Dance Festival makes its return
March 9, 2024Vershawn Sanders-Ward sees herself as an artivist — someone combining art and activism. Sanders-Ward, the founder and artistic director of Red Clay Dance Company in Chicago, said…
Vershawn Sanders-Ward sees herself as an artivist — someone combining art and activism. Sanders-Ward, the founder and artistic director of Red Clay Dance Company in Chicago, said…
University of Illinois Extension is hosting a series of garden day and plant sale events at various locations throughout the state, providing an opportunity for gardening enthusiasts…
Caleb Kroloff admits that he is normally a hit at weddings. It’s not because of any party tricks or dance moves, but because of his job. The Highland Park native designs golf clubs….
In a nation awash with inflation, the price of breakfast at a restaurant or diner has become nearly untenable for some families and individuals with low or fixed incomes. The retail…
Choosing wine for a dinner party or casual get-together can be daunting. Staring at rows of bottles in a supermarket or liquor store makes you wonder: Which wine should I pick? Do my…
State and community leaders on Monday, Feb. 26, celebrated the planned opening of a new freestanding birth center on Chicago’s South Side while emphasizing proposed maternal health…
The two candidates running for Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s old Cook County Board seat have taken strong and contrasting positions on two major issues within the 1st District –…
A Chicago alderman is challenging a longtime legislator in the 4th Congressional District. Ald. Raymond Lopez of the 15th Ward is challenging incumbent Jesus “Chuy” Garcia for the…
The Oswegoland Park District has a full plate of projects for 2024, but none as critical as construction of a new administration and operations center. Officials at the sprawling 38-square-mile…
SPRINGFIELD — Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday, Feb. 21, proposed growing state spending by over $2 billion in the upcoming fiscal year while making a handful of corporate, sports…
Wet fields kept the majority of Illinois farmers from planting for a second consecutive week, but windows for field work will be arriving soon. In addition, the U.S. EPA finally green-lighted…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…
SPRINGFIELD — A panel of Illinois lawmakers began hearing testimony Wednesday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposals for sweeping changes in the state’s health insurance industry….