Minority firm buys Moo & Oink brand
Store’s piecemeal sale bittersweet for employees By La Risa Lynch Moo & Oink, the shuttered retail meat company, will live on in name only as a minority owned company acquired the former store’s brand and…
Frederick Douglass’ descendent dedicates mural at Austin high school
By La Risa Lynch The progeny of a Nineteenth Century abolitionist helped dedicate a new mural at an Austin high school named after his great great great grandfather. The great great great grandson of Frederick…
Chatham Pancake House re-opening?
CAPCC’s President Keith Tate says former owner in discussions to reopen restaurant by La Risa Lynch The Chatham Pancake House or any other Chatham location will not be home to a proposed pawnshop. Members attending…
Replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Day?
Native Americans: ‘We’re not against Italians, just Columbus, the terrorist’ By Chinta Strausberg A day before the traditional Columbus Day parade, nearly 100 Native Americans wearing traditional regalia Sunday, Oct. 9th, held a rally at…
Pawnshop a no go for Chatham for now
Residents reject pancake house proposal, physician but EZPAWN still looking for other locations By La Risa Lynch Chatham residents handedly rejected a proposal by a national pawnshop chain to open in the shuttered Chatham Pancake…
Judge rules Daley can be sued
Former Chicago mayor has Sept. 8 deposition in police torture suit This article originally appeared in the Final Call Newspapers By La Risa R. Lynch Retired Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley’s luck seemingly has run…
Top ten health concerns for kids
Drug abuse and obesity seen as top child health problems ANN ARBOR, Mich., PRNewswire-USNewswire — Adults rate drug abuse and childhood obesity as the top health concerns for kids in their communities, according to the…
Did your bank make the grade?
Bank watchdog group rates financial institutions’ CRA performance By La Risa Lynch Report cards were handed out for local banks serving Austin and neighboring western suburbs, and one bank in particular didn’t fare so well….
Both sides weigh in on state gambling expansion
By La Risa Lynch Jerry Prosapio, check of south suburban Crestwood, did not have to listen to experts to know that expanding gambling in the state would not be a sure bet for the Chicagoland…
From reputed gang leader to respected boxing coach
Derek Brown, a former gang leader turns life around, uses boxing to help youth turn away from violence through his North Lawndale Boxing League.