Roberto Maldonado

The field house will be "their first stop in Chicago," according to 26th Ward Ald. Roberto Maldonado.

Durbin visited Humboldt Park Friday afternoon to formally unveil an eight-step action plan.    

There were nine shootings with 15 victims in the area around the weekend festival.

Ald. Roberto Maldonado (26th) made about $300,000 in profit off a real estate deal next to The 606.

Baez was named the National League Championship Series co-MVP.

SOAKED! In an effort to bail out pension fund, the city just hiked water and sewer taxes.

A group of five aldermen who represent a well funded TIF want it to go toward schools.

Rene Maldonado is a star swimmer at Jones College Prep and hopes to swim in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

Ald. Roberto Maldonado (26th) wants more consistency in police commanders as violence becomes an issue.

Ald. Roberto Maldonado wants each camera to have three warning signs alerting drivers.

The alderman is hosting his second emergency community meeting Tuesday night after a crime spike.

A lack of funding for programs, lack of parental involvement, gangs and police all took heat.

"This is totally unacceptable,"  said Ald. Roberto Maldonado after a daytime killing Wednesday. 

The new program will connect CPS students with the City Council and offers $1,000 scholarships.

Ald. Roberto Maldonado called the cameras a "money grab" and said the playlot was not an actual park.