Celebrity Red Carpet Correspondent Covers Carolina Soul Music Awards 
Dessert Food Truck Owner Launches 2026 Scholarship Program 
Lead Singer on Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience National Tour 
Hollywood Star Helps Launch National Self-Defense Movement for Women and Girls 
Woman Helping Veterans Transition into High-Impact Careers 
Madigan urges Department of Defense to strengthen protections for servicemembers targeted by predatory lenders
CHICAGO, IL – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan urged U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to strengthen regulations under the...
Parents of closing school lead voter registration drive and rally in an effort to defeat Mayor Rahm Emanuel
CHICAGO, IL – Parents and students of Sexton Elementary School, a Woodlawn School slated for closure, will rally at 61st...
Robert L. Johnson and Dr. DeForest B. Soaries, Jr. announce Alliance to End Payday Lending, lower minority consumer debt, and promote financial education
Agreement supports RLJ Financials' Plan to provide viable alternative to Payday Lending for consumers in need of short term and...
Man receives 35-year prison sentence for murder of teen in 2009 case
A Chicago man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for a 2009 gang-related shooting that left a16 year-old...
The Official Post Awards Party hosted by Chris Brown
 ZING Vodka Presents: "The Party-After" Hosted by Chris Brown Featuring DJ Nick Cannon post BET Awards 2013, June 30,...
One Month Down: Red Line South Reconstruction Project Proceeding On Time and On Budget
Alternative service providing smooth commutes As the Red Line South reconstruction project marks the completion of the first month of...
Topinka calls on Illinoisans to join cancer research effort
 Comptroller joins Cancer Society to promote CPS-3  CHICAGO, IL - Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka joined representatives and volunteers...
Former American Slaves’ words revealed in Juneteenth Books
 Discount Prices during Juneteenth Week Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- In the 1930s, thousands of formerly enslaved African-American elders dictated their full...
First man convicted of sex trafficking in Cook County facing trafficking charges again
 Young woman transported from Minnesota against her will to work in the sex trade A Chicago man previously convicted...
Sankofa Literary Society announces their picks for Best Fiction Books of 2012 – 2013
 Nationwide (BlackNews.com) -- The Sankofa Literary Society (SLS) has chosen Come Sunday Morning by author Terry E. Hill, as...