By: Lee Edwards - September 24, 2014 4:11 p.m.
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) has released a new mobile incident reporting app as an extension of its online incident reporting application released last May. The free app is currently available on Apple operating system products only.
By: Deborah Bayliss - September 24, 2014 4:07 p.m.
Illinois Secretary of State, Jesse White and members of his Jesse White Tumblers are mourning the death of a team member who was shot Sept. 18 on the 1300 block of North Cleveland Avenue.
By: Deborah Bayliss - September 24, 2014 4:04 p.m.
Clergy leaders from various faiths, gathered last Friday along with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to launch a collaborative effort between Bright Star Community Outreach, Northwestern Medicine, University Chicago Medicine and the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago to combat violence and provide post-trauma counseling and other support.
By: Lee Edwards - September 24, 2014 3:23 p.m.
The 17th Annual Chicago Football Classic (CFC) held at Soldier Field, 1410 Museum Campus Dr., on September 20 and played between Morehouse College and Central State University attracted thousands of spectators, despite the downpour of rain that plagued the earlier part of that day. In the end, Morehouse College from Atlanta, Ga. defeated Central State University from Wilberforce, Ohio, by a score of 43-9.
By: Deborah Bayliss - September 24, 2014 3:09 p.m.
Local aldermen joined U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, Chicago Mayor, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) President, Forrest Claypool, and CTA Chairman, Terry Peterson and other dignitaries Monday morning to announce renovation of the 95th St. and Dan Ryan Redline Terminal, one of CTA’s largest rail station projects that officials say is a $240 million investment that will modernize the city's transit system and promote economic opportunity on Chicago’s south side.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In the first international test for his climate-change strategy, President Barack Obama pressed world leaders Tuesday to follow the United States' lead on the issue, even as a United Nations summit revealed the many obstacles that still stand in the way of wider agreements to reduce heat-trapping pollution.
NEW YORK (AP) — Home Depot said that 56 million payment cards were estimated to have been breached in a data theft between April and September at its stores in the U.S. and Canada. That makes it the second-largest breach for a retailer on record.
By: Colette Greenstein - September 18, 2014 7:41 a.m.
“This is for the little brown girls,” writes Misty Copeland in the prologue of her New York Times bestselling memoir, Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina,
Unique in appearance and structure, African-American hair is especially fragile and prone to injury and damage. More than half of African-American women will cite thinning hair or hair loss as their top hair concern. Fortunately, there are a lot of things African-Americans can do to help minimize damage and keep their hair beautiful.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — An annual report on the diversity of the NFL personnel shows the league has achieved an all-time high mark for racial hiring practices, while it continues to struggle with diversity in gender hiring at the team level.
By: Deborah Bayliss - September 17, 2014 4:37 p.m.
As Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West (JRW) All Stars, Little League Baseball’s 2014 World Series U.S. Champions slowly return to the normalcy of life, by returning back to school, city of Chicago officials seem a bit reluctant to let go of the excitement surrounding the young celebrities. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and several aldermen welcomed the JRW All Stars to last Wednesday’s City Council meeting where the team, the parents and coaches were once again honored.
Since its inaugural year in 2006, the Chicago Sky (Sky) women's basketball team, has consistently aspired to uplift, empower, and inspire young women, through community engagement initiatives. Additionally, the Sky’s recent run in the WNBA Finals has helped to further position the team's players and staff as role models for young women in the Chicago land area.
By: Deborah Bayliss - September 17, 2014 4:08 p.m.
In recognition of the growing need to address adult illiteracy and in recognition of individuals who need assistance in learning the English language or who are working to complete their high school diploma equivalency, South Suburban College (SCC) will celebrate National Adult and Family Literacy Week from September 22 through September 26.
By: Lee Edwards - September 17, 2014 4:04 p.m.
On Monday, Sept. 22, Harvey Public Schools District 152 will rededicate the Maya Angelou Elementary School at 15748 Page St. in Harvey Ill. The school was formerly known as Waldo Emerson Elementary School before being renamed on Friday, September 22, 1995 in honor of Angelou’s legacy. At that time, Dr. Angelou was present for the event.
By: Lee Edwards - September 17, 2014 3:56 p.m.
Ill. Republican gubernatorial candidate, Bruce Rauner, visited the bus/train terminal at 95th & the Dan Ryan during the early morning rush hour on Sept. 15, where he wished commuters “good morning” and encouraged them to vote on election day, as part of a daylong campaign route on that crisscrossed Chicago’s south and west side communities.
By: Deborah Bayliss - September 17, 2014 3:33 p.m.
This past weekend, Englewood and other Chicago South Side mothers began creating what they’re calling a “Peace Mural on the viaduct walls of 63rd Street and Wallace Ave. in Chicago, the ‘gateway’ between the Englewood and Woodlawn neighborhoods.
By: Deborah Bayliss - September 17, 2014 3:23 p.m.
Following a somewhat long, wait for word on which universities would be chosen to move forward with their bid to host the Barack Obama Presidential Library, The Barack Obama Foundation on Monday announced the issuance for a Request for Proposal (RFP) from the University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, Columbia University, and the University of Hawaii, all of which submitted their qualifications to host the future Obama Presidential Library earlier this year.
By: Lee Edwards - September 17, 2014 3:16 p.m.
The 28th Annual Miss Black Illinois USA Pageant 2015, to be held on October 25, 2014, at the DuSable Museum, 740 E. 56th Pl. in Chicago, provides African American women from across the state an opportunity to earn academic scholarships by showcasing their talents, beauty, and commitment to community service.
By: Lee Edwards - September 17, 2014 1:09 p.m.
On Sept.10, at Chicago's City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St., Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel joined Chicago Football Classic Inc. co-founders, Everett Rand and Larry Huggins, for a press conference where he lent his support for the 17th Annual Chicago Football Classic (CFC) game which showcases the football teams and marching bands of two top historically black colleges or universities (HBCUs).
WASHINGTON (AP) — Opening a new military front in the Middle East, President Barack Obama authorized U.S. airstrikes inside Syria for the first time Wednesday night, along with expanded strikes in Iraq as part of "a steady, relentless effort" to root out Islamic State extremists and their spreading reign of terror.
