*Chicago Mayor Lori Lightoot is shutting down the city for at least 30 days amid a rise in new COVID-19 cases. Lightfoot says the stay-at-home advisory...
*A judge has ruled that R. Kelly’s federal sex trafficking case in Brooklyn will be heard by an anonymous jury. “Empaneling an anonymous jury is appropriate...
*Chicago’s former top-cop Eddie Johnson has been accused of sexual assault and harassment in a new lawsuit. The plaintiff, Cynthia Donald, said Johnson told her “Now...
The “hippest trip in America” started its journey from Chicago 49 years ago today … and never looked back. The first nationally-syndicated episode of “Soul Train”...
*Before there was ever a Jackson 5 or The Sylvers, there was the family group The Five Stairsteps. Known as the original “First Family of Soul,” the...
*Nina Mitchell, a 17-year-old who has become the first Black female to be named valedictorian in her high school’s 159-year history, achieved the honor 61 years...
*A 30-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department committed suicide on Tuesday just 13 days after being promoted to Deputy Chief of Criminal Networks. He was 57. Deputy...
*President Donald Trump announced plans on Wednesday to send federal agents to Chicago and Albuquerque as part of his effort to curb violence in the cities. ...
*A mass shooting took place in Chicago Tuesday night that left at least 15 people wounded at a funeral on the city’s South Side. Police say...
*Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot is never one to mince words, especially when it comes to anything related to #45. During a press briefing Thursday, White House...
*Two teenage boys in Chicago were fatally shot last week after asking the suspect how tall he was, according to police. The victims along with a...
*Researchers at George Washington University have published a study on the social bias found in the algorithms that ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft use...
*I’ve been hearing a lot of talk about White guilt since the release of that video showing the modern-day lynching of George Floyd three weeks ago....
*It’s been more than two weeks since that video went viral showing the modern-day lynching of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Were it not for protests around...
*An Illinois man has been arrested after grabbing a TV reporter during a live broadcast and yelling “f–k her right in the p—.” WGN-TV reporter...
