LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kanye West almost pulled another Kanye at the Grammy Awards.
By: Lee Edwards - February 5, 2015 5:02 p.m.
On the morning of Feb. 1, as many in the Chicagoland area were preparing for Super Bowl Sunday, the National Weather Service (NWS) released an urgent blizzard warning for the northeastern counties of Illinois. The announcement warned of snow accumulation ranging from 12 to 16 inches and as much as 18 to the wind gusts ranging from 20 – 40 miles per hour (MPH). Counties that were slated to be affected were: Cook, Will, Kane, DuPage, Lake, McHenry, Kendall, and DeKalb. To combat Mother Nature’s icy wrath, several state and local agencies sprang into action.
Challenged by Republicans, Attorney General nominee Loretta Lynch on Wednesday defended President Barack Obama's decision to shelter millions of immigrants from deportation though they live in the country illegally. But she said they have no right to citizenship under the law.
Funk legend Sly Stone was awarded $5 million last week in a breach-of-contract suit that claimed his business partners and his own company cheated him out of royalties.
By: Deborah Bayliss - February 4, 2015 4:51 p.m.
If you are looking for a chance to take part in an off Broadway production of an award-winning play, then the opportunity might be waiting for you at South Suburban College (SSC) as the SSC PLAYHOUSE of South Suburban College recently announced auditions for its production of John Guare’s, Tony and Pulitzer-Prize winning 1990 American classic, Six Degrees of Separation.
By: Lee Edwards - February 4, 2015 4:42 p.m.
Last week, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and City of Chicago Public Library (CPL) Commissioner Brian Bannon announced at the City Club luncheon at Maggiano's Banquets, 111 W. Grand Ave., that the city plans to expand its digital footprint by initiating the “Internet to Go” (ITG) hotspot lending pilot program.
By: Deborah Bayliss - February 4, 2015 4:39 p.m.
Five candidates challenging Chicago Ald. Leslie Hairston, 5th Ward, for her elected position turned out Saturday for an aldermanic candidate’s forum and made their case as to why they should replace her for the job.
By: Deborah Bayliss - February 4, 2015 4:31 p.m.
Chicago State University (CSU) students in honor of Black History Month, are being educated on the mis-education of African Americans, by way of Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s “The Mis-Education of the Negro” as the suggested campus book read.
By: Lee Edwards - February 4, 2015 12:50 p.m.
Chicago State University (CSU), 9501 S. King Dr., last week, hosted a mayoral candidates forum at New Academic Library’s, CSU’s on-campus library, auditorium featuring two panelists who are current CSU students.
By: Deborah Bayliss - February 4, 2015 12:05 p.m.
As the City of Chicago digs out from what’s being called Chicago’s fifth-largest blizzard, the City dispatched more than 350 snow removal vehicles to neighborhood streets, according to information on the City’s Plow Tracker website.
By: Lee Edwards - February 4, 2015 11:56 a.m.
The Greater Chatham Alliance (GCA) recently held its 6th Ward aldermanic forum at Crerar Memorial Presbyterian Church, 8100 S. Calumet Ave. The forum included incumbent 6th Ward Alderman, Roderick Sawyer, candidate Brian Garner and candidate Richard Wooten where they fielded questions from community organization leaders and audience members. WVON radio talk show host, Cliff Kelley, moderated the event.
By: Deborah Bayliss - February 4, 2015 11:43 a.m.
As Black History Month Kicks off, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is offering an array of entertaining events to commemorate the culture and contributions of Africans and African Americans, with its “Sports, Leadership and Legends” themed program.
CHICAGO (AP) — A sting operation led by an Illinois sheriff, who once went after websites that allowed ads for prostitution, ended on Super Bowl Sunday with the arrests of hundreds of men around the United States who did not realize the online ads they were responding to had been posted by police.
Ill. Attorney General Lisa Madigan last month joined with her counterparts around the country, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission to announce a $90 million settlement with T-Mobile USA over allegations the company placed unauthorized charges on customers’ accounts, a practice known as “cramming.”
By: Lee Edwards - January 30, 2015 4:55 p.m.
Last week, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced that the City of Harvey, Ill. has entered into a settlement agreement with the City of Chicago, to pay $20 million in unpaid water charges. With this action, the City has will be receiving payment from all four outstanding suburban water scofflaws for Chicago taxpayers.
