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By: Elaine Hegwood Bowen, M.S.J. Entertainment Editor  HollyShorts Film Festival is chock full h culturally specific short films  The Academy Awards® and BAFTA-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival is in its 22nd edition, continuing its legacy as one of the world’s premier showcases for short-form cinema. I have been covering this fest that runs through August 23, […]

As we welcome the 2026–2027 school year in the Gary Community School Corporation, I am filled with optimism about the progress, pride, and possibility ahead. Our continued return to local control has strengthened our commitment to what matters most: teaching, learning, and preparing every scholar for a future full of opportunity.  Families remain the first […]

A gruesome discovery at a South Side funeral home where 57 decomposing bodies were found has left relatives shaken and demanding answers. The bodies were found Thursday, August 6 in different areas inside the South Chicago Chapel after police received complaints of an odor from the facility, 2939 E 95th St. Officials from the Cook […]

A memorial service will be held to celebrate the life and legacy of political strategist, former Cook County commissioner and art enthusiast Chuck Bowen, who died Monday, August 3. He was 92.  His wife, Soraya Bowen, said her husband will be cremated. She said a memorial service at the Chicago Military Academy in Bronzeville will be held […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to include Alexi Giannoulias entering the Chicago mayoral race. With just six months until the Chicago mayoral election, a new poll says just 14 percent of voters want Mayor Brandon Johnson to run again.  According to the gold standard poll commissioned by the University of Chicago’s Mansueto Institute […]