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GARY – Two bodies were found in a sport-utility vehicle that belongs to a couple who had gone missing after celebrating their wedding anniversary Jan. 10 in a restaurant in Gary, Ind., police said this evening. A construction worker was driving by a small creek near Chase and 33rd Streets at about 4 p.m. Monday […]
The Chicago Suntimes reported that the family of 16 month old Benjamin Kingan was all set to bury him, when the Lake County coroner determined Benjamin was the victim of a homicide. The funeral was canceled after an autopsy by the Lake County coroner determined Benjamin was the victim of a homicide — allegedly fatally […]
August 28, 1963. Washington, D.C.
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. [Applause]
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity.
But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition.
CHICAGO – Sting Wire reports that 6-year-old Kinjari Penson fell asleep on a school bus and was left alone for two and a half hours in the Gold Coast, on the coldest night in ten years. The good thing is that the driver was on the bus and the bus was running. Apparently the little […]
The man who was your host on Fantasy Island for so many seasons, and who’s accent tickled my little brother and me when we were children, has passed away per People Magazine. His son-in-law Gilbert Smith tells PEOPLE that Montalban had been in declining health for months and died from “complications of advancing age.” “He […]
Chicago’s own Jennifer Hudson is gonna get back out there after all of her tragedy she has experienced. She gained a couple points from a brah for how strong she was in the public eye through out her ordeal. She got a little soldier in her. NEW YORK (AP) — Jennifer Hudson is using pop […]
Shit!!! It’s cold enough to make a nigga curse, and use the “N” word! Recommended solution: Call in sick. Plan B: Wear layers on top of layers and start the car early.
I honestly didn’t think that it would happen. Low and behold, while driving to the studio this morning, I heard Sybil on the Tom Joyner Morning Show say that Washington is going to accept Rolland Buriss as the Senator from Illinois, taking over President Elect Barak Obama’s vacant seat. Nope, I didn’t think it would […]
CHICAGO – Sunday afternoon a four year old boy was mauled by a Rottweiler on the Southwest Side of Chicago, according to the Sting News Group. The boy was found dead in his backyard in the 3800 block of West 61st Street at 3:18 p.m. according to Fire Media Affairs Asst. Director Eve Rodriguez. He […]