Evanston just opened registration for the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program, which connects local teens with workforce opportunities to help them explore career fields and become familiar with...
iKandi hair salon owner Kandi Corbbins learned how to style hair from a young age.
As a child, she was the neighborhood hair braider. Now, Corbbins’ salon is one of the only Black-owned businesses...
Verzell James has brought 100 boxes of Awe-Sauce, his hand-crafted hot sauce, to various shops and restaurants around the city. His goal? To expand, to succeed and to show others they too can grow a business...
The motto of Hecky’s Barbecue may be “It’s the Sauce,” but for owner Hecky Powell the restaurant's mission is about more than just finding the perfect flavor.
Formerly the executive director...
When Bernice Olla-Chatman’s brother prepared to leave for college this summer, her mother, who single-handedly raises three children, was about to face more financial burden. The Evanston Township High...
