Twirling batons, blaring marching band horns and beating drums move past rows of enamored faces. Dancing dolls, and nimble and tumbling troupes go by families of spectators who pulled up lawnchairs or spread blankets out to take in the excitement.
Burr Oak Cemetery, the south suburban graveyard at the center of a burial plot reselling scandal, could soon include a memorial site in honor of the many Black people buried there.
In the wake of the Burr Oak Cemetery scandal, Gov. Pat Quinn selected a South Side native to lead a nine-member state task force charged with recommending new laws that could prevent another cemetery debacle from happening again.
Gov. Pat Quinn said Tuesday that he’s giving University of Illinois trustees “a few more days” to heed his call to resign in the wake of an admissions scandal at the school.
Gun violence in Chicago has long been a problem for law enforcement so JP Morgan Chase Bank is offering money to gun owners in exchange for their weapons.
About 15 tenants living in a two-story, south suburban apartment building were forced to move Saturday, one day after village officials notified them the building’s walkway was unsafe.
