Cindy Hernandez

News reporter

Cindy Hernandez was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs. She started as a wire desk reporter in 2020 and is now is a news reporter, covering everything from crime to education.

Jade and Joy Lee, 12 and 11, set up a lemonade stand in Roseland with a goal of raising $700 to pay for tickets to see the Sky take on the Fever. On Friday, their dream came true.

Aug 30, 2024

Indiana Fever player Aliyah Boston, left, and Chicago Sky player Diamond DeShields stand for a photo with sisters Joy Lee, 11, and Jade Lee, 12, before the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever game on Friday at Wintrust Arena. | Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times

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Dr. Keith Reisinger-Kindle was fined $5,000 and must complete 20 hours of continuing medical education, the state Department of Financial and Professional Regulation said. He’s accused in a suit of perforating a woman’s uterus and leaving parts of a fetus in her body.
Andrew Trotter is accused of using a counterfeit USPS master key to access apartment buildings and mailboxes. When he was arrested, police say he was holding the fake key and burglary tools.
El Departamento de Edificios de Chicago aprobó el permiso días después de presentar un plan para la demolición en una reunión comunitaria en el Arturo Velásquez Westside Technical Institute.
Police say a woman stabbed three children, killing a 4-year-old boy, after she took away their phones and locked the doors to the home Friday morning in the 3600 block of West Palmer Street. The woman has been arrested, police said.
Devonte Williamson, 23, was described as “very outgoing, very popular.” At a balloon release Thursday, family of Taylor Walker, 26, said she was a “sweet girl” who “took care of her siblings and her mother.”
Chicago’s Department of Buildings approved the permit days after outlining a plan for the demolition at a community meeting at the Arturo Velasquez Westside Technical Institute.
While 14-year-old Jeremy Herred fights for his life, Ald. Monique Scott questioned Tuesday why the park district hired lifeguard Charles Leto, who has since “resigned in lieu of termination,” according to park officials.
Funcionarios de la ciudad y contratistas presentaron el plan de demolición propuesto durante una reunión comunitaria el viernes por la noche en el Instituto Técnico Arturo Velasquez. Los residentes están preocupados por los riesgos a la calidad del aire y la salud debido al trabajo de demolición. No se ha emitido un permiso para la demolición.
City officials and contractors presented the proposed demolition plan during a community meeting Friday evening at Arturo Velasquez Westside Technical Institute. Residents are concerned about risks to air quality and health from demolition work. A permit for a teardown has not been issued.
The comic-style mural on a viaduct at 18th Street and Western Avenue shows Superman punching an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in the face. The mural contains the signature of Chicago artist Viril The Mouse.