T. Shawn Taylor

A Joliet man was killed Friday when the van he was riding in collided with a semitrailer dump truck at Illinois Highway 53 and Pheasant Run Road in Joliet, state...

A 22-year-old Joliet man was found shot to death Friday in a car parked in an alley in Joliet, police said Monday. Damion L. Davis, of the 300 block of...

The goddess of strobe light, Donna Summer, the biggest recording artist to emerge from that mystical, musical '70s pit stop called disco, is returning to the stage for twin performances...

For a small number of African-Americans, freedom isn't a one-way street. It's more like a multi-lane highway. They are African-Americans who practice a sect of Buddhism based on the teachings...

Earth, Wind and Fire leader Maurice White will not be on the current tour, which comes through Chicago Nov. 7. White "has toured for over 20 years with Earth, Wind...

It's good to be the Piper. Especially when it's payday. This is especially true of soul singer Bobby Womack, who recently cashed in on a nearly 35-year-long career's worth of...

R&B legend and Chicago native Lou Rawls reports that plans to build a cultural center for youth and senior citizens on the South Side are "on the road," with construction...

Before there was a place known as 47th Street and King Drive, it was 47th and South Parkway, or Tobacco Road to locals, a place where the streets were crowded...

Call R. Kelly an overnight success, and he`ll disagree with you. ''It`s never overnight success. I had to go through a lot of letdowns,'' he says. After the breakup of...