PTSD risk from intensive care rivals levels found post-combat
By Christina Bucciere At just 37 years old, David Jones keeps an advanced healthcare directive in his briefcase at all times. Should he be admitted to the intensive care unit, or ICU, again the Chicago legal executive wants to make sure his life support choices are known. After surviving a near-fatal case of pancreatitis and […]
K-Town: Greystones, block clubs and a presidential library bid
Phoebe Tollefson For The West Side Source He is tall and his gait is easy. Aviators block the morning sun and a black jacket hangs from his shoulders. Without looking, he points his lighted cigarette toward the AME Church behind him. “Back there on the same block with St. Paul – when we first moved […]
VIDEO:Chicago approves 5.5 million in reparations for Jon Burge victims
By Thomas Yau Emotions ran high today in Chicago City Council as the council approved $5.5 million in reparation funds for victims who were tortured by former Chicago Police Captain Jon Burge and his detectives. The legislation makes Chicago the first municipality in the U.S. to pay reparations for police misconduct. But for torture survivor […]
Texas theater buys Naperville’s Hollywood Palms
By Meghan Morris Naperville moviegoers can still catch the latest blockbuster with a meal at Hollywood Palms, now under a new operator. The eight-screen movie theater and restaurant, open since 2009, changed ownership twice in the last month after Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The building’s landlord, New York-based Brixmor Property Group Inc., bought the enterprise […]
Groupon reports diminishing net loss, shares down
By Yimian Wu Groupon Inc. announced its first quarter earnings with improving revenue, growing deals and users and a diminished net loss. Shares dropped 52 cents to $6.32. In the quarter ended March 31, the Chicago-based online deals marketplace narrowed its net loss to $14.3 million, or 2 cents per diluted share, from a year-earlier loss […]
VIDEO: Police victim reparations fuel ‘Black Lives’ movement
By Sean Froelich Wallace “Gator” Bradley, a former enforcer for the Gangster Disciples and current community activist, believes progress has been made in the national movement condemning police violence.
VIDEO: Kids and volunteers get veggie smart
By Sara Shouhayib Food banks are taking creative approaches to feeding their hungry neighbors in Northern Illinois, teaching nutrition in cooking classes for volunteers and kids at school.
VIDEO: Shop offers vintage moped rentals in Wicker Park
By Brian MacIver When Armando Lucenda was a 12-year-old boy growing up in Pilsen 17 years ago, he said he had a choice to make. “Back in the day, it wasn’t a safe neighborhood,” Lucenda said. “So I had two options. It was either hanging out with old motorcycles and fixing them, or hanging out […]
Chicago leads the way as a global city
By Ezra Kaplan On a recent Friday, in the main ballroom of the Standard Club in downtown Chicago, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosted a half-day International Women’s Day Global Health Symposium. Speakers from the public and private sectors addressed a crowd of 365 of which nearly half were young people and over three-quarters […]
Hyde Park Art Center launches new wing and a time capsule
By Traci Badalucco “What’s going to happen when we’re gone and they break open this box? What’s going to be peoples’ reactions,” said Juan Giraldo, a photography student at Columbia College Chicago. Giraldo and more than 300 art enthusiasts turned out recently week to see the unveiling of a multi-million dollar expansion project, including the time capsule […]