A proposed state bill could make Freeburg High School change its controversial mascot, the "Midgets," a term many people with ...

County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay $10 million to the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black ...

With former All-American Kofi Cockburn in attendance, Illinois won its second in a row. No. 3 will be trickier, with Michigan ...

WGN-TV Chief Meteorologist Demetrius Ivory joins Lisa Dent to discuss what we can expect from the incoming snow storm. Predicted to be our biggest snow storm of the season, Ivory shares ...

CBS Chicago highlights stories that celebrate the theme for Black History Month 2025: African Americans and labor.

Illinois State University’s African American Studies Program is hosting its inaugural film series. Three times in February, ...

Now, a new El Paso museum, looking to honor and remember the first Black voter in Illinois, hopes to add a little to the top of people’s minds. Michael Melick, the board president for Project ...

Scholar and author Imani Perry explains — it's the color blue. In her new book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, Perry explores blue as a symbol of both hope and melancholy ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...

“Elvis Presley was a Black Man” is a story about family, love and the innocence of childhood. What did Elvis Presley mean to a little Black girl and boy from the projects growing up in the 60 ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted more than 460 arrests nationwide in a 33-hour operation, including in Illinois. The focus was on individuals with criminal histories ...

Meanwhile, the Black population declined in Mississippi (-2%), Illinois (-2%) and the District of Columbia (-1%) between 2010 and 2023. The New York City metropolitan area had more Black residents ...