Terrence Antonio James

2 weeks ago | macon.com | Terrence Antonio James

CHICAGO - The effort to give Chicago's police superintendent the power to declare "snap curfews" to curb large teen gatherings stalled Wednesday in the City Council. The ordinance faced a scheduled vote, but Alds. Jason Ervin, 28th, and Andre Vasquez, 40th, used a procedural maneuver to delay its consideration. The tactic tees up a vote likely to finally occur next month, when the curfew's future could lie in the hands of Mayor Brandon Johnson.

2 weeks ago | kentucky.com | Terrence Antonio James

CHICAGO - Adrienne Nelson was living with her sister in a studio apartment in the Uptown neighborhood. They were comfortable, getting by on their dual incomes, paying off bills both old and new. Their monthly rent and utility costs were around $1,200. They called that studio home for nearly 10 years. But then, in a matter of months, Nelson found herself "homeless and sister-less," she said. She lost her job, her sister died and she could no longer afford to pay the rent.

3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Terrence Antonio James

Chicago Public Schools is selling off 21 school properties, hoping the sales will result in a nice windfall of cash and reduced maintenance costs in the long run. This board applauds such sensible decision-making, which should be completely uncontroversial. Except that this is Chicago, and so even something as seemingly commonplace as selling an unused school building comes with a touch of the absurd. And here's the catch.

3 weeks ago | miamiherald.com | Terrence Antonio James

CHICAGO - On Jan. 20, Chicago police Officer Josue Najera celebrated President Donald Trump's second inauguration with family at the president's namesake tower on the Chicago River. Najera - 44 years old and assigned to Mayor Brandon Johnson's security detail - was scheduled to work later that night, from 9 p.m. until 6 a.m. the following day. But in the 5700 block of West Superior Street, where Johnson and his family live, Najera's sergeant held a roll call at the beginning of the shift.

1 month ago | miamiherald.com | Terrence Antonio James

CHICAGO -- Eleven-year-old Jaheim Hall said he dreams of being on Gordon Ramsay's "MasterChef Junior," a cooking competition where the stakes are high and the pressure is on to impress one of TV's most critical chefs. In the meantime, cooking and serving dinner to more than 50 guests in SkyART's newly opened space in Chicago's Garfield Park neighborhood is a close second.