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Elizabeth: Chicago’s Only Black-Owned Grocery Store Launched

October 25, 2025 10:40 am

Entrepreneur Elizabeth Abunaw turns a layoff from Microsoft into Forty Acres Fresh Market — bringing fresh, affordable food to a long-underserved community.

What began as a career setback has grown into a powerful story of resilience and community empowerment. Elizabeth Abunaw, an African American entrepreneur, has opened Chicago’s only Black-owned grocery store — Forty Acres Fresh Market — with a mission to make fresh, affordable food accessible to neighborhoods long deprived of it.

The store, which officially began operations on September 14, 2025, celebrated its grand opening on September 27, 2025. For Abunaw, the launch marked the culmination of years …

Trump Calls All Chicago ‘War Zone’ As Court Blocks Troop Move

October 8, 2025 12:49 am

Trump has created great tension by authorizing ICE and troop deployment to Chicago despite state opposition, while a Judge halts similar action in Portland.

The Trump administration has ignited a fierce national debate over the use of military force on American soil after branding Chicago a “war zone” and sending National Guard troops to the city against the will of local leaders.

President Donald Trump late Saturday October 4, 2025, authorized the deployment of 300 National Guard soldiers to Chicago, the United

United States’ third-largest city, in what he described as a necessary step to curb violent crime. The move …

ICE Agents Shoot Armed Chicago Woman After Chicago Car Clash

ICE Agents: Shoots At Chicago Woman After Violent Car Clash

October 7, 2025 11:36 pm

ICE Agents opened fire after being rammed by 10 cars in Chicago; the woman, wounded in the exchange is in stable condition, as investigation continues.

Rescue and law enforcement units flooded Chicago’s South Side on Saturday October 4, 2025, after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents shot a woman identified as 30-year-old Marimar Martinez, during a chaotic confrontation involving multiple vehicles, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed.

Officials said the incident unfolded when a convoy of 10 cars rammed into federal vehicles, trapping Border Patrol and ICE agents near the Broadview area, prompting them to open fire.

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Woodberry Olalekan Ponle Faces Separate Charge In Chicago

July 4, 2020 9:12 am

Raymond Hushpuppi’s comrade-in-cyber crime, Olalekan Jacob Ponle, also known as “Mr. Woodberry” or “Mark Kain,” was arraigned on a separate charge in Chicago today.

The 29 year-old who was arrested in Dubai last month, was charged in U.S. District Court in Chicago with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey T. Gilbert set a detention hearing for July 9, 2020, at 4:00 p.m.

The criminal complaint accuses Ponle of orchestrating “business email compromise” schemes to defraud several U.S.-based companies.

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The schemes resulted in attempted or actual …

US: Chicago Teachers Strike Ends After 11 Days

November 1, 2019 7:44 am

Chicago Public School teachers and students will return to school on Friday after educators reached a contract deal with the United States’s third-largest school district, ending a strike that began on October 17 and cancelled 11 days of school, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Thursday.

The deal brings an end to the longest strike since 1987, when teachers refused to work for 19 days.

“The teachers will be back in class; the students will be back in class tomorrow,” Lightfoot said at City Hall Thursday after a two-hour meeting with Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) President Jesse Sharkey.

The CTU reached

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Chicago prosecutors drop charges against actor Smollett

March 27, 2019 10:35 am

It’s a plot twist even “Empire” couldn’t come up with. All 16 felony charges against actor Jussie Smollett — who’d been accused of staging a hate crime against himself — were dropped by Chicago prosecutors, in a shock move that angered the city’s mayor and police chief.

What’s more, Smollett’s criminal record was wiped clean and records in the case were sealed, all in exchange for Smollett doing some community service and forfeiting his $10,000 bond. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson were livid. They blasted Smollett and the county attorney’s office. Emanuel repeatedly called it a …