May 2010
Budget woes may close state’s only sickle cell treatment center
by La Risa Lynch When Gloria Johnson is having a Sickle Cell crisis the last place she wants to be is in an emergency room. “These doctors don’t know what they are doing,” Johnson, 55,…
Weis: Stronger community ties with police, not National Guard can deter crime
by La Risa Lynch Bringing in the National Guard to curb violence plaguing city neighborhoods dominated a Seventh Ward public safety meeting last week where Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis insisted that police are better…