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Community news from Chicago and the South Suburbs.
Election Chair proposes recount law
State Representative Mike Boland, announced recently that he will introduce legislation to provide for automatic recounts of election results in close contests and to outlaw the use of butterfly...
Crisis Center Seeks Volunteers to Wrap Gifts
The Crisis Center for South Suburbia is seeking volunteers to wrap hundreds of donated Christmas gifts for women and children in the community whose lives have been touched by domestic violence....
SCULLY LAUDS PASSAGE OF SENIOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF INITIATIVE
Springfield -- The Illinois House of Representatives today approved House Bill 4738, legislation co-sponsored by State Rep. George Scully (D-Flossmoor) that would allow Illinois seniors who lack...
CAPTURE THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT
The kids are restless and have one more week before winter break ends. Need a cure for winter blahs? How about scaling to the top of a 24 foot climbing wall, rolling head over heels into a set of...
The Association For the Study of Afro-American Life and History Celebrates the Annual Instructional Kwanzaa
For the past 13 years, The Chicago Branch of the Association for The Study of African American Life and History has celebrated the African American Holiday, Kwanzaa. The first Kwanzaa celebration...
Illinois State Treasurer kicks off literacy Efforts
Springfield, Illinois - Illinois State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka holds up "Balancing America's Budget," one of many books her office collected in a book drive, which kicked off Topinka's efforts to...
Bloom Township Receives Award at Annual Township Conference
The Bloom Township Youth Department received the 2000 AITCOY (Association of Illinois Township Committees on Youth) Youth Organization Award during the Township Officials of Illinois Annual Education...
Renowned pastor-activist Crider to keynote graduation of CSU 700 students
Rev. L. Tyrone Crider, a naionally renowed pastor and activist, will be the keynote speaker at Chicago State University's 335th Commencement Exercises on Saturday, January 6, at 10 a.m. at the...
Stroger Announces 10th Annual Winterfests
Cook County Forest Preserve District Board President John Stroger has invited all winter revelers to come frolic in the snow as the Forest Preserve District of Cook County holds its 10th Annual...
More Community Events
Sheriff Sheahan invites local seniors to attend law enforcement academy Cook County Sheriff Michael F. Sheahan and the Chicago Police Department 22nd District invite all senior citizens interested in...
Rainbow/PUSH Intervenes to Keep Senior Citizen in Her Home
Chicago, IL - Lela Davis has lived at 217 N. Laramie for 31 years. This week, she is facing eviction because the house was foreclosed in December of 1999, and sold again in April of 2000. The...
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Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. announced today that the City of Harvey received a $185,000 federal grant for a neighborhood stabilization pilot program. The Economic Development Initiative (EDI)...
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C. McGhee Livers is a sought after teacher of Biblical Greek and Hebrew. She has taught these languages at several Bible Colleges during the past four years. Along with these Biblical languages, she...
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The Christopher Art Gallery of Prairie State College and the Chicago Southland Visual Arts Coalition will present the fourth annual Art Trek on October 12-15. School groups and community...
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The Chicago Public Library's 2000 Summer Reading Program, Tyrannosaurus Reads, will run this summer from June 12 - August 5. This exciting and free program is open to kids ages 5-14 at all 78 Chicago...
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Picasso, Renoir, Cezanne, DeKooning, Salvador Dali and Miro are among the artists whose works will be showcased when "Hidden Treasurers: An Exhibit of Contemporary Art from Chicago Southland Private...
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CHICAGO -- Jewel-Osco announced the promotion of Cheryl Nolan to Midwest Regional Manager, Government & Community Affairs. "With over 30 years of experience, Cheryl's knowledge and experience will be...
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Attorney Lawrence E. Smith, who opened a law practice over a Walgreen's drug store at 63rd and Cottage Grove Avenue in 1953, and went on to mentor many African-American lawyers, died May 8, 2000,...
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Third Ward Alderman Dorothy Tillman, Tobacco Road Incorporated, WGCI/FM and V-103 radio have joined forces to present a very challenging scholarship competition for area high school students. The...
A Deputy Voter Registrar Training Held for Suburban Cook County Residents
Homewood, IL - William R. Moran, (D-Calumet City), 6th District Cook County Commissioner, in conjunction with Cook County Clerk David Orr's office will be hosting a "Deputy Voter Registrar Training"...
ALD. AUSTIN HITS RECENT COURT DECISIONS ON GUNS AND LITTER
Expressing her disappointment that in the spans of two days, court decisions banned the Litter Tax, and dismissed the city's gun manufacturers lawsuit, 34th Ward Alderman Carrie Austin said those...
MED WEEK "2000" Celebration Set for September
Serving as Honorary Co-Chairpersons on MED Week 2000 are three of Chicago's leading entrepreneurs: Mr. A. Cornelius Shogunle, president of SOT Inc., Mr. Rodrigo d'Escoto, president of d'Escoto, Inc.,...
White Unveils New Organ Donor License Plate
The new plate is a joint effort between White's office and the Chicago Bears organization in which the sale of the plates will raise funds to promote organ donor awareness programs. The plate will...
Free Secretary of State ID's
The program will take place on Friday, August 25, 2000 from 9:30a.m. to 2:30p.m. at the Bloom Township Center, 425 So. Halsted Street, Chicago Heights, IL. Free identification cards are available for...
Wynonna Judd's House of Blues Concert Proceeds to Aid HRDI and IHOBF
During a pre-concert reception, Judd following her introduction to Dr. C. Vincent Bakeman, President and CEO of HRDI, told him, "I'm going to sing from my toenails for the children." Later, opening...
Natinal News
National & International News Compiled by the Department of Communication MLK Pilgrimage Planned A pilgrimage to the Lorraine Motel, now the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, Tenn., will be...