The largest black audience for the Academy Awards over the last dozen years came in 2005, when Chris Rock was host and Jamie Foxx and Morgan Freeman won the top male acting awards.
The parents of 13 members of the Chicago Little League team stripped last year of its 2014 U.S. championship are suing team officials, Little League Baseball, an ESPN sportscaster and the man who exposed the team’s residency violations.
Harvey School District 152, is accepting sealed bids for the Track Resurfacing at Brooks Middle School, located at 14741 Wallace Street, Harvey, Illinois 60426.
Ill. State Sen. Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago 13th) issued the following statement yesterday.
The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History has added more than 20 objects to the national collections, including a Little Rock Central High School year book, a graduation dress, a personal letter from President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a notice of suspension and photographs, from Minnijean Brown Trickey, who is known as one of the Little Rock Nine.
A coalition of civil rights attorneys and others filed a court petition Tuesday seeking to force Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez to hand over the prosecution and any further investigation involving the fatal police shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald to a special prosecutor.
By: Larissa M. Tyler - February 17, 2016 11:02 a.m.
It’s the question that’s on everyone’s mind. It’s been the topic of most political discussions for the past few days. And it’s a very serious matter to democrats, republicans and independents. Who is going to replace Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia?
By: Larissa M. Tyler - February 11, 2016 5:02 p.m.
Here’s some good news for Chicago residents who are in need of tax preparation assistance. The City of Chicago is expanding its Tax Prep Chicago program. The 16th annual citywide free tax preparation assistance program will double the number of free tax preparation assistance sites from 21 to 36 sites.
Country singer Chris Stapleton will join Gary Clark Jr. and Bonnie Raitt at the Grammy Awards later this month for a tribute to the late blues master B.B. King.
O.J. Simpson isn't happy with ads and interviews he's seen about a cable TV series focusing on his 1995 murder acquittal, his attorney said, but he's not upset about the way he's depicted.
The basic story of the poisoning of the children of Flint, Mich., through the water they drink is now pretty well known, but as more details come out, it keeps getting worse. Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, after passing a big tax cut for the rich and corporations on coming into office, had to find cuts to make up for the lost revenue.
U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced this week that a team of high school students from Whitney Young Magnet High School won their regional competition for the 2016 National Science Bowl® (NSB) this past weekend and are advancing to compete at the National Finals in Washington, D.C., in April. This year marks the 26th time the national competition has been held.
In recognition for his outstanding efforts on behalf of the International Shipmasters’ Association (ISMA), Captain Mark Stevenson has been nominated for the Captain Lewis Ludington Award, often considered the “Oscars” of the maritime industry.
On sunday, Feb. 21, 2016 at 5:30 p.m., people from all walks of life will gather on the southwest side of Chicago to pay tribute to three men: Munir Muhammad (Business Manager), Halif Muhammad (Secretary), and Shahid Muslim (Director).
By: Larissa M. Tyler - February 10, 2016 10:57 a.m.
Ill. State Rep. Christian Mitchell (Dist.-26) is keeping busy these days rounding up as many heavy weight endorsements as he can. And that’s exactly what he should be doing because his competitor Jhatayn “Jay” Travis is picking up steam.
