'I don't want her name tainted'
Cleora M. Murff (right) talks about her granddaughter Vanity D. Murff, 22, (left) who was shot and killed early Monday morning.
(Courtesy/Sun-Times)
Residents jumped over a rust-colored puddle of water mixed with blood Monday to get out of the building at the corner of 78th and Kingston.
Michelle's homemaker side
Michelle Obama says she's staying true to herself as she campaigns for her husband and trying to shift attention from her personality to the problems of American families.
Coupon maven draws bargain-hunting crowd
Jill Cataldo's coupon savvy is making her a mini celebrity. Since she was featured in the Sun-Times June 12, she has fielded questions from readers at suntimes.com, interviewed by Jonathon Brandmeier on WLUP-FM (97.9) three times and by two other radio stations and been filmed by a TV crew.
CHA property where boy died has code violations
City building inspectors on Monday found code violations at the Chicago Housing Authority property in the 900 block of North Cambridge where a heavy gate broke free of its hinges and fatally crushed 3-year-old Curtis Cooper on Friday.
Black buying power touted
Susan Taylor, editor emerita of Essence Magazine, was the keynote speaker at the women's luncheon during the Rainbow PUSH annual conference Monday.
(Keith Hale/Sun-Times)
(Keith Hale/Sun-Times)
Black Americans buy in big numbers. But product manufacturers aren't spending enough advertising dollars with the black press and African-American advertising firms, black media and advertising industry professionals said Monday.
Bulls, Rose come together
It was the presence of Tyrus Thomas as much as the single stem roses found throughout the United Center news conference Monday which suggested the blossoming of a new era for the Bulls.
Man charged with possessing puffer fish toxin
A hazardous materials team decontaminates items in the driveway after a search of a home in the 5700 block of McKenzie Drive in Lake in the Hills Monday. (Michael Smart/STNG)
