Trice: Holidays difficult for those struggling with grief
When Frank Reid's wife was alive, their suburban Addison home was always decorated for the Christmas season. "Once upon a time, outside we'd have the sleigh with Santa, Frosty the...
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Maritime official floats a career idea for youths
It's a safe bet that for many youngsters a career in the maritime industry isn't one that immediately leaps to mind. Capt. Mark Stevenson wants to change that — particularly...
Maritime official floats a career idea for youths
It's a safe bet that for many youngsters a career in the maritime industry isn't one that immediately leaps to mind. Capt. Mark Stevenson wants to change that — particularly...
Hero’s blood spilled in Vietnam still heals today
Chinta Strausberg was visiting a relative's South Side business in January 1993 when — out of the blue — an elderly uncle telephoned her at the automotive parts shop. "First...
Hero’s blood spilled in Vietnam still heals today
Chinta Strausberg was visiting a relative's South Side business in January 1993 when — out of the blue — an elderly uncle telephoned her at the automotive parts shop. "First...
Trice: Woodlawn’s Experimental Station market succeeds
A couple of decades ago, in another incarnation, the industrial building that is Woodlawn's Experimental Station was a dark and brooding drop-off recycling center. Now brick, steel, concrete and wood...
Trice: Woodlawn’s Experimental Station market succeeds
A couple of decades ago, in another incarnation, the industrial building that is Woodlawn's Experimental Station was a dark and brooding drop-off recycling center. Now brick, steel, concrete and wood...
Mayor Harold Washington took taxi fight to the streets — for cabbies
Recent taxicab news in Chicago has been fairly tame: Cabdrivers request a fare hike. The mayor announces he wants to lease and auction no more than 100 cab medallions to...
Mayor Harold Washington took taxi fight to the streets — for cabbies
Recent taxicab news in Chicago has been fairly tame: Cabdrivers request a fare hike. The mayor announces he wants to lease and auction no more than 100 cab medallions to...
‘Harold Washington made us feel proud’
In the spring of 1987, when Chicago Mayor Harold Washington took his second oath of office, many African-American residents hoped the re-election of the city's first black mayor would end...