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Pro-Am tourney heats up at IIT

The play-off action at the Chicago Pro-Am Summer Basketball Tournament is indeed red hot. The championship game will take place Sunday at Keating Hall on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Rev. Al Sharpton endorses school boycott

A proposed boycott of Chicago Public Schools was first floated last week by state Sen. Rev. James Meeks and has now picked up an endorsement by civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton.

Thousands of Illinoisans don't apply for stimulus

Officials with the Internal Revenue Service in Chicago say more than 200,000 residents of Illinois haven't applied for their stimulus checks.

Woman's body found in Chicago motel

Chicago police say a 55-year-old woman found dead in a South Side motel may have been a victim of domestic violence.

Bernie Mac's family expected him to pull through

Comedian Bernie Mac's family had expected him to fully recover from the bout of pneumonia that put him in a hospital three weeks ago, his daughter said Sunday. However, Je'niece Childress said that as time passed, she and her mother braced for the possibi

More than 'Shaft': Hayes was goldmine of influence

With its riveting orchestration, definitive guitar play and signature sensual baritone vocals, Isaac Hayes' theme song for the 1971 movie "Shaft" not only became one of pop music's iconic songs but also the defining work of Hayes' career. Yet the "Theme f

Maywood teens murdered

Police are searching for leads and a motive in the Saturday morning slaying of three west suburban teens.

Teesee`s Town: ‘Black Harvest’ celebrates our Black experience on film

Blu Monday with The Collective–While you’re out and about this evening, Aug. 11, stop by Blu 47 Restaurant and Lounge, 47th and King Dr., ‘round 7 p.m. That’s where The Collective will be holding forth once again, promising fresh n

Teesee`s Town: ‘Black Harvest’ celebrates our Black experience on film

Blu Monday with The Collective–While you’re out and about this evening, Aug. 11, stop by Blu 47 Restaurant and Lounge, 47th and King Dr., ‘round 7 p.m. That’s where The Collective will be holding forth once again, promising fresh n

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