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9+ min ago (416+ words) December 11, 2025 / 4:26 PM CST / CBS Chicago Empowering young Black and Brown girls on the South Side of Chicago is the mission of Black Girls Dance, a nonprofit that is getting a new home in the Calumet Heights neighborhood. Black Girls Dance has performed all over the city; at Governors State University, Arie Crown Theater, and on Sunday they'll take the stage once again at the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts in Hyde Park, for "Mary, A Holiday Dansical!" Erin Barnett is the visionary behind Black Girls Dance. "There's something that really just touches me when I see the face of a little Brown girl when her eyes light up and she realizes that there's a trajectory here," she said. Barnett founded the nonprofit organization in 2021 inside the Mayfair Arts Center in Calumet Heights. To date, more than 200 girls…...

15+ min ago (21+ words) In a terrifying mishap, an Australian skydiver's parachute snagged on the tail of their plane. Australian skydiver's parachute snags on plane...

16+ min ago (56+ words) Empowering young Black and Brown girls on the South Side of Chicago is the mission of Black Girls Dance, a nonprofit that is getting a new home in the Calumet Heights neighborhood. Nonprofit empowering Black and Brown girls getting new home on South Side Nonprofit empowering Black and Brown girls getting new home on South Side...

21+ min ago (28+ words) Chicago police are investigating after a woman was sexually assaulted on CTA property in the Loop early Thursday morning. Woman sexually assaulted at Jackson CTA Red Line station...

23+ min ago (181+ words) A 73-year-old Homer Glen woman was robbed at gunpoint shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday, a report from the Will County sheriff's department said. The woman was returning home from grocery shopping and pulling her car into the garage in the 16800 block of South Deer Path when she was approached by a man wearing a black hoodie who was holding a gun, a sheriff's police said. A second man exited a dark-colored Acura, reported stolen out of Chicago, and was following her, police said. The men forced the woman inside her home, sat her in a chair and bound her wrists and ankles, the release said. They men stole a credit card from her purse, demanded a PIN number and withdrew $2,000 from the victim's account at a bank in Orland Park, police said. The woman was able to free herself about 20 minutes later…...

24+ min ago (39+ words) A 73-year-old woman was bound and robbed at gunpoint by two men, one of whom followed her home from the grocery store, in Homer Glen. Homer Glen woman followed home from store, bound and robbed at gunpoint...

24+ min ago (772+ words) Home for the Holidays takes place from noon to 5 p.m. Dec. 13 and 14 in downtown Frankfort. The free weekend, designed for families, features boutiques, beautiful holiday decorations and seasonal bites and beverages at restaurants. Activities on Saturday include visits with Santa and Mrs. Claus, real reindeer, a trackless train, horse-drawn carriage rides, lantern parade and hot cocoa and cookies. Live holiday performances on the Breidert Green stage and strolling characters will be available on Sunday. The Cookie Crawl sponsored by the Downtown Frankfort Business Alliance and the Village of Frankfort takes place 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Information is at'www.frankfortil.org. The Magic Masters of Chicago and Roxy Lockport Theatre will host Magic of the Holidays! Dec. 27 at the historic theater, 1017 S. State St. in Lockport. Two shows are planned that day, and strolling magic will be performed one hour before the shows start. A…...

26+ min ago (201+ words) La tasa promedio de una hipoteca a 30 a'os en Estados Unidos aument" ligeramente esta semana, aunque se mantiene relativamente cerca de su punto m's bajo en lo que va del a'o. El incremento lleva la tasa promedio de hipotecas a largo plazo al 6,22% desde el 6,19% de la semana pasada, inform" el jueves el comprador de hipotecas Freddie Mac. Hace un a'o, la tasa promediaba 6,6%. Los costos de los pr'stamos en hipotecas de tasa fija a 15 a'os, populares entre los propietarios que refinancian sus pr'stamos hipotecarios, tambi'n aumentaron esta semana. La tasa promedi" 5,54%, frente al 5,44% de la semana pasada. Hace un a'o, promediaba 5,84%, seg'n Freddie Mac. Las tasas hipotecarias est'n influenciadas por varios factores, desde las decisiones de pol'tica de tasas de inter's de la Reserva Federal hasta las expectativas de los inversores del mercado de bonos sobre la econom'a y…...

35+ min ago (46+ words) Cicero and Chicago firefighters are battling a large fire in a commercial area of the west suburb on 25th Place. Firefighters battle large blaze in Cicero; Chicago Fire Department called in to help Firefighters battle large blaze in Cicero; Chicago Fire Department called in to help...

46+ min ago (704+ words) The Indiana Senate voted 31-19 to defeat a mid-census redistricting map Thursday, ending a months-long effort by the Trump administration to shift Indiana's congressional districts. House Bill 1032, which addresses mid-census redistricting and gives Republicans an advantage in all nine congressional districts, was introduced and passed by the House last week. This week, the Senate heard from more than 100 people in committee and advanced the bill through Thursday without amending it. The proposed map, which was released last week, would have split the current First District, currently held by U.S. Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Highland, into two, and the Seventh District, currently held by U.S. Rep. Andr" Carson, D-Indianapolis, into four districts. Indiana Gov. Mike Braun criticized the result on X/Twitter shortly after the vote. The debate was interrupted by protesters twice during Fort Wayne Sen. Liz Brown's statement, and they were escorted out…...