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Afternoon News: Monday June 3, 2024
Illinois lawmakers want to tweak the name for illegal gun possession in criminal cases. Lawmakers are also signing off on a push by Governor J.B. Pri…
2 years, 4 months ago
LaVonte Stewart helps young Chicagoans heal through sports
When LaVonte Stewart, Sr., was a kid in South Shore in the 1980s, he had a real sense of community. He described it as “the ‘Wakanda’ of all Black pe…
2 years, 4 months ago
Morning News: Monday June 3, 2024
A popular state tax credit claimed by more than 11 million Illinoisans is poised to get more generous. Illinois lawmakers passed a bill to regulate c…
2 years, 4 months ago
Afternoon News: Friday May 31, 2024
The University of Chicago is withholding the degrees of four students who were scheduled to graduate Saturday. A new exhibit entitled “Georgia O’Keef…
2 years, 4 months ago
For Third Coast Percussion, anything can be an instrument
When the four members of Third Coast Percussion were studying classical music at Northwestern University, they didn’t have much of a blueprint for bu…
2 years, 4 months ago
Morning News: Friday May 31, 2024
CTA President Dorval Carter defends himself to the Chicago city council amid persistent safety and reliability complaints. Chicago Mayor Brandon John…
2 years, 4 months ago
Afternoon News: Thursday May 30, 2024
A new report from the Chicago Inspector General warns the Police Department may not be ready to handle large protests at the Democratic National Conv…
2 years, 4 months ago
Spending ‘A Night at Mister Kelly’s’ with the Newberry Library
Mister Kelly’s was the hottest of spots in Chicago nightlife back in the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s, hosting singers like Barbra Streisand, Della Reese, El…
2 years, 4 months ago
Morning News: Thursday May 30, 2024
Lawmakers left Springfield without passing a measure aimed at reforming the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. A report finds Chicago Mayor Brandon John…
2 years, 4 months ago
Afternoon News: Wednesday May 29, 2024
The head of Chicago’s Civilian Office of Police Accountability is re-upping her push to strip the police powers of four officers involved in the rece…
2 years, 4 months ago