The flooding event in June of 2023 was some of the most severe flooding Berwyn had seen in over a decade. However, flood ...

Cicero Independiente and MuckRock have been monitoring air pollution in Cicero. What we found: Cicero’s air quality is much worse than surrounding Cook County neighborhoods, and it’s worse than what ...

After the Illinois EPA sent them a lengthy violations notice last fall, Koppers executives began selling stock at an unprecedented rate. After MuckRock and the Cicero Independiente reported on those ...

Here’s how Morton District 201's ‘gang behavior contracts’ criminalize students in Cicero and Berwyn schools where children as young as 7th grade are ending up in a school gang database.

Uncle Shawarma, a new family-owned Arabic restaurant in Berwyn, Ill., brings authentic shawarma with flavors from Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan, connecting Arabic cultural dishes with their ...

What is Koppers? Koppers is a chemical plant on the south side of Pershing Road, on the border between Cicero and Stickney. The plant opened in 1922 and has operated in Cicero for more than 100 years.

We talked to some students from the class of 2020 at Morton East High School about their proudest moments, fondest high school memories and the impact that the coronavirus pandemic had on their last ...

A review of sex crime statistics in Cicero shows that town police may have previously underperformed in tackling such crimes and could also be relying on a crime reporting system that has contributed ...

Two employees at the Bimbo Bakeries Cicero factory have died from COVID-19 amidst what many see is a pattern of retaliation after the company fired two workers who spoke with Cicero Independiente to ...

In a region where communities of color are most impacted by flooding, RainReady is bringing together community members to create flood mitigation plans.

Community Voice: When a person thinks of a park they do not think of who manages it, who makes sure it is safe, who decides what type of playground equipment should go into the park or what programs ...

After the Cicero Independiente and MuckRock published investigative articles about air pollution and the chemicals company Koppers, it hired a public-relations firm to organize a secret, ...