The factory, 12600 S. Torrence Ave., has 2,174 hourly employees and 137 salaried workers, according to Ford.

Published by The Southtown Star on September 4, 2008.

The department was also on the scene of a Level I HazMat and an EMS Plan I at 2924 E. 126th St. for reports of a chemical odor or leak, but that scene was secured at 4:35 p.m., Rodriguez said.

Published by The Southtown Star on September 4, 2008.

Firefighters responded at 6:30 a.m. to a blaze at a landfill at 2000 E. 122nd St. and discovered a fire in a generator fed by methane and, as a precaution, a Level 1 Hazardous Materials response was initiated at 6:40 a.m., according to Fire Media Affairs spokesman Richardo Rosado.

Published by The Southtown Star on August 28, 2008.

Police said a 38-year-old Whiting man was arrested after he was seen on Tuesday attempting to steal tires from a parked vehicle at the Hegewisch South Shore Line Passenger Station located at 13730 S. Brainard Avenue, Chicago.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 20, 2008.

The victim was Julian Pimental, of the 13400 block of South Avenue K. Chicago Police said Julian ran into the alley in the 11200 block of South Avenue O and was struck about 8 p.m. Saturday night.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on August 11, 2008.

Joseph Johnson of the 13200 block of South Houston Avenue was charged with one count of first-degree murder in the slaying of Paulette Thomas, 55, police said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on August 11, 2008.

Joseph Johnson of the 13200 block of South Houston Avenue was charged with one count of first-degree murder in the slaying of Paulette Thomas, 55, police said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on August 11, 2008.

The boy, Juilan Pimental, of 13445 S. Avenue K, was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital at 8:34 p.m., a Cook County Medical Examiner’s office spokesman said.

Published by Fox News Chicago on August 11, 2008.

Joseph Johnson of the 13200 block of South Houston Avenue was charged early Monday with one count of first-degree murder after he allegedly admitted to stabbing the woman, according to police News Affairs.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on August 11, 2008.

The boy, Juilan Pimental, of the 13400 block of South Avenue K, was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital at 8:34 p.m., a Cook County Medical Examiner’s office spokesman said.

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

The boy, Juilan Pimental, of 13445 S. Avenue K, was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital at 8:34 p.m., a Cook County Medical Examiner's office spokesman said.

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

The boy, Juilan Pimental, of 13445 S. Avenue K, was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital at 8:34 p.m., a Cook County Medical Examiner’s office spokesman said.

Published by Fox News Chicago on August 10, 2008.

The boy, Juilan Pimental, of 13445 S. Avenue K, was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital at 8:34 p.m., a Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office spokesman said.

Published by NBC 5 on August 10, 2008.

A Level 1 HazMat was called for a water main break at 130th Street and Torrence Avenue about 10:16 a.m., according to Fire Media Affairs spokesman Richard Rosado.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 5, 2008.

Soybeans you can sit on are the focus of a $22 million manufacturing plant Cargill Inc. is building on Chicago's Southeast Side. The factory, at 12201 S. Torrence, is designed to put the agricultural products maker in the forefront of a new business that makes soy-based ingredients for flexible foam cushions.

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

The 40,000-square-foot plant is being built next to two other Cargill operations. The new facility will join the other two operations on an 80-acre site Cargill owns at 12201 S. Torrence Ave. The new plant is expected to be operational by late November.

Published by Chicago Real Estate Daily on July 8, 2008.

A motorcyclist who rear-ended a car, fell to the pavement and was hit by another car was killed Tuesday night on the Bishop Ford Freeway on the Far South Side. A man on a speeding 2004 Honda motorcycle that was frequently changing lanes rear-ended a 2003 Pontiac Grand AM on the inbound Bishop Ford Freeway (I-94) near 135th Street at 9:52 p.m., Illinois State Police District Chicago Trooper Mark Hall said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 25, 2008.

The Grand Calumet river meanders for 13 miles—most of it through Northwest Indiana. It winds from a lagoon in Gary to Hegewisch on Chicago’s South Side, and eventually dumps into Lake Michigan.

Published by Chicago Public Radio on June 24, 2008.

Edgewater, the Loop, and West Garfield Park had the highest rate of potholes filled--more than 3.3 potholes per acre each. Riverdale, Hegewisch, and O'Hare bottomed out the list.

Published by Chicago Reporter on June 24, 2008.

Edgewater, the Loop, and West Garfield Park had the highest rate of potholes filled--more than 3.3 potholes per acre each. Riverdale, Hegewisch, and O'Hare bottomed out the list.

Published by Chicago Reporter on June 24, 2008.

Chicago's only trailer park is getting a $286.5 million makeover. The Harbour Point Estates at 4000 E. 134th St. would re-emerge as a site for 953 permanent homes, from single-family to condos, under a city-brokered deal with a subsidy attached to it.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 11, 2008.

Estimates of the number of people who fell ill ranged from 5,500 to more than 6,000 -- and the microscopic bacteria would eventually doom a business that had first opened in 1915 in a butcher shop in the Hegewisch community on Chicago's Far Southeast Side.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on June 8, 2008.

Also included is $22.6 million for bridge work on Congress Parkway, $10 million for road work near Union Station, and $62 million for an underpass to improve access to the Ford Motor plant at Torrence Avenue and 130th Street on the Far South Side.

Published by Crain's Chicago Business on June 2, 2008.

The fire started about 3:50 a.m. at a 2 ˝-story abandoned building at the 13300 block of South Burley Avenue. The flames spread to another 2 ˝-story wooden building at 13309 S. Burley Ave., according to Fire Media Affairs Chief Kevin MacGregor.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 7, 2008.

The fire started about 3:50 a.m. at a 2 ˝-story abandoned building at 13305 S. Burley Ave. The flames spread to another 2 ˝-story wooden building at 13309 S. Burley Ave., according to Fire Media Affairs Chief Kevin MacGregor.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 7, 2008.

The fire started about 3:50 a.m. at a 2 1/2-story abandoned building at 13305 S. Burley Ave. The flames spread to another 2 1/2-story wooden building at 13309 S. Burley Ave., according to Fire Media Affairs Chief Kevin MacGregor.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 7, 2008.

The fire started about 3:50 a.m. at a 2 1/2-story abandoned building at 13305 S. Burley Ave. The flames spread to another 2 1/2-story wooden building at 13309 S. Burley Ave., according to Fire Media Affairs Chief Kevin MacGregor.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on May 7, 2008.

A 16-year-old girl who apparently gave birth to a baby early Monday "did the right thing" when she left the baby at a Far South Side Chicago Fire Department station, according to police.The girl, who gave birth about 2 a.m. Monday, brought the baby, wrapped in a blanket, to the fire station at 13359 S. Burley Ave., police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak said.

Published by NBC 5 on May 6, 2008.

The girl, who gave birth about 2 a.m. Monday, brought the baby, wrapped in a blanket, to the fire station at 13359 S. Burley Ave., according to police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on May 5, 2008.

A young mother dropped off her newborn baby boy at a South Side fire station early Monday, police said. The girl, 16, arrived at the firehouse at 13359 S. Burley Ave. with an infant wrapped in a blanket and left after she turned the child over, said Chicago Police Officer Laura Kubiak.

Published by Chicago Tribune on May 5, 2008.

The smart cards will be tested by about 1,900 students attending Carver Military Academy at 13100 S. Doty and Prosser Career Academy at 2148 N. Long May 1 through June 20.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on April 11, 2008.

Many children in Chicago's Hegewisch neighborhood will likely go without food when school's out this summer. That's according to a new Chicago State University study on hunger in the city's far southeast side.

Published by Chicago Public Radio on April 11, 2008.

The smart cards will be tested by about 1,900 students attending Carver Military Academy at 13100 S. Doty and Prosser Career Academy at 2148 N. Long May 1 through June 20.

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

The smart cards will be tested by about 1,900 students attending Carver Military Academy at 13100 S. Doty and Prosser Career Academy at 2148 N. Long May 1 through June 20.

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

On the South Side, a woman was beaten and sexually assaulted. It happened Tuesday morning at Rowan Park in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the southeast side.

Published by NBC 5 on March 27, 2008.

The break is near the Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant at 12600 S. Torrence Ave.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on February 27, 2008.

Police responded to a water main break near the intersection of Torrence Avenue and 130th Street about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on February 27, 2008.

The break is near the Ford Motor Company Assembly Plant at 12600 S. Torrence Ave.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on February 27, 2008.

Police responded to a water main break near the intersection of Torrence Avenue and 130th Street about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer said.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on February 27, 2008.

Chicago police were blocking traffic Tuesday evening in the Hegewisch neighborhood on the Far South Side after a water-main break in an industrial area near a Ford Motor Co. plant. Traffic was being blocked on 130th Street between Stony Island and Torrence Avenues while crews worked to repair the main, police said.

Published by Chicago Tribune on February 27, 2008.

South Shore Train 110 was supposed to arrive downtown at 7:47 a.m., but it snagged the overhead wire west of the Hegewisch station, at 13730 S. Brainard Ave., and blocked three other trains that were trying to get through.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on February 19, 2008.

An environmental-education center is planned for the Hegewisch neighborhood. The Public Building Commission won Plan Commission approval last month to build the center to be operated by the Chicago Department of Environment. The move paves the way for rezoning 10 acres on the 13400 block of South Torrence Avenue from manufacturing to institutional use.

Published by Chicago Tribune on February 3, 2008.

The fire started just after 5 p.m. in a single-story frame house in the 13300 block of South Carondolet Avenue, according to Fire Media Affairs spokesman Joe Roccasalva.

Published by Chicago Sun-Times on January 31, 2008.

Samuel Shabaz of 12703 S. Carondolet Ave. is charged with the Oct. 1 robbery of the TCF Bank branch at 9801 S. Cicero Ave. in Oak Lawn, an FBI release said.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on December 27, 2007.