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 
Attorney General, Illinois Department of Labor Remind Hearthside Child Laborers to File Claims for Compensation 
Singer Joe to Headline 6th Annual Star 94.5 Heart & Soul Music Festival 
Official 2015 HBCU Homecoming & Football Classic Schedules Now Available Online
Columbus, OH (BlackNews.com) -- HBCUConnect.com has once again published a complete listing of Homecoming dates and Football classics for the...
Chicago Doctor Warns About Sun Damage
CHICAGO, IL - Dr. Omeed Memar stresses there is no such thing as total protection against the sun. There are...
Civil Rights Icon Julian Bond, Dies at 75
Bond died Saturday in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. He was 75 years old. By Juanita Bratcher Civil Rights Icon Julian...
City had $1.44 Billion in Property Taxes in TIF Accounts on January 1, 2015
From: The TIF Illumination Project A review of the 2014 annual reports of the City’s 150 Tax Increment Financing Districts...
Flash! Janelle Monae, Jidenna & Wondaland Artists Take Fight Against Police Murder to Chicago
From: Stop Mass Incarceration Network - Chicago Janelle Monae, Jidenna & Wondaland artists will take the fight against police murder...
Saint Sabina’s Father Thulani Takes Peace Marchers to Crime Scene to Pray
Police say shooting was ‘gang-related’ By Chinta Strausberg As Father Thulani Magwaza began Saint Sabina’s weekly anti-violence march late Friday...
Illinois State Board of Education Announces Board Video-Conference Meeting for August 19th
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Illinois State Board of Education has announced the following schedule for its regular business meeting via...
Collins’ Plan Requiring Charter Schools to Disclose Criminal Investigations Becomes Law
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-Chicago 16th) hailed the governor’s signing of legislation she sponsored to...
Black Women Millionaires Mentor, Dr. Venus Opal Reese, to Teach Insider Secrets of 7-Figure Success
Dr. Venus Opal Reese will kick off a 6-city business training tour from August 18th to September 29th, traveling to...
Illinois Enterprise Zone Board Voted to Approve 49 Applications to Establish or Renew Enterprise Zones; Will Not be Certified at This Time
Director Jim Schultz Issues Statement on Enterprise Zones SPRINGFIELD, IL – “In compliance with the statutory timeframe, the Illinois Enterprise...