Bobbi Kristina Brown has been moved to hospice care after months in the hospital.
In a statement Wednesday, her aunt Pat Houston said Whitney Houston's daughter's condition has worsened.
By: Lee Edwards - July 1, 2015 3:51 p.m.
The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) community celebrated a victory decades in the making over the weekend following, the U.S. Supreme Court voting 5-4 in favor of same sex couples’ right to marry nationwide.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 1, 2015 3:21 p.m.
Renovation of the Flossmoor Metra Station on Metra’s Electric District Line is complete. Metra and Flossmoor officials held a completion ceremony for the newly reconstructed, $4 million platform and related facilities on June 26.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 1, 2015 2:39 p.m.
A facility aimed at providing programming for teens and their families, opened in Chicago’s Altgeld community this past weekend.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 1, 2015 2:36 p.m.
Members of the Ill. Legislative Black Caucus fanned out across Chicago and the suburbs last week for “Stop the Cuts” rallies, urging constituents to fight against Ill. Gov. Bruce Rauner’s FY2016 proposed budget cuts to social service and other programs.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 1, 2015 2:14 p.m.
In an effort to help restore peace throughout Chicago’s violence-ridden neighborhoods, members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) will present interactive, after-school concerts to begin in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood next month.
This summer, ComEd is hiring more than 250 students through its annual summer internship program providing local teens with hands-on job training and career experience. ComEd is committed to engaging its future workforce and partners with a number of schools and nonprofit organizations to offer local students valuable work experience through internships, apprenticeships and other educational programs.
By: Lee Edwards - July 1, 2015 2:09 p.m.
The Chicago Board of Education (CBOE) approved the expansion of its student safety initiative, Safe Passage, to a record high 140 schools beginning this fall.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 1, 2015 2:03 p.m.
Cook County, Ill., like the state of Illinois, is facing serious financial challenges.
Cook County Board President, Toni Preckwinkle, on Tuesday released the preliminary forecast for the County's Fiscal 2016 budget, announcing a projected operating shortfall of $198.75 million, driven by increasing labor costs, rising legacy debt service, increased costs of the Presidential election cycle, and reductions in court filing revenues.
By: Lee Edwards - June 26, 2015 4:58 p.m.
The Village of Dolton’s Board of Trustees recently approved the passage of Ordinance 15-022 giving residents of the village the power to recall elected officials during the 2016 election.
By: Lee Edwards - June 26, 2015 4:46 p.m.
The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) elected new leadership at the 2015 NNPA Annual National Convention held at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, 400 Renaissance Dr., Detroit, Mi.
By: Deborah Bayliss - June 26, 2015 noon
Chicago Park District’s Chief Administrative Officer, Tanya Anthony is Cook County’s new budget director. Cook Board Toni Preckwinkle made the announcement last week.
By: Deborah Bayliss - June 26, 2015 noon
Local thespians who’d like to try their hand at comedy are urged to audition for a local production.
Stevie Wonder, Cody Simpson and Avril Lavigne are some of the stars who will perform during next month’s opening ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games, organizers announced last week.
NBC News said Thursday that Brian Williams will not return to his job as "Nightly News" anchor following his suspension for misrepresenting himself, but will be given a second chance as a breaking news anchor at the cable network MSNBC.
Michelle Obama's fashionable clothing has become something of a given in her five-plus years as first lady. Yet her wardrobe still is the subject of endless public fascination and one long-simmering question: Who pays for those incredible outfits?
By: Lee Edwards - June 24, 2015 4:18 p.m.
Two-time Olympic swimming gold medalist, Cullen Jones, recently gave free and reduced cost swimming lessons at Foster Park, 1440 W. 84th St. in Chicago, for “Make A Splash”, an initiative presented by the USA Swim Foundation (USF) and Philips 66, aimed at lowering nationwide drowning death rates.
By: Deborah Bayliss - June 24, 2015 4:12 p.m.
Ill. State Sen. Donne Trotter (Dist.-17) is urging community residents to join the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus “Stop the Cuts” rally scheduled for Thursday, June 25 at Chicago State University’s Douglas Hall-Breakey Theater, 9501 S. Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in Chicago.
By: Deborah Bayliss - June 24, 2015 3:58 p.m.
The largest minority-owned tennis organization in the nation, serving more than 2,000 Chicago Public School (CPS) students through its free in-school Tennis XSpress program and more than 2,300 Chicago youth and residents annually, broke ground Monday on a new state-of-the-art, $9.8 million, 112,000-square-foot, tennis facility in Chicago’s Washington Park neighborhood.
By: Lee Edwards - June 24, 2015 3:52 p.m.
Members of the historic National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) celebrated the organization’s 75th anniversary at the 2015 NNPA Convention held at the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, 400 Renaissance Dr., Detroit, Mich.
