• Mom Facing Charges After Allegedly Running Over 16-Month-Old Son

    Mom Facing Charges After Allegedly Running Over 16-Month-Old Son
    Photo: Polk County Sheriff’s Office
    A Florida woman is facing charges after she allegedly ran over her 16-month-old son and boyfriend following an argument, per PEOPLE.
    On Monday (June 24), 27-year-old Aaliyah Ross was arrested on charges including child abuse, neglect, domestic battery, and leaving the scene of a crash in connection to an alleged attack on her boyfriend and child.
    According to police, the incident stemmed from an argument between Ross and her boyfriend over how to discipl
  • Mayor Brandon Johnson Launches Workers’ Rights Campaign For Creative Workers

    Mayor Brandon Johnson Launches Workers’ Rights Campaign For Creative Workers
    Mayor Brandon Johnson, the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection (BACP), and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events launched a new workers’ rights campaign for creative workers, “Art is Labor.” 
    The multi-department effort was designed with input from stakeholders including 3Arts, Arts Alliance Illinois, Chicago Cultural Alliance, Lawyers for the Creative Arts, Mezcla Media Collective, other cultural and community organizatio
  • BIN President Tony Coles ‘Lock It and Store It!’ Gun Safety Message

    BIN President Tony Coles ‘Lock It and Store It!’ Gun Safety Message
    Tony Coles is President of Multi-Cultural Business and Development for iHeartMedia as well as President of BIN: Black Information Network, the first and only 24×7 comprehensive national audio news service dedicated to providing an objective, accurate, and trusted source of continual news coverage with a Black voice and perspective. His work leading BIN has earned him several industry-leading accolades and awards, including being named as a 2021 Billboard Magazine Change Agent and receivin
  • 1-800-TruckWreck Awards $37.5K in Scholarships to Chicago High School Students

    1-800-TruckWreck Awards $37.5K in Scholarships to Chicago High School Students
    Law firm has now pledged a total of $165,000 to local Chicagoland students in 2024 for scholarships and educational programs (Photos provided courtesy of Witherite Law Group).
    To continue its commitment to giving back to the Chicago community and uplifting area youth, 1-800-TruckWreck, powered by Witherite Law Group, brought the Witherite Law Group Making a Difference Scholarship back to the city for the second time by awarding 15 students $2,500 each, for a total of $37,500 in new scholarships.
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