By: Deborah Bayliss - August 6, 2014 4:49 p.m.
Residents who live at or near 10729 S. Champlain in Chicago were surprised yesterday morning as several local elected officials gathered on the block to announce $1.5 million in funding from a 2012 national foreclosure settlement to support an affordable historic home revitalization initiative in the Pullman community.
By: Lee Edwards - August 6, 2014 4:32 p.m.
Chicago’s only all-girls public school, Young Women's Leadership Charter School (YWLCS), 2641 S. Calumet Ave., was recognized by the Chicago City Council last week, via a resolution for its academic excellence – most notably for producing a Gates Millennium Scholar for the second consecutive year .
By: Deborah Bayliss - August 6, 2014 3:40 p.m.
Cyclists and nature lovers in Chicago will soon have more space to enjoy their hobbies thanks to the city's plans to transform 278 acres of old industrial property at Big Marsh, 11400 S. Stony Island Ave., the largest individual wetland in the Calumet Open Space, into an eco-friendly recreational area that includes a new bike park.
By: Deborah Bayliss - August 6, 2014 3:06 p.m.
Located at 5001 S. Michigan Ave., Aunt Martha’s Youth Service Center, a state-funded, short-term, facility that is supposed to keep troubled youth safe, has been in the news in recent weeks after it was revealed that kids who were removed from their homes for various reasons and placed in the Center’s care, were leaving the facility past curfew hours, including an 11, 15 and a 19 year-old who all suffered a gunshot wounds last month as they stood outside the facility.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and Hamas began observing a temporary cease-fire on Tuesday that sets the stage for talks in Egypt on a broader deal on the Gaza Strip, including a sustainable truce and the rebuilding of the battered, blockaded coastal territory.
WASHINGTON (AP) — What can President Barack Obama actually do without Congress to change U.S. immigration policies? A lot, it turns out.
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's juvenile jails are extremely violent and unsafe, the result of a deeply ingrained culture of violence in which guards routinely violate constitutional rights of teenage inmates and subject them to "rampant use of unnecessary and excessive force," the federal government said in a scathing report released Monday.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 31, 2014 4:18 p.m.
City of Chicago officials and other local organizations reportedly are working to find one or more sites that could hold up to 1,000 beds for hundreds of unaccompanied children migrating from Central America to the U.S.-Mexico border in the coming year.
"Hindsight" is now punishable by a $25 fine in this Jersey Shore resort.
Wildwood passed a law last year night banning overly saggy pants on the boardwalk, prompted by numerous complaints from longtime visitors about having to see people's rear ends hanging out in public.
By: Lee Edwards - July 31, 2014 3:43 p.m.
South Suburban College’s (SSC) Division of Adult Education is offering new courses for adults to develop core educational skills.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 31, 2014 3:35 p.m.
Parents and children who live near Broadview, Ill., will soon enjoy a newly renovated Beverly Recreation Center at Cermak Road and 25th Avenue, thanks to $1.2 million bestowed to the Broadview Park District via Ill. Gov. Pat Quinn's capital investment funded Illinois Jobs Now! construction program.
By: Lee Edwards - July 31, 2014 3:27 p.m.
In recognition of Chicago State University (CSU) recently announcing that it will be expanding to Chicago's west side, the Chicago Citizen Newspaper recently spoke with CSU’s West Side Campus Development Project Manager, Bruce Washington, to learn more about the highly anticipated addition to CSU’s educational network.
By: Lee Edwards - July 31, 2014 noon
Throughout the month of August, seven south-side Chicago cultural institutions who have joined forces and who have agreed to now to be collectively called, “Museum Campus South, ” will provide free weekend shuttle service for sightseers who visit the attractions.
Chicago police report one person is dead and another critical after a shooting inside a downtown high-rise office building.
By: Deborah Bayliss - July 30, 2014 5:15 p.m.
Challengers of all persuasions and ideologies are considering a run or have already officially declared their candidacy.
With Cook County Board President, Toni Preckwinkle, officially announcing last month that she will not challenge Emanuel in Chicago's upcoming, 2015 Mayoral election--bowing out of an already crowded field of African Americans vying for the city’s top job--Chicago Teacher’s Union (CTU)President, Karen Lewis is now gaining all the attention as the mayor's most formidable opponent.
Teachers at George M. Pullman Elementary School, 11311 S. Forestville Ave., were surprised Monday morning with $1000 in gift cards and an array of school supplies, courtesy of Walmart.
Teachers on hand for the event said that Walmart's gift was very much needed and appreciated because often times they find themselves spending their own money throughout the entire school year, for students who need supplies.
By: Lee Edwards - July 30, 2014 4:31 p.m.
As an initiative of his non-profit organization, the Noah’s Arc Foundation (NAF), Chicago Bulls all-star Joakim Noah debuted a public service announcement (PSA) video urging all Chicagoans to stand up against gun violence at a press conference at Major Adams Community Center (MACC), 125 N. Hoyne Ave., last week.
By: Lee Edwards - July 30, 2014 4:23 p.m.
Former Simeon Career Academy electricity teacher, Latisa Kindred, held a press conference last week outside the entrance of Simeon, 8147 S. Vincenness Ave., to alert the community about the closing of the school’s electricity shop class.
While historical barriers that excluded Black America from the homeowner market for decades have crumbled, there are signs that emerging types of racial inequality are making homeownership an increasingly risky investment for African-American home seekers. A new study from sociologists at Rice University and Cornell University found that African-Americans are 45 percent more likely than whites to switch from owning their homes to renting them.
By: Lee Edwards - July 24, 2014 5:03 p.m.
Welcome Inn Manor, 4562 S. Michigan Ave., is one of the highest customer rated bed and breakfast establishments in Chicago and one of the city's best kept secrets.
