John Banuelos stood on a scaffold outside the US Capitol, raised a .38 revolver toward the sky and pulled the trigger twice.

Such activities in downtown Chicago threaten to overwhelm the public safety infrastructure that is considered basic to our ...

There's about a year for city leaders to make plans so that Chicagoans who just want to celebrate their heritage can do so, ...

City officials closed streets in the central Business District to clamp down on car caravans over the weekend, a move that ...

A Mexican Independence Day celebration at a New City dance studio was cut short Monday evening after what witnesses described ...

The issue with the Mexican Independence Day celebration is that it has taken a turn toward car caravans that shut down major ...

Surveys show that a third of American adults can’t name the three branches of the federal government. One found that 10% of ...

Paradegoers from near and far fill sidewalks along 26th Street from the historic Little Village Arch to Kostner Avenue. In ...

The city shut down all the streets in the Central Business District Saturday to try to restrict car caravans celebrating ...

A celebratory 5k run filled 26th Street Sunday before the Mexican Independence Parade in Little Village. Along with celebrating Mexican heritage, the El Grito 5k also focused on ...

There were many activities across the Chicago area, including the massive Mexican Independence Day parade in Little Village.

There were many activities across the Chicago area, including the massive Mexican Independence Day parade in Little Village.