Singer Joe to Headline 6th Annual Star 94.5 Heart & Soul Music Festival 
Scholars and Activists to Unite for Summit Highlighting Critical Fight Against Black Historical Erasure 
Health Experts in Sickle Cell Disease to Convene at 2026 Annual Convention 
Teens Launch Mobile Farm to Inspire the Next Generation of Agriculture Enthusiasts 
NAACP DuPage County Announces its 68th Annual Freedom Fund Gala to Honor Leaders and Changemakers 
Prosecutors secure 205 year sentence for Iowa man charged with South Side Sexual Assaults
Cook County prosecutors have secured a 205 year prison sentence for a man convicted of sexually assaulting three women in...
Illinois Attorney General Madigan's proposal to combat synthetic drugs clears House Committee
 SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that the House Judiciary Criminal Law Committee unanimously sent to the...
Proposed deep state budget cuts to vital programs for people in poverty will greatly exacerbate hardship
Illinois Must Rethink Budget Priorities                                                                                                                                                                                                     Letters to the Editor: From the Heartland Alliance  CHICAGO, IL – The From...
Jenny and Rufus Triplett, Publishers of Prisonworld Magazine, named Ebony Magazine's "Couple of the Year"
 Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) -- Jenny and Rufus Triplett have been awarded the highest couple’s honor in recognition of a...
Voluntary energy curtailment program nets Metropolitan Water Reclamation District $1.6 million rebate
Private sector business model helps reduce demand, deliver revenue   One year ago, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of...
Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady: Another politician indicted – Where's Lisa Madigan?
Letters to Editor                                                                                                                                                             CHICAGO, IL - In light of yesterday’s federal indictment of Democrat Cook County Commissioner William Beavers, Illinois...
Better safe than sorry, know your tax preparer: Better Business Bureau
 (A Message from the Better Business Bureau)   CHICAGO, IL  - Every year the BBB receives thousands of...
State Senator Hunter encourages more opportunity for youth employment
SPRINGFIELD, IL - In 2011, national youth employment was at its lowest level in post- World War II history at...
Author shares story of witnessing his father’s racially-motivated murder in captivating new book, “Cured – The Power of Forgivenessâ€
 Carl Ray tells the incredible story of how his father, one of the most successful African Americans in Choctaw County,...
Governor Pat Quinn releases Fiscal Year 2013 Budget: "This budget contains truths that may not be what you want to hear"
Remarks as Prepared  SPRINGFIELD, IL – President Cullerton, Speaker Madigan, Leaders Radogno and Cross, Lieutenant Governor Simon, Attorney General...