It’s going down in the city of Chicago today! About 25,000 educators and their supporters are on strike in the nation’s third-largest school district. According to CNN.com, all classes have been canceled for today and about 300,000 students are affected. Superintendent Dr. Janice Jackson said schools will be open during the strike and will provide […]
Reports say that more than 40 people were taken to the hospital and seven of them were in critical condition, including a firefighter, after an ammonia spill in Illinois yesterday morning (April 25th). According to PulseOfRadio.com, several schools in suburban Beach Park were closed for the day as a precaution and people near the spill […]
A former federal prosecutor, Lori Lightfoot, is now the new mayor-elect of Chicago. She is the first black female and first openly gay person to head the government of the 3rd-largest city in the US. Lightfoot has never been elected to public office but managed to defeat Toni Preckwinkle, who served in the City Council […]
With the release of the 6 part Lifetime docu-series, “Surviving R. Kelly, we learned that Kells allegedly would have multiple suspected-to-be-underage women in the Chicago studio where he would make his hit records. Now reports are saying that the infamous Chicago studio is up for sale. That revelation came about after this tweet was posted: […]
A shooting in Chicago, Illinois has left 4 injured and 2 dead. The shooter during this attack died, but still injured and officer. According to ABC and their sources one of the people shot was a doctor at the hospital and she was shot by her Fiancé. The hospital and staff were evacuated until the […]
Columbus is close to having one of the coolest rides in America! How cool would it be to travel from Columbus to Chicago or Pittsburgh in 30 minutes! That is what the city is hoping to do becoming a finalist for the Hyperloop. The Hyperloop Midwest would travel 478 miles between Chicago, Columbus, and Pittsburgh. The pod […]
The Chicago Department of Aviation security officer that forcibly dragged a passenger off a flight has been put on paid leave. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! The officer was captured on video removing a 60 year-old unnamed passenger off an overbooked United Airlines flight out of Chicago. Seats were needed to accommodate flight crew from a […]
An argument escalated to a tragedy in one Chicago community on Sunday. In the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side, Donald Johnson, 22, was arguing with his 43-year-old father over who would walk the dog that morning. Eventually, the intensity increased and both family members shot each other at about 8:20 a.m., according to Chicago police […]
“They screamin’, “Chano for mayor,” I’m thinkin’ maybe I should,” Chance The Rapper exclaimed on his song “Somewhere in Paradise” in 2015. And now it might actually happen. Fans have started a petition on chano4mayor.com urging Chance to run for the mayor of Chicago and take on incumbent mayor Rahm Emanuel by launching “Hey Chance, […]
Quanna Brown, a mother of three, says she was in severe pain after the surgery as puss and infection began to settle in.
Chicago has been the focus on crime and gang violence conversation so far during the Donald Trump administration despite Cleveland having a much higher rate than Chicago. CHICAGO (CBS) — Cleveland-area pastor Darrell Scott abruptly canceled a planned meeting Tuesday with “street leaders” eager to bring an end to violence in Chicago with the […]
CLEVELAND – We know, we know. Most Cleveland fans would prefer to forget all about Game 7 of the 2016 World Series. But despite the game not ending in Cleveland’s favor, baseball fans agree that it was one of the most epic Game 7s in World Series history. As a result, the game is being made […]
