By: Norman Parish - August 12, 2015 3:52 p.m.
A 22-year-old man was charged with punching Ald. David Moore as the Chicago official tried to disband alleged prostitutes on a South Side street, officials said.
By: Norman Parish - August 12, 2015 1:58 p.m.
On the anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed African American teen killed in Ferguson, Mo. after a controversial run in with a white police officer, a mother of another dead teen asked Chicagoans to save their children from gun violence.
By: Norman Parish - August 12, 2015 1:53 p.m.
Cook County Commissioner, Richard Boykin, is taking steps to enter Illinois’ hotly contested U.S. Senate race.
By: Larissa M. Tyler - August 12, 2015 1:37 p.m.
Should a medical marijuana dispensary be allowed to open and operate on Chicago’s south side?
Members of the Chatham Business Association (CBA) and other concerned citizens chimed in on the controversial matter during the organization’s monthly meeting on Tuesday at the QBG Foundation/Chicago Citizen Newspaper headquarters building, 806 E. 78th St, Chicago.
A multi-product collection from MAC Cosmetics inspired by the late Latin icon Selena Quintanilla is planned for next year, the company said last Thursday.
Mariah Carey is making her directorial debut on the Hallmark Channel.
Carey will direct and co-star in "Mariah Carey's Christmas Project," the network announced last week. Production will begin in the fall. The scripted film is slated to air in December as part of its annual "Countdown to Christmas" programming.
Lawyers for Bill Cosby argue in a new court filing his admission he used quaaludes in the 1970s doesn’t mean he drugged and sexually assaulted women.
The push for a higher minimum wage gained momentum on both sides of the country last month, with New York embracing an eventual $15 an hour for the state’s 200,000 fast-food workers and the huge University of California system announcing the same raise for its employees.
By: Norman Parish - August 5, 2015 4:31 p.m.
A Chicago man, exonerated after serving 17 years in prison, was killed during an alleged “bad” drug deal, officials said.
Alprentiss Nash, 40, was fatally shot in the chest when he allegedly attempted to rob another man last week, Chicago Police said.
Nash and Paul Vukadinovic, 30, allegedly exchanged gunshots July 28th in the 400 block of South Paulina Street, police said.
Nash was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.
The Cook County Board of Review, the highest volume assessment appeals board in the country, launched its state of the art Digital Appeals Processing System (DAPS) for the 2015 property assessment appeals session. The Digital Appeals Processing System will transform the paper-based Board appeals process into a digital workflow that will make filing appeals easier for taxpayers and will create a more transparent, efficient, and thorough process, which will save Cook County residents thousands of dollars.
By: Norman Parish - August 5, 2015 4:14 p.m.
Recognizes name on manuscript. Understands letter forms, big and small. And colors, paints and pastes.
Those were some of the benchmark tasks I completed as a 5-year-old in the first year of the Head Start program in 1965.
I was just one of millions of low income children helped by Head Start. The program celebrates its 50th anniversary this summer.
By: Norman Parish - August 5, 2015 4:02 p.m.
As a nurse at Northwestern University hospital, Desiree Smith sees her share of gunshot victims.
Four protesters supporting Dyett High School as a “green tech” school were arrested after staging a sit-in at City Hall, officials said.
By: Norman Parish - August 5, 2015 3:49 p.m.
Lori Lightfoot is a familiar face in law enforcement.
She was a federal prosecutor. She once ran Chicago Police Department’s Office of Professional Standards.
But last week, the openly-gay, African-American woman broke new ground as the first female to head the Chicago Police Board.
By: Norman Parish - August 5, 2015 1:05 p.m.
In 1983, Chicago Firefighter, Sidney Brown, thought children were inside of a burning South Side home. So, he rushed in to save them but became trapped in an attic in the house at 119th and State streets.
By: Norman Parish - July 30, 2015 12:24 p.m.
Sandra Bland’s somber funeral at DuPage African Methodist Episcopal Church attracted hundreds of supporters, who were shocked and dismayed that her death stemmed from a simple traffic stop.
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.
