For famed civil rights activist Willa Cofield, the incident that Saturday evening stood out as an example of the racism that permeated the lives of Enfield’s Black citizens and motivated her to ...

Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share You’ve probably seen Justus Roe’s murals around Chicago. Maybe it’s from an Orange or Green Line train through the South Loop, on a massive towering ...

Feb. 20—Elaine Justus With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Lois Elaine Justus, a cherished wife, mother, and grandmother, on February 14, 2025, at the age of 92. Born to John Henry Von ...

Either you know or you don’t. Of all the cool students’ houses in town, there was nothing then or now quite like the Hippie Hotel. It stood on Van Buren down in that hole off the Square ...

I’ve written about the Holiday Inn before because it holds a handful of distinct memories that bring smiles to most all. We splashed away several summers in the pool there. We savored every ...