By: Norman Parish - July 15, 2015 12:22 p.m.
Retired Chicago Public Schools teacher, Sharon Byron, has attended so many funerals of former students, she has lost count.
On Saturday, Byron added one more to her list: the funeral of Willie Lee Hunter, 31, who was killed while with his brother, John Lee Hunter, 25, who was also killed.
The siblings, memorialized in white caskets, had a joint service at Gatling’s Chapel, 10133 Halsted St.
By: Norman Parish - July 15, 2015 12:15 p.m.
The National Urban League’s presidential candidate plenary appears to be star-studded.
Jeb Bush, Dr. Benjamin Carson, Hillary Clinton and Martin O’Malley have all confirmed to appear at the July 31st event in Florida, according to the League’s website.
Girls in stylish athletic wear walk the runway as the sounds of Taylor Swift and Katy Perry blare from speakers. The crowd claps and cheers as the young models strike poses with basketballs, lacrosse sticks and boxing gloves. Finally, the big reveal: the Lady Warriors community traveling basketball team takes the stage in their cardinal red uniforms.
Misty Copeland, the Missouri-born ballerina who's become a forceful voice for diversity in ballet and achieved a celebrity that far transcends that rarified world, was named principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre on Tuesday — the first African-American woman to reach that status in the company's 75-year history.
U.S. employers likely hired at another strong pace in June, a sign that the job market is nearing full health and giving the Federal Reserve reason to raise interest rates as early as September.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan last month released a set of rights that outlines what families should be able to expect for their children's education.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 8, 2015 3:39 p.m.
Seven-year old Amari Brown, who resided on the 500 block of North Drake, was among those who were shot and killed over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 8, 2015 3:31 p.m.
A six-week study, titled, Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), coordinated by Loyola University Health Systems (LUHS) revealed access to health care services and the increasing rate of obesity among top health care issues.
By: Lee Edwards - July 8, 2015 3:16 p.m.
The Illinois State Commission on Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform released a preliminary report that frames its process and progress on lowering the Illinois prison population by 25% by 2025.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 8, 2015 1:49 p.m.
With the rejection last week of the $2.3 billion temporary budget proposed by Democrats in the Illinois Legislature as a way to avoid a government shutdown, lawmakers left Springfield for the Fourth of July weekend without an approved budget in place, resulting in what’s being referred to as a “partial” government shutdown. The State is now operating without a 2016 budget, leaving critical social and other services at risk of being unfunded and state workers wondering about their pay checks.
By: Norman Parish - July 8, 2015 1:03 p.m.
On the heels of another bloody holiday weekend, an anti-violence group filed a lawsuit Tuesday against three suburban communities to keep guns out of Chicago.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 8, 2015 12:32 p.m.
Get out and enjoy Bronzeville’s rich arts scene by taking part in the new Bronzeville Art District-Bronzeville Summer Nights collaboration, a cultural event that launched earlier this month.
By: Lee Edwards - July 8, 2015 12:19 p.m.
Chicago Public School’s (CPS) Summer Bridge program this year is housed at Fiske Elementary School, 6020 S. Langley Ave.
Following interim CEO of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS), Jesse Ruiz’s statement last Wednesday announcing that CPS will make $200 million in cuts and layoff 1,400 CPS staffers, a result of the school district’s difficulty making a $634 million pension payment and its $1.1 billion budget deficit, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel laid out a plan he says Springfield should follow to create a more equitable funding formula for Illinois school districts.
By: Lee Edwards - July 8, 2015 11:55 a.m.
Chatham, South Shore and Woodlawn neighborhood residents in Chicago, recently met with high ranking 3rd Dist. Chicago Police Department (CPD) officers during the 3rd District Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS) All Beats Beat Meeting at the South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 South Shore Dr.
An investigation led by Chicago Police officers and agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration assigned to the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (“HIDTA”) Task Force, resulted in federal charges against 16 defendants and state charges against 26 others, who police and federal agents began arresting early last Wednesday morning.
Just because you don’t own your home or have a permanent abode, does not mean you can’t be neat and organized in the place you currently hang your hat.
Chicago entrepreneur John Leydon debuted a new venture to celebrate the very best of Chicago Fashion.
Major retailers are halting sales of the Confederate flag and related merchandise after the shooting deaths of nine black church members in South Carolina refueled the debate over the flag's meaning.
The Global Peace Index measures the state of peace in 162 countries according to 23 indicators that gauge the absence of violence or the fear of violence. It is produced annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace.
