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5 days ago | 
chicagotribune.com | Mike Nolan |Samantha Moilanen
Dolton residents and officials say they hope a hometown hero elected pope will go a long way toward reversing the village’s tarnished image. Dan Lee, a longtime Dolton resident, said Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, brings a new-found pride. Lee has lived in the community since 1989. “This is a 180-degree turn from what we’re used to,” Lee said Friday.
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6 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Angie Leventis Lourgos |Gregory Pratt |Carolyn Stein |Olivia Stevens |Jeremy Gorner |Caroline Kubzansky | +1 more
Catholics across the region are celebrating the historic announcement that the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the church was born and raised in the Chicago area. In his first words as Pope Leo XIV, 69-year-old Robert Francis Prevost proclaimed “peace be with you,” invoking a message of dialogue, unity and care for those in need from Vatican City on Thursday. “When I heard the news of the new Holy Father at that moment, at least here in Chicago, the sun came out,” said the Rev.
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1 month ago | 
chicagotribune.com | Mike Nolan |Samantha Moilanen
Winds from heavy storms that hit the south and southwest suburbs late Wednesday afternoon ripped the roof of a building in Steger, temporarily closing nearby railroad tracks. Fire Chief Michael Long said the building was once a macaroni factory but was in the process of being converted to self-storage facility.
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2 months ago | 
chicagotribune.com | Samantha Moilanen
AgeOptions finds financial insecurity, social isolation, housing issues and caregiver support needs for Cook County older adults.
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2 months ago | 
chicagotribune.com | Mike Nolan |Olivia Stevens |Samantha Moilanen
Voters in Calumet City, Dolton, Lynwood and Riverdale went to the polls Tuesday, casting votes that will help determine who sits in the mayor’s seat in those communities. Democratic primaries will also narrow the field for municipal clerk, village trustees and city council members. DoltonIn Dolton, Mayor Tiffany Henyard is challenged for a second term by Trustee Jason House.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
thebrunswicknews.com | Talia Soglin |Nell Salzman |Carolyn Stein |Samantha Moilanen
A churro shop in Pilsen closed its doors Monday. So did a Mexican grocer in Chicago Heights. The owner of several Mexican restaurants in Elgin, himself the son of immigrants, shut his business for the day too. As immigrant communities across Chicagoland entered a third week of fear and uncertainty in the shadow of President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, some business owners and workers from Elgin to Chicago Heights took action Monday: They closed their businesses and stayed home from work.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
thederrick.com | Talia Soglin |Nell Salzman |Carolyn Stein |Samantha Moilanen
A churro shop in Pilsen closed its doors Monday. So did a Mexican grocer in Chicago Heights. The owner of several Mexican restaurants in Elgin, himself the son of immigrants, shut his business for the day too. As immigrant communities across Chicagoland entered a third week of fear and uncertainty in the shadow of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, some business owners and workers from Elgin to Chicago Heights took action Monday: They closed their businesses and stayed home from work.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
gazettextra.com | Talia Soglin |Nell Salzman |Carolyn Stein |Samantha Moilanen
A churro shop in Pilsen closed its doors Monday. So did a Mexican grocer in Chicago Heights. The owner of several Mexican restaurants in Elgin, himself the son of immigrants, shut his business for the day too. As immigrant communities across Chicagoland entered a third week of fear and uncertainty in the shadow of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, some business owners and workers from Elgin to Chicago Heights took action Monday: They closed their businesses and stayed home from work.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
kansascity.com | Talia Soglin |Nell Salzman |Carolyn Stein |Samantha Moilanen
Adolfo "Junior" Bello works in his Elgin, Illinois, restaurant after closing El Faro in solidarity with the "Day Without Immigrants" protest on Feb. 3, 2025. El Faro is a family-owned business that was founded in 1984 by his parents, who got their citizenship in the 1990s. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/TNS) TNS A churro shop in Pilsen closed its doors Monday. So did a Mexican grocer in Chicago Heights.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Talia Soglin |Nell Salzman |Carolyn Stein |Samantha Moilanen
A churro shop in Pilsen closed its doors Monday. So did a Mexican grocer in Chicago Heights. The owner of several Mexican restaurants in Elgin, himself the son of immigrants, shut his business for the day too. As immigrant communities across Chicagoland entered a third week of fear and uncertainty in the shadow of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, some business owners and workers from Elgin to Chicago Heights took action Monday: They closed their businesses and stayed home from work.
