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Cicero Independiente is a bilingual, independent news outlet for Cicero & Berwyn, IL.
The council chambers were packed on this Tuesday morning with family and friends waiting to congratulate three individuals for their promotions in the Cicero Fire and Police Department respectively. Assistant Fire Chief Jeff Penzkofer was promoted to the position of Fire Chief.
Unfortunately, racial tensions or race riots are not new to Cicero. What happened in Cicero on June 1 was just the latest in a decades long history of anti-Black violence in our town.
In 2019, Cicero residents turned journalists founded Cicero Independiente to fill a critical lack of investment in independent bilingual news coverage specifically for communities of color in Chicago's southwest suburbs.
The Koppers plant in Cicero has been found in violation of both state and federal environmental laws dating back 50 years — from the late 1970s until this past summer. A new Illinois EPA list of violations raises new questions about how much cancer-causing chemicals the plant is emitting.
In Cicero and other low-income and minority communities in the Chicago region where floods prevail, the key problem is a lack of flood prevention resources, experts and community activists say.
In this bilingual collaboration with ¿Qué pasa, Midwest?, we explore how the Latinx community in Cicero and Berwyn practice their first amendment right to free speech and whether this right is suppressed by local governments.
Sharing his love of the game is partly what inspired Antonio Escareno to create the Cicero/Berwyn chess club open to all levels. Taken on Tuesday, November 15th, 2022 in Berwyn, Ill., April Alonso/Cicero Independiente.
The People’s Town Hall of Cicero (PTH) airs 15-20 minute videos of issues happening in Cicero on social media. Community members are creating space for issues and information to be shared for residents impacted by town decisions.
Rooting out Risk: Cicero’s Challenge to Build a Safe Inclusive Park. As Cicero pushes forward with plans for a $2.7 million inclusive park, concerns are growing over toxic soil removal and environmental risks at the former industrial site, raising questions about the safety of the community’s newest green space.