Brad and Angelina, meet the Remillards and the Sears. They don’t have your millions, or your chateau in France, but their families represent a delicious palette, just like yours. They’re among the parents who are mixing “born-to” c
Herbert Muhammad, who became famous as the long-time boxing manager of Muhammad Ali, died Monday in Chicago following heart surgery. He was 79. Muhammad was the third son of Elijah Muhammad.
The onset of the Labor Day Holiday can mean many things. For some, it’s a day off from work. For others, it’s the unofficial end of the summer season. But for thousands of parents, it signals that the first day of school is around the corner.
AChicago-based non-profit organization has given new meaning to affordable housing with its Phoenix House complex on the West Side, geared toward patients who are homeless. The $18 million, 66-unit apartment complex, at 1251 S. Sawyer Ave. in the North La
Last weekend's Annual Bud Billiken Parade continued a Black tradition started 79 years ago: parade watching, barbecuing and mingling among family and friends. The parade, which is also telecast live, is sponsored by the Chicago Defender Charities Inc. and
The Honorable Judge William Hooks, a former Bud Billiken Parade King in the early 1960s, was sworn in recently as Circuit Court Judge of Cook County, At Large. Hooks was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court to fill the term of Judge Richard B. Berland,
Just before the 79th Annual Bud Billiken Day Parade stepped off Saturday, this year’s Royal Court made an appearance at the annual dignitary breakfast held in conjunction with the parade.
While the king and queen, and their court, will be dolled up, smiling and waving at all who wait to catch a glimpse of them in this year’s Bud Billiken parade, they are still just regular kids. King Jordan Norwood, a seventh grader at Choir Academy,
Dear Gwendolyn:One afternoon coming out of a grocery store, a beautiful red car pulled up, stopped and the driver asked, “Can I give you a ride?” I said, “No, I am in my car, but it is rather far in the parking lot.” I told him,
