By: Deborah Bayliss - December 18, 2013 1:23 p.m.
In response to the recent announcement that Dominick’s will close all of its 72 stores located throughout Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced a City task force is in place to find operators for the closed stores to ensure that affected citizens continue to have access to food and fresh produce and to address the economic impact and jobs lost due to the closures.
By: Lee Edwards - December 18, 2013 1:08 p.m.
As part of the Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago's (WOCC)"Fight for 15" campaign, several rallies were held last Thursday across the city of Chicago, mostly in front of national retail and food chains including McDonald’s, Sears and Family Dollar where employees of the establishments demanded that their current minimum wages be increased to a “living” wage of $15 per hour as well as the right to form a union without retaliation.
By: Lee Edwards - December 18, 2013 12:11 p.m.
The impact of former South African President Nelson Mandela’s visit to Chicago in the summer of 1993 still resonates with citizens here and most certainly with those who met directly with him including the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr., U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush, and former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley.
By: Deborah Bayliss - December 18, 2013 10:55 a.m.
As we commemorate the life and legacy of the late South African President, Nelson Mandela, one has to also acknowledge the woman who played a prominent, political and private role in his life.
Some 40 black models, most of them women, staged a topless protest in Rio de Janeiro against the low presence of Afro-Brazilians on fashion catwalks.
By: Lee Edwards - December 4, 2013 4:44 p.m.
As part of the national “Click It or Ticket” campaign, Illinois State Police (ISP) and over 200 local police departments throughout the state were on patrol during the Thanksgiving holiday checking to see if motorists were wearing their seatbelts or if they were driving under the influence.
By: Lee Edwards - December 4, 2013 4:11 p.m.
Marian Catholic High School (MCHS) Marching Band, 700 Ashland Ave., Chicago Heights, Ill., proudly strutted their stuff in the Macy’s Day Thanksgiving Parade in New York City on Nov. 28. This was MCHS's second time participating in the world class parade which aired on NBC on Thanksgiving day that drew 50 million viewers and over one million spectators along the parade route.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom, established 50 years ago by President John F. Kennedy, is our nation’s highest civilian honor. The medal has been presented to more than 500 individuals who have made especially “meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.”
By: Lee Edwards - December 4, 2013 3:45 p.m.
The City of Chicago is actively working to repair the street at 124th and Wentworth Ave. after a "wash out" (a sudden erosion of soft soil or other support surfaces by a gush of water) caused the road to collapse creating a large sink hole.
By: Deborah Bayliss - December 4, 2013 3:28 p.m.
Researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine are testing to see if MRI-guided HIFU (high-intensity focused ultrasound) will yield quicker recoveries and fewer side effects than current treatments for the removal of uterine fibroids in women.
By: Deborah Bayliss - December 4, 2013 3:02 p.m.
A South Side Local School Council (LSC) member was charged in Sept. with a serious crime.
Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Michael Sullivan confirmed that Reginald Jones, 43, was arrested and charged at 9:18 a.m., Sept. 9, on the 1000 block of west Taylor Street with 1 felony count of indecency exposure and driving on a suspended license.
By: Lee Edwards - December 4, 2013 2:54 p.m.
The Chicago Sky, a professional women's basketball team based in Rosemont, Ill., donated much needed basketball apparel to the Lady Thunderbird girls basketball team at Hyde Park Academy (HPA), 6220 S Stony Island Ave., last month.
By: Lee Edwards - December 4, 2013 12:26 p.m.
Illinois’ economy had the largest growth of any state within the Midwest with over 25,000 jobs added in September and October of this year. Other states within the region posted a negative or small net gain in jobs.
By: Deborah Bayliss - December 4, 2013 12:21 p.m.
It came down to the wire but a group of South Side youth had a chance to venture outside of their neighborhoods for an opportunity to take part in a world class, out-of-state, holiday event thanks to the help of a few generous donors and sponsors.
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