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Chili cook-off at Bourbon Street benefits Sertoma Centre
Southtown Star
Apr 24Firefighters will put their home-brewed chilis and other foods to the test for charity from 5 to 9 p.m. April 28 at 115 Bourbon Street, 3359 W. 115th St. in Merrionette Park. Attendees can sample food from 5 to 8 p.m. as celebrity judges select the bes... »
Gravedigger worked at 2 investigated cemeteries
WGN Chicago's Very Own Wgn
Apr 19A gravedigger awaiting trial in connection with the Burr Oak Cemetery scandal worked at another controversial cemetery. »
Did Burr Oak scandal or slur sideline detective?
Chicago Breaking News
Mar 02Burr Oak scandal leads to contested workers' compensation claimIn the days following the discovery of a grisly grave-reselling scandal at Burr Oak Cemetery in the summer of 2009, Cook County sheriff's Detective Robert Carroll walked into his sergeant's... »
Burr Oak monument, student essay contest aim to honor cemetery's ties to fame, history
Chicagotribune.com Local News
Feb 28Efforts are intended in part as response to 2009 grave-reselling scandalWith hopes of honoring the African-American cemetery's past, a group called the Burr Oak Cemetery Memorial Project announced Monday it plans to build a monument dedicated to the fa... »
Plans announced to honor those buried at Burr Oak Cemetery
WGN Chicago's Very Own Wgn
Feb 27Rasheda Ali-Walsh, daughter of Muhammad Ali, announced plans today for a memorial and an essay competition to honor those buried at historic Burr Oak Cemetery. »
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Megan Smolenyak: Michelle Obama's Ancestors: LaVaughn Johnson
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Feb 08Of Michelle's grandparents, LaVaughn Johnson was the most like her. A native Chicagoan, she was an early product of the mixing effect of the Great Migration with parents of radically different histories. »
Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal Explored In New Documentary Film (VIDEO)
The Windy Citizen Full Feed
Jan 09In the summer of 2009, three gravediggers and a cemetery manager in Alsip, Ill., 12 miles south of Chicago, were exposed in an elaborate money-grubbing scheme that grabbed national headlines and... (Like this story? Click the headline to vote it up on ... »
Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal Explored In New Documentary Film Project (VIDEO)
The Windy Citizen Full Feed
Jan 06In the summer of 2009, three gravediggers and a cemetery manager in Alsip, Ill., 12 miles south of Chicago, were exposed in an elaborate money-grubbing scheme that grabbed national headlines and... (Like this story? Click the headline to vote it up on ... »
