Urban League panel works out community trust issues
By Thomas Vogel Video by Hannah Gebresilassie Police tactics, mental-health awareness and youth engagement were top concerns for a panel of community leaders, government officials and media personalities assembled Tuesday for a community forum at the South Side headquarters of the Urban League of Chicago. [vimeo 155727836 w=474] Representatives from Chicago Police Department, community leaders […]
U.S. home-builder confidence buckles under pressure of high labor costs
By Siri Bulusu Confidence among U.S. home-builders reached a nine-month low in February, said a U.S. trade group Tuesday, after a series of lukewarm index figures fell shy of expectations in recent months. The report stated the Housing Market Index, compiled by the National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo, dropped 3 points to 58 […]
Advocacy groups leverage growing Illinois Hispanic voting bloc
By Hannah Rank The consistently growing population of Hispanics in Illinois, paired with an unprecedented number of eligible voters, have local activists involved in Hispanic outreach looking for ways to engage this voting bloc. “This is something we’ve been anticipating for a very long time,” Celina Villanueva, who runs voter engagement programming at the Illinois […]
Orchid show blooms away winter chill
By Madison Hopkins About 28,000 people will step out Chicago’s freezing winter and into a tropical paradise of 10,000 flowers at the third annual Orchid Show at the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe. That’s the expectation if this year’s show compares with the previous popularity of the crowd-drawing event. And program organizers are presenting special […]
Chicago Theatre Week brings attention to city’s theater scene with low price tickets
By Katina Beniaris The fourth annual celebration of Chicago’s rich theater scene returns with over 100 theaters offering discounted tickets for 11 days in February. Created by the League of Chicago Theatres, Chicago Theatre Week runs from Feb. 11 to 21 with tickets priced at $30 or less. This year, the weeklong promotion includes special […]
Hospitalization due to diabetes on the rise on South and West sides
By Talia Beechick Hospitalization due to diabetes is on the rise on Chicago’s South and West sides, according to newly released data from the Chicago Public Health Department. Altgeld Gardens and Hegewisch saw the highest increase, with only 20 hospitalizations due to diabetes in 2000, and 139 by 2011, according to the data, the most […]
Eight is not enough: Whitney Young girls shoot for their fourth state title
Aishwarya Kumar Lakshminarayanapuram The Whitney Young Dolphins’ gym was unusually cheerful last Wednesday, the first day of practice after the team brought home its eighth straight city title Feb. 7. During the warmups, senior point guard Kiara Lewis and teammate Breanna Beck broke into a quick hip-hop routine to Drake’s “Hotline Bling.”
Touche: Chicago club aims to be elite training hub for youth fencing
By Peter Dawson On a recent Saturday morning, two dozen 10-year-olds were brandishing invisible swords, imagining they were dueling in a galaxy far, far away. The sport of fencing is able to turn that fantasy into a reality. “It could even be as simple as asking a kid: do you like Star Wars and Pirates […]
Hormel ends first quarter on high note
By Alison Martin Hormel Foods Corp.’s shares climbed Tuesday after the food maker turned in stronger than expected fiscal first quarter results. In the quarter ended Jan. 24, the manufacturer of consumer-branded food products reported its net income as $235.1 million or 43 cents per share, up substantially from the year-earlier quarter’s net income of […]
Slow start ensures bad finish for Wildcats
By Michelle R. Martinelli It got bad quickly for Northwestern on Sunday. Ten minutes into the Wildcats’ rematch against No. 5 Maryland, senior guard Maggie Lyon was the only player with a field goal. Northwestern trailed 25-5 at the end of the first quarter, and the game felt over. Although the Wildcats outscored Maryland in […]
