Our next guest is no stranger to Rock Island…he spent 14 years as Circuit Judge for Rock Island County and five years as a ...

only the second Black Chief Judge in Illinois history. Walter resides in Rock Island with his wife of 62 years, Gertrude. 'Bessie's Prayer' is a triumphant and joyful look at a family's faith ...

Robert Greene said he was impressed with Bessie Blount Griffin, a pioneering Black nurse and inventor, when he met her at her modest home in Newfield 16 years ago, months before her death. “She was ...

The museum is an ode to Black aviation pioneers from the first Black woman to earn a pilot’s license, Bessie Coleman, to ...

Walter David Braud, a longtime local attorney and former Rock Island County chief judge, is telling his story in a book ...

Both Bessie Rhodes families and teachers came out in full force to Monday night's meeting to protest recent decisions by ...

Evanston-Skokie District 65’s school board voted this summer to close Bessie Rhoades Magnet School at the end of the school year. However, the decision was made this week to move seventh and ...

Good Friday morning, Evanston. Here are the latest news and feature stories — plus our always great photos — from around the ...

EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- Students are still waiting to find out where they will be going to school next month after Dr. Bessie Rhodes School of Global Studies informed parents this week that ...

Landscape painter Arthur Streeton ruled Australian art auctions in 2021, commanding the highest price for the year and taking out four of the top 11 sales.

Black Dancing Bodies Project ... 2024-25 Rankin Scholar-in-Residence for Drexel’s Antionette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design. A 2023 Bessie Award winner for Outstanding Service to the Field ...