Francine Knowles

A commitment to community service prompted a team of 17 African American women to launch the Joliet Area/South Suburban Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., and that commitment...

I grew up in a two-family flat in Detroit. My family lived upstairs and my godparents lived downstairs. Among my fondest and most cherished Christmas/New Year's season memories are my...

When Nalaysha Moore does her Christmas shopping, her family's dog, Stormie, is on her gift list. South Holland resident Moore has plenty of company when it comes to shoppers buying...

Alfred Lacks-Carter Jr., whose late grandmother, Henrietta Lacks', cancer cell line led to treatments for COVID-19, AIDS, polio, cancer and other illnesses, wants to educate more people on the legacy...