LeBron James is setting his sights beyond the basketball court.
The NBA star and his company, SpringHill Entertainment, have signed a content creation deal with Warner Bros. that includes potential projects in film, television and other digital properties.
By: Norman Parish - July 30, 2015 12:11 p.m.
During summer break, Jennifer Sanders regularly catches up with reading at the West Englewood Library on the city’s South Side.
But the 16-year-old teen doesn’t have to worry about what she will eat during her daylong visits.
That’s because the Harlan High School student is one of about 1,000 youth receiving free meals this summer from the Greater Chicago Food Depository’s “Lunch Bus.”
Brookfield Zoo’s summertime event, Summer Nights, sponsored by Meijer and the Illinois Farm Bureau, is back and it’s bigger and better than ever! The evening celebration will feature cool jams and fun activities for the whole family until 9:00 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays through August 8.
By: Norman Parish - July 30, 2015 11:57 a.m.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) space mission last week to the international space station was diverse: three crew members represented the U.S., Russia and Japan.
R&B singer Bobby Brown said Monday that his daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, was "an angel" and that the family must find a way to honor her memory.
By: Norman Parish - July 30, 2015 11:45 a.m.
What should you do when a cop pulls you over during a traffic stop?
Drivers should simply comply with the officer’s orders, said several law enforcement experts.
By: Norman Parish - July 30, 2015 11:30 a.m.
Wendy Jones remembers her mother suddenly suffering a heart attack while in the emergency room of Roseland Community Hospital (RCH) on Chicago’s far South Side.
“The hospital staff acted quickly and saved her life,” said Jones on Friday outside the medical facility open at 45 W. 111th St.
Jones said the encounter is the main reason she supports the 85-year-old medical facility.
Outside the hospital, Jones joined about 150 other demonstrators, many with signs proclaiming “Roseland Matters” and “Black Lives Matter.”
Metra commuters in Chicago are increasingly doing things that would be illegal if they were driving — texting, reading email, shopping online or watching a movie — according to research from DePaul University’s Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development. More commuters in the Chicago area are opting to ride the train, in part because of this dependence on electronic devices, researchers found.
Filmmaker Spike Lee won’t be getting a $3 million tax break for his new movie, “Chiraq,” an upcoming feature film that was filmed in Chicago.
(grandmother to Denise McMullen, CEO of Creative Tea Cafe' & McMullen Industries Development & Rehab)
New York Fashion Week has always celebrated the glamour of women's fashion, but has relegated menswear to a supporting role. This week, building on a growing public appetite for menswear, the industry is putting on the first stand-alone men's fashion week in New York in nearly two decades (a brief attempt fizzled in the late '90s.)
By: Norman Parish - July 23, 2015 1:13 p.m.
The busy Flossmoor, Ill. Metra station got a $4 million facelift, one of several renovations in the last couple of years the rail line has initiated.
By: Norman Parish - July 23, 2015 12:59 p.m.
(Opinion)
When my dad died, my family scrabbled to find a place to hold his memorial in Chicago.
He was an artist reared on the South Side but spent the last two decades of his life operating a gallery in Washington, D.C.
By: Norman Parish - July 22, 2015 3:59 p.m.
Yasmin Curtis has a thriving sports bar on the city’s South Side.
The 35-year-old woman, who opened the Bronzeville Sports Bar and Grill nearly five years ago, now has eight employees.
By: Larissa M. Tyler - July 22, 2015 3:35 p.m.
“We don’t want it!” “We don’t it!” We don’t want it!”
That is what nearly 100 members of the Eight Ward Accountability Coalition (EWAC), a neighborhood organization, angrily chanted during a recent community meeting in protest of a proposed opening of a medical marijuana dispensary in Chicago’s Chatham neighborhood.
By: Norman Parish - July 22, 2015 2:52 p.m.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. criticized the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for endorsing U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth instead of Andrea Zopp in the U.S. Senate race in Illinois.
By: Norman Parish - July 22, 2015 12:06 p.m.
When Stacy Harris was a teen on Chicago’s South Side, he dealt drugs and brawled a lot.
Now, Harris, 44, owns a small car dealership in northwest Indiana.
He credits a 75-year-old South Shore barber with helping him turn his life around: El-Hajj Elshabazz.
Police officers help a demonstrator to his feet after he fainted during a clash with the police in Paris, France, Wednesday, July 8, 2015.
By: Norman Parish - July 16, 2015 4:35 p.m.
Abena Joan Brown, founder of the ETA Creative Arts Theater on Chicago’s South Side, died Sunday after a short illness.
By: Norman Parish - July 15, 2015 4:59 p.m.
Just two years ago, Shannon Williams ate lobster and cheesecake at the Taste of Chicago festival in Grant Park.
But on Sunday, she ate corn, noodles and water melon. That’s because the 37-year-old resident of Chicago’s Auburn Gresham neighborhood participated in the Humana Healthier Choices Rewards Program.
