With more than 80 people shot and at least 14 of them fatally wounded during the 4th of July weekend, we ask the question what can…
Pastor Corey Brooks joined Roland Martin Thursday on “NewsOne Now” to discuss his call to men and women of Chicago to combat violence in the…
Good and bad exists and people who don’t agree on anything are forced to agree upon this fact of nature. With the recent rumor mill buzzing, a lot of the good work that Grammy Award Winning Pastor Charles Jenkins has done is being outshined by controversy. A Chicago native, Jenkins is the leader of Fellowship […]
A new selective enrollment high school will be built for the 2017 school year and will be named after President Obama, Mayor Emanuel said Thursday. The Barack Obama College Preparatory High School will eventually enroll 1,200 students from across the city. “We must seize every opportunity to ensure our students receive a world-class, 21st centuryeducation and that they […]
When CNN’s new eight-episode docuseries “Chicagoland” premiered earlier this month, one thing was clear almost immediately: its brightest-shining star was not who many anticipated it would be. While Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s face is in the foreground of ads cropping up on the sides of buses, on billboards and in between the cable news channel’s segments, the individual immediately […]
Overcrowding has long plagued Chicago’s Cook County jail and Commissioner Larry Suffredin, (D-13th), has proposed using taxpayer dollars to bail out low-level inmates who are…
A 3-year-old child was among 13 people hit by gunfire in a park on the South Side of Chicago late Thursday night, police said. All the victims were alive when transported to various hospitals, deputy fire chief James Mungovan said. Four of the victims are in critical condition, CNN affiliate WLS-TV reported . The shooting occurred […]
Karew Records is set for the live recording of multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning recording artist Karen Clark Sheard. The September 9 live recording will be produced by GRAMMY® Award-winning producer Donald Lawrence and held at the House of Hope, 752 East 114th Street, Chicago, IL. The recording begins at 7:00 p.m. and doors open at […]
It wasn’t difficult for first lady Michelle Obama to relate to a group of recently-graduated Chicago public high school seniors Thursday. On a trip to her hometown, Mrs. Obama praised the work of Urban Alliance Chicago, a Washington, D.C.-based career training program that gets high school seniors internships with top companies and helps prepare […]
First lady Michelle Obama brought her message against youth violence to Chicago today, appearing at a luncheon with the mayor and civic leaders and then visiting Harper High School, whose students have often been casualties of gunfire. Attending the luncheon were the parents of slain 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton, whose funeral Obama attended in February. […]
As Chicago continues to struggle with gang violence, the city plans to bring in the big guns for answers. First Lady Michelle Obama heads to Chicago April 10 to address “youth empowerment,” according to a statement from the White House. If you’re wondering what the empowerment of youth means, look further into the announcement […]
Chicago police are questioning two people for the murder of 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton. Two men were pulled over near 67th and South Chicago, early Sunday. Law enforcement sources tell the Tribune they are gang members, one of whom has a previous weapons conviction. The men are said to be 18-years-old and 20-years-old. The Sun-Times […]
