venues in an arc of neighborhoods near the Loop. Included are a track and field stadium at Washington Park on the South Side; swimming at Douglas Park on the West Side; tennis and canoeing in Lincoln Park on the North Side, and gymnastics, rowing and other sports within walking distance of athlete housing next to McCormick Place.

Published by Crain's Chicago Business on June 4, 2008.

The crash occurred late Sunday night in the Little Village neighborhood.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on June 2, 2008.

In 2006, an average of 16 people were murdered in Washington Park, Chatham, North Lawndale, South Shore, Near West Side, West Pullman, East Garfield Park, South Chicago and Auburn-Gresham. That's 141 lives taken. That same year, 33 people were killed in Austin.

Published by Austin Weekly News on May 29, 2008.

A brawl that erupted moments after the verdict in a murder trial this afternoon injured five people, including three sheriff's deputies. Six people were arrested after the incident, which occurred about 4 p.m. in a courtroom at the county's criminal justice complex at 26th and California, says Penny Mateck, a Sheriff's Office spokeswoman.

Published by Chi-Town Daily News on May 28, 2008.

North Lawndale, in a neighborhood where the unemployment rate is almost triple the city average, would focus on academics and Teen Living would provide shelter and support services.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 23, 2008.

Five people were injured Friday morning when a car jumped the curb at a bus stop in the Little Village neighborhood. The accident occurred at 26th Street and Kostner Avenue Friday at 9:20 a.m.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 23, 2008.

North Lawndale, in a neighborhood where the unemployment rate is almost triple the city average, would focus on academics and Teen Living would provide shelter and support services.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 23, 2008.

They live only a few blocks from Chinatown, but Thursday, a group of students from the Pilsen neighborhood crossed a cultural divide, learning a new language and making new friends. "In the near future, you're going to be going to the world," said Ald. Danny Solis, 25th Ward.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 22, 2008.

An average of 16 people were murdered in Washington Park, Chatham, North Lawndale, South Shore, Near West Side, West Pullman, East Garfield Park, South Chicago and Auburn-Gresham in 2006. That’s 143 lives taken.

Published by Medill Reports on May 21, 2008.

The protest effort began on a corner in the Little Village neighborhood with an outdoor mass during which immigration activists pray for immigrants' rights.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on May 19, 2008.

Just before 11 p.m., another shooting occurred in the Little Village neighborhood.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 17, 2008.

Just before 11 p.m., another shooting occurred in the Little Village neighborhood.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 17, 2008.