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 
AARP Foundation Tax-Aide seeks volunteers for 2012 season
  Washington, DC - AARP Foundation Tax-Aide, the nation's largest free, volunteer-run tax preparation and assistance service, is seeking...
Illinois Attorney General and Knox County State's Attorney respond to sentencing of Nicholas Sheley
Statement from prosecution on sentencing of Sheley  Chicago, IL ─ Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Knox County State’s Attorney John...
OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network announces additional episode order of top rated series, “Welcome to Sweetie Pie’sâ€
 Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) -- OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is picking up 10 additional episodes of the new family...
Kirk leads letter to fund Yucca Mountain Nuclear Storage Facility
 Funding would end block on Yucca as permanent repository of nuclear waste  31 Senators urge Yucca usage  Washington,...
ISBE proposes new rules including student growth to evaluate teachers/principals
Draft rules result of months of extensive professional advice and public feedback  Springfield, IL — The Illinois State Board...
New Philharmonic presents “Viennese Pops New Year’s Eve With An International Twist†at the McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn, Dec. 31
 Glen Ellyn, IL - Champagne corks will pop on Saturday, Dec. 31, when New Philharmonic and Music Director and...
Mother of missing 13-year-old vows never to give up looking for her child
By Chinta Strausberg  Cherry Beasley, the mother of Lucille Beasley-Brown, 13, said she is continuing to look high and...
Distraught mother of 10 pleas for return of 13-year-old daughter
 By Chinta Strausberg   A mother of 10, Cherry Beasley, whose 13-year-old daughter, Lucille Beasley-Brown, has been missing since November...
Waukegan Native joins ISBE as Assistant Superintendent for the Center for Language and Early Childhood Development
Reyna Hernandez to help ISBE increase family and community engagement efforts  Springfield, IL – The Illinois State Board of...
Travel and Internship opportunity for Black college students
 Unilever Diversity Leadership Conference extends deadline to Monday, November 21st  Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- Unilever is offering an excellent...