Wendell Hutson

Longtime shopping mall set to close

A 60-year-old shopping mall in suburban Chicago once a retail magnet is set to be demolished next year and redeveloped into a smaller shopping center, according to the mall’s longtime property manager The Provo Group.A...

Chicago wants to ban wearing saggy pants

The saggy pants syndrome in Chicago could soon come to an end if one elected official has her way. Chicago Alderman Emma Mitts, whose 37th ward covers portions of city’s West Side, proposed a new resolution...

All boys high school sponsors unusual prom

In 2006 Chicago's Urban Prep Academy for Young Men High School became the first all-boys, public high school in the nation.And by all means, it is not your typical public school. Like at nearly all high...

Illinois congressman wants more black contractors hired

In October U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-1st District, was all smiles with the groundbreaking of a new, $133 million railroad project at 63rd and State Street that he said would boost the local economy and create job opportunities...

Northeastern Illinois University professor retires

A retiring, black college professor is afraid that the black, middle-class will soon disappear if black teachers continue to lose their jobs and if fewer blacks do not choose education as a career.“The black, middle-class will...

Illinois teachers honored with Golden Apple awards

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn was among the well wishers who recently gathered to thank a Chicago Public Schools elementary teacher for being one of three teachers chosen this year for the prestigious Golden Apple award.“We need more teachers...

Federal court sides with Chicago Public Schools

The back and forth battle between the Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union over what’s best for students and teachers continues as a federal court recently sided with the school district.CPS is the nation&rsquo...

McDonald's Corp. set to get its first black chief executive

Diversity and innovation are key reasons why McDonald’s Corp. is a growing and successful company, said its President and Chief Operating Officer Don Thompson.“About 80 percent of our 33,500 McDonald’s restaurants worldwide are...

Replacing Chicago business not an easy task

Finding a new development for a South Side site most recently occupied a black-owned business could take up to two years to find.“I am not going to put anything there just to fill space. I want to...

City Council passes new traffic law for the poor

For the past eight months whenever Paul Miller drives home he takes off his license plates, covers up his vehicle identification number located on the dashboard and parks his 2001 Nissan Altima six blocks from his West Side home.He...

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