Robert Battle Robert Battle, a councilman for East Chicago starts the new year in federal custody, awaiting trial this summer

PALLBEARERS CARRY THE casket after the funeral of Bettie Jones, who was killed by a Chicago police officer Dec. 26.

The Lion King (Photo credit Joan Marcus) Award-wining musical breaks record for highest-grossing week in Chicago Theatrical history at the

Kedra Ishop, the enrollment manager at the University of Michigan, helped increase the number of minority students in the 2015