By: Deborah Bayliss - April 8, 2015 2:08 p.m.
The New Regal Theater, an historic south side structure purchased for $100,000 in 2014 by then 29-year-old real estate investor, Jerald Gary, is now entering its final renovation phases, bringing the famed venue close to a grand re-opening.
By: Deborah Bayliss - April 8, 2015 1:49 p.m.
The 2015 Chicago mayoral runoff election ended with voters choosing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel over challenger, Cook County Commissioner, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, to run the city and fix its financial, school and crime problems.
By: Deborah Bayliss - April 3, 2015 4:26 p.m.
Warming temperatures is the perfect inspiration for art lovers who want to venture out to view gallery exhibits of their favorite artists.
By: Deborah Bayliss - April 3, 2015 4:11 p.m.
Rev. James Moody, Senior Pastor of Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Chicago, welcomed Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus and the Laborers' International Union of North America-Local 1001 to the historic church, 2401 S. Wabash, on Wednesday for the announcement of the groups’ endorsement of the mayor in the April 7 runoff election against Cook County Commissioner Jesus “Chuy” Garcia.
By: Deborah Bayliss - April 3, 2015 4:02 p.m.
A man and a woman were arrested Friday after crashing their vehicle at a intersection on Chicago's northwest side, in an attempt to flee Chicago Police, reportedly after participating in a convenience store robbery on the 500 block of North Halsted Street.
By: Lee Edwards - April 3, 2015 1:29 p.m.
The 21st Annual Black Women’s Expo (BWE) convened this past weekend and was a vast celebration of the African American woman. The event boasted educational seminars, a small business marketplace, and an array of inspirational speakers from March 27-29 and was held once again at McCormick Place, 2301 S. Martin Luther King Dr. in Chicago.
A 46-year-old owner of one of the rooftop clubs locked in dispute with the Chicago Cubs over Wrigley Field views is accused of defrauding the baseball team and tax authorities out of $600,000.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is expanding the city's Small Business Opportunity Center Program (SBOCP), a comprehensive financial service initiative for small businesses, via new centers that will be located throughout the city. The centers will maintain a $5 million budgets designated for small business loans, with authorization to loan out up to $250,000 each.
By: Deborah Bayliss - April 3, 2015 12:11 p.m.
If you were near the 3800 block of south King Drive in Chicago at some point last Friday, you may have noticed the 30 to 40-person film crew walking about and pushing big carts filled with lighting trees, cameras, small tents and other film equipment. What you saw happening there was the Chicago Fire television film crew setting up to film new episodes.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Lawmakers in Arkansas and Indiana passed legislation Thursday that they hoped would quiet the national uproar over new religious objections laws that opponents say are designed to offer a legal defense for anti-gay discrimination.
The NAACP is using trademark law to censor free speech in a bizarre court case that was heard March 24th-26th in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia. The Radiance Foundation and its co-founder, Ryan Bomberger, are being sued for "trademark infringement, dilution and confusion" for parodying the organization's name in a news article detailing the NAACP's documented pro-abortion position and actions. (Learn more at www.theradiancefoundation.org/naacp.)
Veria Fields, a former employee of Bronner Bros., Inc., has been arraigned on nine counts of mail fraud relating to theft from her former employer. Fields was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 4, 2015.
By: Deborah Bayliss - April 1, 2015 4:20 p.m.
Kennedy-King-College, one of the City Colleges of Chicago, is in the spotlight after receiving national recognition from the first-ever Aspen Institute “Rising Star” award for rapid improvement in degree program completion rates and will receive $100,000 in prize money.
In a dispute over a proposed Confederate battle flag license plate, the Supreme Court struggled last week to balance worries about government censorship and concerns that offensive messages could, at worst, incite violence.
By: Lee Edwards - April 1, 2015 4:09 p.m.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush (Dist.-1st) and Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) President Forrest Claypool announced the expansion of CTA’s Second Chance program, which provides career opportunities and job training for non-violent ex-offenders, victims of abuse, and others who need assistance while re-entering the workforce.
