Vivica A. Fox Stars in and Produces the New LMN Thriller “The Wrong Housemaid” 
Three Women Fighting to Preserve an Important Slavery Exhibit in Philadelphia 
63-Year-Old Black Athlete/ Track Star is Running Faster Than She Did in Her 50s 
14-Year-Old Black CEO Launches Youth Entrepreneurship Summit and $10K Pitch Competition 
Founder Rejects $15K Offer for Breakthrough Patent-Pending Software 
Better Business Bureau announces 2012 Torch Award Honorees for Marketplace Ethics
Chicago, IL - The Better Business Bureau serving Chicago & Northern Illinois (BBB)Â announced the 2012 honorees of the fifteenth annual...
Illinois Comptroller Topinka: Proposed spending needs revenue source
 Comptroller warns of state’s growing expenses  Springfield, IL – Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka released the following statement...
Menendez, Kirk Amendment for stronger sanctions against Iran passes in the Senate
 Washington, DC – The US Senate approved an amendment authored by Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) unanimously...
Didier Drogba honored with Beyond Sports Humanitarian in Sport Award
Didier Drogba, the Chelsea FC and Ivory Coast striker, has been honoured with Beyond Sport's Humanitarian in Sport Award –...
Author, Entrepreneur Donald Payne releases new music for motivated individuals
Donald Payne's new release  is "Payneless Advice Motivational Mix". He is also the creator of "Payneless Advice - Whole Life...
Great stories from America's earliest Black writers
 Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Eureka Productions is pleased to announce the release of African-American Classics: Graphic Classics Volume 22, the...
Madigan: Rock Island man arrested for predatory criminal sexual assault, child pornography production
Rock Island, IL ─ Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced that her office’s Operation Glass House, a statewide initiative aimed...
State Senator Hunter: Supplemental budget increases to DHS came just in time
Springfield, IL - Illinois State Senator Mattie Hunter (D-Chicago) supported restoring funding to the Department of Human Service's (DHS) Fiscal...
Jesse White’s Disability Parking Crack Down results in more than 30 Citations statewide
Secretary of State Jesse White announced that the Secretary of State Police issued 31 citations this weekend during a statewide...
Illinois among six states joining effort to write Next Generation Science Standards
New more rigorous K-12 science benchmarks to be drafted by end of 2012Â Â Illinois is among six new states...