CHICAGO — On Saturday, community leaders and residents gathered on the Far South Side for a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Chicago Park District fieldhouse honoring baseball great Jackie Robinson. After years of anticipation, Washington Heights community leaders joined with the Chicago Park District for the groundbreaking ceremony for the facility. “This day has been […]
It has been 10 months since a gunman shot and killed a 66-year-old mother of nine over a pride flag outside her store, and her family and local community are honoring her memory this Pride month. Laura Ann “Lauri” Carleton consistently displayed a rainbow flag outside her Lake Arrowhead, California, clothing shop, Mag.Pi. Her daughter, […]
Jun. 19—The first Judge James E. Horton Day of Courage will be held Saturday to recognize a man who, under immense social, cultural and political pressure, stood against the grain to do what was right. Horton presided over the Morgan County retrial of Haywood Patterson, who along with eight other Black youths, ages 12-19, was […]
Jun. 16—The Pony Express Trail will be active once again Monday for its annual Re-Ride. The Re-Ride is a 10-day, 24-hour event honoring the 164th Anniversary of the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company, which carried letters and telegrams from April 1860 to November 1861. This year, 600 riders from the eight State […]
Bill Anders, a legend in the aerospace world is being remembered following a tragic plane crash near Orcas Island that killed him at the age of 90. Even if you didn’t know the name, Bill Anders, he almost certainly helped shape the way you view our planet. He was one of three men who first […]
Jun. 8—Members of the LaSalle Educational Club Inc. will celebrate the achievements of 19 students from Niagara Falls High School for the 55th annual Scholarship and Awards Program. It will be held at 6 p.m. Friday at Niagara Falls High School. In the past, the club only considered students whose goal after graduation was to […]
With the month of June approaching, so is a special day set aside to honor fathers and father figures in our lives. Before you start stressing about the perfect gift for your dad, grandpa, uncle, partner or someone else, here’s what you should know about when Father’s Day falls this year and the origins behind […]
With the month of June approaching, so is a special day set aside to honor fathers and father figures in our lives. Before you start stressing about the perfect gift for your dad, grandpa, uncle, partner or someone else, here’s what you should know about when Father’s Day falls this year and the origins behind […]
After decades of planning, several hundred people remembered the impact of the abolitionist’s courage and wisdom at the Sojourner Truth Legacy Plaza’s dedication Wednesday night. “What a celebration,” said Towanda Mullins, chair of the Sojourner Truth Project, which led the plaza’s efforts. “Sojourner Truth was one of the early voices for the suffragette movement, the […]
Along the Ohio River Sunday morning, 40 submarine veterans of the USS Requin Base gathered for the Submarine Veterans Memorial Day Ceremony outside of the Carnegie Science Center. The special memorial ceremony on the Cold War-era submarine featured a bell toll for each submarine on “Eternal Patrol.” Veterans aboard the USS Requin cast flower petals on […]
(U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo.) — The United State Air Force Academy (USAFA) is home to our nation’s future protectors of the skies. As graduation approaches next week, the Academy marked the upcoming sacred holiday, Memorial Day, by inviting the southern Colorado community to come together on Friday morning, May 24 to honor our fallen […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is welcoming Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House for a three-day state visit as the East African nation prepares to deploy forces to Haiti as part of U.N.-led effort to try to calm a spiraling security crisis in the Caribbean country. Some 1,000 Kenyan police officers are […]