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About 12:10 a.m., Adrian Molina, 18, was in the 2200 block of West 21st Street when he was shot in the neck and face, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

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Brief, precious life of migrant boy who died in Chicago chronicled in family’s new GoFundMe video

Jean Carlos “Jeremías” Martinez Rivero fell ill and died at a shelter in Pilsen. His family has launched a GoFundMe to support their effort to get into housing and avoid landing in a shelter again.

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Fighting inequality with music: Pilsen nonprofit is awarded $150k to help young artists

Healthy Hood, which provides Chicago youth with resources to create music and art, received the grant from the Lewis Prize for Music, a philanthropic organization dedicated to music education.

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15 community organizations awarded $2.7 million to revamp vacant storefronts

Groups receiving the funds will use them to revitalize commercial corridors across Chicago, including Michigan Avenue downtown and business districts in Garfield Park, Pilsen, Humboldt Park, Uptown, West Loop, Lake View and Chatham.

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Pilsen couple become first Cook County newlyweds of 2024

They met waiting for a CTA bus headed for Navy Pier six years ago and beat out over 200 other couples to receive Cook County’s first marriage license of the new year.

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Health care services at Pilsen migrant shelter fall short of promises, medical advocates say

The city has said migrants in shelters receive health screenings. A source close to the matter said that of the thousands at the Pilsen shelter where a child died, only a few hundred have been screened.

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Picture Chicago: 12 must-see Sun-Times photos from this week in news

A 5-year-old boy died after living in a crowded migrant shelter in Pilsen, the Blackhawks unveiled Rocky’s Bar at the United Center, and former Ald. Edward Burke (14th) was found guilty of racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion.

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Heartbreaking details shed light on the last hours of 5-year-old boy’s life at Pilsen migrant shelter

Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero died Sunday afternoon after suffering a medical episode at the migrant shelter on Cermak Road and Halsted Street where the family was staying, according to police. Autopsy results were still pending Thursday afternoon.

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Once studying to become a forensic pathologist, Everett Reynolds pivoted hard — into the art world

He’s now painting large-scale murals in the Chicago area, including in the Pilsen area where he recently completed a painting showing of a young woman floating in the air with the help of smiley-face balloons.

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Calls for more medical resources follow 5-year-old Pilsen shelter resident’s death

Hundreds gathered at a vigil for Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero, leaving flowers and balloons at a memorial on the sidewalk. ‘He was a beautiful boy, he was always happy.’

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City's migrant shelter program needs overhaul after 5-year-old’s death

The mayor and his staff must demand and get answers regarding what happened in Pilsen — and bear the responsibility for fixing the entire migrant settlement effort.

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Migrants say illnesses spreading quickly at crowded Pilsen shelter where several fell ill

The space is currently housing over 2,300 people, more than half of whom are minors. Families there and health care providers say illnesses are spreading rapidly.

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4 more children and woman from Pilsen migrant shelter are hospitalized

Four girls, ages 1, 4, 8 and 9, and a woman, 18, were hospitalized Monday, a day after a 5-year-old boy died after falling ill at the shelter.

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5-year-old boy dies, 5 others hospitalized after becoming ill at Pilsen migrant shelter

The boy died Sunday at Comer Children’s Hospital, and four girls and a woman were taken to hospitals at different times Monday with fever and vomiting, official said.

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Thalia Hall loses Dusek’s, seeks to expand building

The tavern-restaurant announced Wednesday that it will shut down at the end of dinner service on New Year’s Eve.

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Man gunned down in Pilsen

About 1:05 a.m., Miguel Villegas, 24, was exiting a vehicle in the 2300 block of West 18th Place when a black SUV approached and someone inside opened fire, hitting the man nine times, Chicago police said.

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In new Lake View painting, animals beg us to save Earth

This week’s Murals and Mosaics newsletter also explores public art in St. Louis, Pilsen-based artist Isaac Galvan’s latest mural in Berwyn and the beautification of a classic Chicago nuisance — potholes.

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Pilsen family mourns brother found shot to death after apparently witnessing University Village car break-in

His family says they’re frustrated with a slow police investigation that hasn’t found any suspects.

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Man shot, killed in Pilsen

Officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 1900 block of South Paulina Street and found the man, 21, lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds.

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At Pilsen community meeting on migrants, residents call for relief from spiking property taxes

Some are happy to offer a ladder to new arrivals. Others decry the lack of services for locals. About 400 migrants could move into an area shelter as soon as Tuesday.

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How some Chicago migrants struggling to leave shelters are getting help

A trust fund is helping landlords provide rental assistance to the influx of migrants who have been bussed to Chicago.

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Off-duty Chicago cops robbed at gunpoint after leaving Pilsen bar

The stickup happened amid a surge in robberies across the city that new Police Supt. Larry Snelling has vowed to aggressively tackle.

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2 Chicago cops acquitted of battery, misconduct in shooting of unarmed man in Pilsen

Judge Lawrence Flood ruled the police officers were within their rights to protect themselves when they opened fire first, shooting Miguel Medina last year.

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Lawyers for Chicago cops on trial for shooting unarmed man say politics are behind ‘this dog of a case’

A Cook County judge is expected to hand down a verdict Thursday for the two Chicago police officers charged with shooting the man last summer in Pilsen.

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Day of the Dead ofrendas honor earthquake victims, murdered women in Pilsen museum exhibit

The National Museum of Mexican art is featuring its 37th annual Día de Muertos exhibition.

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