Neighborhood News
UIC Scientists Publish Final Study Draft, Environmental Justice Maps
The research team at the University of Illinois - Chicago's School of Public Health has published interactive maps illustrating disparities in toxic impact among Chicago schools and Latino schoolchildren found from their study results.
- University of Illinois - Chicago School of Public Health research team publishes interactive maps illustrating environmental justice disparities.
- Maps join final draft of study that measures Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) sites' proximity to schools and Latino schoolchildren.
- First-of-their-kind research methods quantify environmental justice impacts.
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Shot 13-year-old ID'ed, with Cops, Mom Stating Gang Involvement
A local mother and Chicago Police Department officials state likely gang involvement in the shooting on Sunday, May 16, of a 13-year-old boy in the 3700 block of South Wood Street, with a GoFundMe fund-raiser set up to support the family.
- Local mom and police say gangs were likely involved in the shooting on the morning of Sunday, May 16, in the 3700 block of South Wood Street.
- Mom says in media reports that gangs had been trying to recruit her son.
- Family shares identity of victim and requests assistance on GoFundMe fund-raising page.
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Eyewitness Accounts Detail Drive-By Shooting of 13-year-old Boy
A drive-by shooting in the 3700 block of South Wood Street the morning of Sunday, May 16, 2021, sent a local teen-ager to Stroger Hospital with critical injuries.
- Drive-by shooting guns down local teen-ager in the 3700 block of South Wood Street.
- Incident occurred around 7:50 a.m. on Sunday, May 16.
- Eyewitnesses say shooter in white SUV with tinted windows fled from crime scene.
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Native Wildflowers Ready to Bloom in McKinley Park with Help From Volunteer Stewards
With the assistance of a Chicago Park District crew, volunteers planted thousands of native wildflowers in the natural area of Chicago's McKinley Park at a stewardship event on Saturday, May 15, 2021.
- Volunteers, Chicago Park District crew plant thousands of native wildflowers in McKinley Park's natural area.
- Stewardship event on Saturday, May 15, 2021, is the first in McKinley Park since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Chicago Park District looking to hire more seasonal employees to help in natural areas.
Read more: Native Wildflowers Ready to Bloom in McKinley Park with Help From Volunteer Stewards
Protesters Assail Mayor Lori Lightfoot, MAT Asphalt at McKinley Park Demonstration
25th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez, Southwest Environmental Alliance accuse Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot of a corrupt relationship with MAT Asphalt in a protest in McKinley Park on Saturday, May 15, 2021.
- 25th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez and the Southwest Environmental Alliance accuse Chicago mayor, asphalt plant of corruption.
- Dozens of protesters gather in McKinley Park across from MAT Asphalt plant on Saturday, May 15, 2021.
- Sigcho-Lopez references just-released UIC environmental justice study as source for outrage.
Read more: Protesters Assail Mayor Lori Lightfoot, MAT Asphalt at McKinley Park Demonstration
