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Gov. Pritzker Grants Clemency to U.S. Veteran Deported to Mexico
Governor JB Pritzker has granted clemency to Miguel Perez, a U.S. Army veteran who immigrated to Illinois as a child. Perez, who served 7.5 years for a non-violent offense, was… Read more
IlliniCare Health Launches the HeArt My Block Mural Contest
IlliniCare Health launched the HeArt My Block mural contest, a celebration of health and art awareness, which provides young people an opportunity to display their artistic vision within their community…. Read more
Chicago Police Department Launches Citywide Gunstat Initiative
Chicago Police Department (CPD) Superintendent Eddie T. Johnson joined law enforcement, prosecutorial and criminal justice partners to launch the citywide GunStat Initiative, an unprecedented collaborative effort designed to track gun… Read more
Cicero’s New Queen
Cicero selected 19-year-old Litzy Gutierrez-Marin as their ’19-20 queen at the annual Cicero Mexican Independence Day Parade. A student at Loyola University of Chicago, Gutierrez is studying Criminology and Behavioral… Read more
A Groovy Time Planned for Chicago Zoological Society
Dust off those platform shoes and retro 70s clothes and join the Women’s Board of the Chicago Zoological Society at its 18th annual Wines in the Wild fundraiser on Saturday,… Read more
Attorney General Urges Consumers to Avoid E-Cigarettes, Vape Products
Attorney General Kwame Raoul urged Illinois residents to avoid using e-cigarette or vape devices following several reported instances of users becoming seriously ill and being hospitalized after using such products…. Read more
Tips to Ask Your Doctor
By: Edith A. Perez, MD, Chair, SU2C Committee for Health Equity in Cancer Clinical Trials, Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine Edited by Lawndale Bilingual News Unfortunately, cancer… Read more
Inaugural Conversations Summit Empowers Community Voices on Mental Health
HOPE FOR THE DAY (HFTD) has rallied a coalition of more than 40 organizations from community non-profit agencies to academic institutions — all dedicated to a day filled with Education,… Read more
Chicago Park District Brings Back Free Fitness Week
The Chicago Park District announces Free Fitness Week to return to 69 fitness centers across the city through September 8th. New and competitive fees for all of the centers’ memberships… Read more
Castro Extremely Disappointed by Closing of Mental Health Units
After Amita Health announced plans earlier this week to close behavioral health units at two hospitals, including St. Joseph Hospital in Elgin, State Senator Cristina Castro (D-Elgin) released the following… Read more
