Ten-time GRAMMY® Award winner Chaka Khan will be honored for her stellar 40-year career in music and entertainment in the place where it all began—Chicago, Illinois. Chaka Khan will participate in the unveiling of Chaka Khan Way on S. Blackstone Avenue between 50th and 51st Streets on Saturday, July 27. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Fourth Ward […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Nearly 850 Chicago Public Schools employees received layoff notices Friday, hours after officials said they had identified $52 million in administrative and operational cuts to help close an estimated $1 billion deficit in the upcoming fiscal year. Eliminating almost 100 central office positions and adopting more efficient building maintenance will help save […]
Instead of taking a page from New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and slut-shaming teen girls into abstinence, the Chicago Department of Public Health has reframed…
Five years ago, Brian James Moudry (pictured), a self-avowed White supremacist, burned down a Black family’s Chicago home. Now the man who lived only five houses away…
A Chicago high school student is facing charges after spiking a container of marinara sauce with some very spicy hot sauce, sending three people to the hospital according to the Chicago Tribune. The unidentified 17-year-old student is being charged with five counts of misdemeanor battery. Three cafeteria workers were treated by the school’s nurse before […]
“Education is our right! That is why we have to fight!” Those were the chants started by 9-year-old Asean Johnson of Chicago who was…
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Board of Education voted Wednesday to close 50 schools and programs, an ambitious plan that has sparked protests and lawsuits and could help define — for better or worse — Mayor Rahm Emanuel‘s term in office. City officials say the closings are necessary because of falling school enrollment and as […]
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn must decide if he will sign a measure allowing the use of marijuana for medical purposes after the state Senate approved legislation on Friday. The proposal has been touted as the strictest in the nation among states that have legalized medical marijuana. It authorizes physicians to prescribe […]
According to the Chicago Tribune, at least three people were killed and 17 injured in shootings across Chicago on April 29, 2013. The ages of the victims range from 16-years-old to 30-years-old. (Watch the full report above)
Chanting “we fired up, we can’t take it no more”, hundreds of fast-food and retail workers hit the streets of Chicago Wednesday afternoon asking for higher wages. According to the Chicago Tribune, employees of Subway, Sears, Macys, Victoria’s Secret, and other popular stores are protesting their low wages. Currently, many of the employees are making […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Volunteers worked into the night to stack sandbags against rising Midwest floodwaters and evacuate people in its path — or rescue those already under water — after a powerful spring storm system unleashed downpours from Oklahoma to Michigan. Rivers across Illinois, Iowa and Missouri was expected to rise for several days as […]
NBC Chicago is reporting that several teens were arrested after dozens of mob groups began attacking pedestrians on Chicago’s downtown Magnificent Mile area on Saturday night. Police responded to reports of disturbances near Michigan and Chicago Avenues. Police said 28 teens were arrested during the incident and no serious injuries were reported. The teens charged […]
