Former Mayor Calls for Accuracy in Water Crisis Narrative 
Chicago Park District Opens Summer Job Applications in Time for First of Four Teen Opportunity Fairs for Ages 13 & Up 
Marketplace With All Black-Owned Products Celebrates One Year in Business 
Two-Thirds of Black Consumers Pay More Attention to Ads That Reflect Their Culture 
Major George W. Ford Exhibit to Open During Black History Month at Temecula Valley Museum 
State Rep. Ford Advances Legislation to Help Fund Home Heat Program, Grants for HIV/AIDS Prevention
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Rep. La Shawn Ford, D- Chicago, and the Illinois House on Wednesday approved legislation...
Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Finally a fix to No Child Left Behind
Secretary Arne Duncan, Department of Education If you’re like me, you probably dread an overdue notice, whether it’s for registering...
Russian Taliban Fighter Sentenced to Life in Prison in Terrorism Case
Led Attack on U.S. and Afghan Forces in Afghanistan in 2009 WASHINGTON—Irek Ilgiz Hamidullin, 55, a Russian national and former...
IEMA Highlights Holiday Safety in December
Tips offered for preparedness gifts, holiday decorating SPRINGFIELD, IL – With the holiday season in full swing, the Illinois Emergency...
Royal Comedy Tour 2016 – The Longest Running Urban Comedy Tour Returns for its 5th Year
Featuring Sommore, Earthquake, Gary Owen and Tony Rock With Special Guests Los Angeles, CA (BlackNews.com) -- After a brief hiatus,...
Trice Edney Communications and Trice Edney News Wire Open Satellite Office in Howard School of Communications
Hazel Trice Edney in her new Trice Edney Communications and News Wire office at the Howard University School of Communications....
Top Cop Gone, But Heat Turns Up On Mayor, Alvarez
Leaders want roots of corruption cut By Chinta Strausberg While the political heat escalated after the court-ordered release...
State Senator Raoul: Chicago Police Accountability Task Force Major Step Toward Systemic Change
CHICAGO, IL — Illinois State Senator Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago 13th) issued the following statement on the dismissal of police superintendent...
Petition Calls for the Immediate Resignation of State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez
From: DeAngelo Bester through MoveOn's Public Petition Website. After weeks of local protests and national outrage over the brutal murder...
FBI Offers $10,000 for Information in Baltimore Murder Investigation
The Baltimore FBI Safe Streets Task Force is asking for the public’s help in solving the murder of Larry Henderson,...