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 
Grammy Award-Winning Vocalist Mavis Staples lights up the stage at the ECC Arts Center Saturday, November 17
 ELGIN, IL. – Legendary Grammy Award-winning singer Mavis Staples brings her signature song style to the Elgin Community College...
Better Business Bureau Web Survey reveals consumers focus on wrong issues in their concern about ID Theft
Chicago, IL - Fear of lost or stolen credit cards ranks as the highest identity theft concern among consumers. However,...
Coca-Cola gives teen artists a chance to shine on one of television’s hottest stages
Jacksonville Group Performs Live with Rapper B.o.B on BET's "106 & Park" Atlanta, GA (BlackNews.com) -- Jacksonville's own Da Pretty...
Act of heroism by MWRD staff prevents potential drowning in Chicago River
During a routine patrol aboard a Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) pontoon boat along the Chicago River...
Chicago’s All-Latina Theater Company kicks off Season 12 with ferocious new leadership team & new company members
    CHICAGO, IL - “The only job of the artist is to keep changing, â€Luis Alfaro, playwright of Victory Gardens’...
MWRD Commissioner Patricia Horton presents proclamation to Women’s Business Development Center
Honors 26th Annual Entrepreneurial Woman’s Conference and Women’s Business and Buyer Mart    During the Metropolitan Water Reclamation...
Jesse White warns businesses of Statewide Corporate Scam
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is warning businesses to beware of a scam targeting Illinois corporations. A firm called...
Illinois State Board of Education announces the Child and Adult Care Food Program
SPRINGFIELD, IL — The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) announced the availability of the Child and Adult Care Food...
Deadline for FY13 Ethnic & Folk Arts Master Apprentice Program
 Deadline: October 15 2012  Guidelines and application materials are now available online for the Illinois Arts Council's Ethnic...
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District to collect unwanted drugs during National Take Back Day Sept. 29
Another opportunity to prevent or reduce accidental contamination of streams, rivers and lakes by disposing of pharmaceuticals in an environmentally-friendly...