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 
Former Chicago Cab Driver Sentenced to prison for 2012 Sexual Assault
A former Chicago cab driver has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for the brutal sexual assault of a...
Illinois State Board of Education Announces Board Video-Conference Meeting for April 13
SPRINGFIELD, IL– The Illinois State Board of Education has announced the following schedule for its regular business meeting via video-conference...
Legendary Rock Group to Perform at 2016 Illinois State Fair
SPRINGFIELD, IL – They are known as one of the most influential rock and roll bands of all time, and...
Five Defendants Sentenced for their Participation in a Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
The last of five defendants involved in a stolen identity tax refund scheme have been sentenced in United States District...
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Statement on Agreement with BP to Settle for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Following the order by U.S. District Judge Carl J. Barbier to enter the consent decree settling United States of America v....
CONSUMER ALERT: Illinois Consumers Must File Claims by October 4 in $104 Million Settlement Over Illegally Fixed Prices for LCD Screens
Consumers Who Purchased a TV, Monitor, Notebook Computer, Cell Phone or MP3 Player with a Flat Panel Screen from 1998...
Senator Vanpelt’s Legislation Requiring the Presence of Counsel During Murder Interrogations of Youth Passes Executive Committee
SPRINGFIELD, IL — Illinois State Senator Patricia Van Pelt (D-Chicago 5th) and juvenile justice advocates applauded the passing of one...
Senator Kirk Statement on President Obama’s Visit to Chicago
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) released the following statement during President Obama's address at the University of...
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
WASHINGTON, DC – President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Dimitri Kusnezov...
FBI Announces Executive Appointments
FBI Director James B. Comey announced the following leadership appointments: Carl Ghattas, Assistant Director for the Counterterrorism Division Carl Ghattas...