South Shore

Obama's kind of town

2009-01-06 14:15:30

Not everyone can make it to Washington for the inauguration, but can we find another way to pass a winter weekend and still feel some of that presidential pizazz? Yes we can. And Chicago is just the place to do it. As President-elect Barack Obama...

First lady could be Chicago kids' last hope

2013-05-21 00:00:00

As a young girl growing up in the South, I looked forward to the fourth Sunday of August. We called it "Homecoming" at my church in Hogansville, Ga. That was when folks who had moved away from our small, rural town seeking better opportunities in...

Gary taking a new tack to expand, land business for its airport

2013-05-13 09:51:00

For many years, Gary/Chicago International Airport has offered its services as a reliever airport to help ease flight-delay pressures at Chicago's two airports. Yet there have been few takers among airlines or passengers, despite competition in the form...

Classical Corner

2013-05-16 09:01:04

Access Contemporary Music: Resident ensemble Palomar is joined by Strawdog Theatre Company actors to present "1,001 Afternoons in Chicago," a play for voices and instruments based on legendary Chicago journalist Ben Hecht's newspaper columns. 7 p.m....

'Comedy of Errors,' Theater on the Lake this summer

2013-05-14 12:01:00

This summer's Chicago Shakespeare in the Parks program will feature "The Comedy of Errors" in a series of free, outdoor performances July 25 to Aug. 25 in various Chicago parks. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Tuesday that the program, in its second year,...

Woman charged with killing mother, 82, in South Shore

2013-05-13 18:08:00

A 51-year-old woman has been charged with killing her 82-year-old mother in the home they shared in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood, officials said. Janette Glenn is charged with first degree murder in the death of her mother Catherine Glenn, said...

Relative questioned in death of South Side woman, 82

2013-05-13 05:18:00

Catherine Glenn kissed and hugged her daughter tight when the two parted ways after a four-hour visit Saturday, Glenn's 82nd birthday. As always, Glenn hated to see her daughter go, said her daughter, Cathy, who promised to return the next day, Mother's...

Woman, 82, killed in apparent beating

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Catherine Glenn kissed and hugged her daughter tight when the two parted ways after a four-hour visit Saturday, Glenn's 82nd birthday. As always, Glenn hated to see her daughter go, said her daughter Cathy, who promised to return the next day, Mother'...

Gun sale loopholes can often put weapons in felons' hands

2013-05-12 00:00:00

Kenneth Lee was a convicted felon who wanted a gun, authorities say. Darlene Hoover was a single mom with a clean record who needed cash. So the two acquaintances from the South Side made a deal, according to prosecutors. For $200, Hoover drove about 40...

Robbery suspect charged with murder after police chase

2013-05-11 00:00:00

Jacqueline Reynolds was driving to a funeral Wednesday morning when her life ended in an instant in a violent collision at a South Shore neighborhood intersection. A Chicago police officer crashed his squad car into her vehicle while chasing an armed...

Spring finally arrives in Chicago

2013-04-28 04:18:00

After the rainiest April in Chicago’s recorded history kept people inside most of the month, thousands flooded the city’s parks, beaches and streets at the first convincing glimpse of a spring weekend. Temperatures hit the upper-60s on...

Q&A: Tamberla Perry of 'By the Way, Meet Vera Stark'

2013-04-23 00:00:00

Sure, she's a WGN host for Illinois Lottery drawings and was recognized in 2011 as one of Chicago Magazine's "50 Most Beautiful Chicagoans"—but Tamberla Perry is more than just a pretty face. You may also have seen the native Chicagoan—who...

A Chicago police officer stands in the entrance of an apartment building where a fatal fire in the South Shore area killed a woman and her five-year-old granddaughter on Wednesday April 03, 2013. The three-story building is on the 2000 block of East 79th Street.

2013-04-03 00:00:00

Francis Cardinal George celebrated mass at St. Bride Church in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood where a photo of the retiring Pope Benedict decorates the entry to the church.

2013-02-17 00:00:00

Chicago Police respond to 75th Street and South Kingston Avenue in Chicago at the scene of multiple shootings.

2013-02-07 00:00:00