After a week of searching, guessing and wondering about their loved ones buried at Burr Oak Cemetery in south suburban Alsip, family and friends said at this point they just want rest and peace.
In the wake of the Burr Oak cemetery saga that has stunned Chicago-area families and touched others around the nation, legislators have called for strict regulations for cemetery owners and Illinois’ comptroller moved to have Burr Oak’s licens
From blues musicians and singers to sports figures and civil rights icons, the Burr Oak Cemetery, located just outside of the city limits in south suburban Alsip, is the final resting place for a number of prominent Black people.
Today’s civil rights agenda was the focus of the 38th annual conference of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and Citizen Education Fund, which was held June 27-July 1 at the Hyatt McCormick Place in Chicago.
An outcry by patients and community groups to persuade University of Chicago medical center officials to keep the university's Women’s Health Center open hasn't been successful.
There were seldom days she wasn't dressed in pink, her favorite color, and there was no way she would go into an alley by herself. But that's where 9-year-old Mya Lyons was found brutally stabbed one year ago on the South Side.
Several public school teachers filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the Chicago Public Schools alleging the “turnaround” policy of the school district's Renaissance 2010 initiative has resulted in discrimi
