Hyde Park

A state lawmaker and the outgoing incumbent’s chief of staff are vying for the open seat in the 4th Ward. And just to the south, a lawyer is competing against a religious charity director in the 5th Ward.
Malik Bloxton, 26, was ordered held without bail during a hearing Wednesday by Judge Barbara Dawkins at the Leighton Criminal Courthouse.
The New Vanguard and the museum partnered for “Creatives of Color,” a rotating exhibition spotlighting four Chicago artists. Nikko Washington’s installation highlights the dehumanization of famous boxers.
With 11 candidates, the race is one of the most crowded on the Feb. 28 ballot. Nearly all of the candidates agree the next alderperson should be more accessible.
With Ald. Sophia King running for mayor instead of reelection, six candidates are hoping to replace her in the 4th Ward. In the 11th Ward, appointed Ald. Nicole Lee faces six challengers.
City parks officials assured residents that if Promontory Point becomes a landmark after a City Council vote this spring, its historic limestone revetments will be preserved.
Thousands of spectators used to cheer on skaters during the competition’s heyday in the 1920s and ’30s. This year, the attendance was sparse but no less enthusiastic.
Making Promontory Point a city landmark would effectively protect the lakefront site from development or demolition.
“Most people don’t know who she is,” says author Sandra Neil Wallace, who hopes to enlighten children about Nash’s efforts to organize sit-ins at lunch counters and help create the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The woman was walking her dogs near DuSable Lake Shore Drive and Bryn Mawr Avenue when when one of the dogs fell into the lake, Chicago police said.
The Sunday event was one of a series of vigils held across the country for the 10th annual National Vigil for All Victims and Survivors of Gun Violence.
Emergency crews responded to the extra-alarm fire at a four-story building in the 5100 block of South Kenwood Avenue about 3:30 a.m., according to the Chicago fire and police officials.
The renowned biblical scholar loved walking the streets of Hyde Park every day and taking groups of students to experience the Holy Land.
She succeeds David Axelrod. Two things you didn’t know: Heidi isn’t her real first name. And she grew up in a town so small that “my family was one-tenth” its total population.
“No one can hack it because they can’t read it,” David Awschalom says. “Because the act of looking at it changes it. Destroys it.”
Diamond, who studied the effects of bank runs and financial meltdowns, shares this year’s prize with co-author Philip Dybvig and former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
Her husband was renowned for his publicity stunts. She came up with a few of her own. She died Sept. 10 at Montgomery Place retirement community in Hyde Park.
The Black, Southern cuisine that the Harvey-raised chef learned at home has made Hyde Park’s Virtue the hottest spot on the South Side and made him a success on “Top Chef.”
The merger under nonprofit ownership marks the retirement of the Herald’s longtime owner, Bruce Sagan, a leading figure in Chicago publishing.
“All we’re trying to do is paint a different picture, tell a different story and share a different narrative about Black men in America as positive and productive and progressive, while building bridges and not walls,” the group’s leader said Monday.
The music performances, vendors, kids’ activities and Black history education felt “almost like a family reunion,” one participant said.
“What is notable is the mindset shift,” says Jadine Chou, the school system’s safety and security chief. “We are seeing schools wanting to support our young people more than ever.”
Voters dumped Jackie Portman-Brown after video showed her locking up her 6-year-old grandniece to teach her a lesson. “Would I do this again?” Portman-Brown says. “Probably not. But her behavior has been improved since this incident.”