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

, February 13, 2024 The Air We Breathe, El Aire Que Respiramos, Mary Green Communications, Koppers, Laramie Ave, Cicero, YMCA, Berwyn, Stickney, Larry Dominick, EPA, air pollution, environmental ...

‘The Air We Breathe:’ How the Koppers Plant Became, and Remains, Cicero’s Toxic Neighbor We Want To Hear From Residents Of Cicero About Their Experiences With Air Pollution Cicero Independiente March ...

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Cicero and Berwyn voters will elect Town Board and City Council members on February 25. Our journalism team will be on the ground with poll watcher credentials, documenting voter issues, holding ...

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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 ...

Flood prone Hoboken, New Jersey, has opened a play area for its youngest residents that also doubles as storage for stormwater runoff. This story is part of a collaborative reporting project led by ...

During a Cicero School District 99 Board of Education in April 2024, a teacher resigned from their position due to the district's failure to provide the support she required to provide essential ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.