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Shamier Little, Olympic Gold Medalist And South Side Native, Hosting Meet-And-Greet Saturday
WASHINGTON PARK — Chicagoans will have the chance to meet an Olympic gold medalist and local hero Saturday. Two-time Olympic medal winner Shamier Little, 29, will be celebrated at a meet-and-greet 10:15 a.m.-noon Saturday at Washington Park, 5531 S. King Drive. The track star has deep ties to her hometown of Chicago, where she spent most of her childhood years.
Young men show off their tech, business, gaming projects at Hidden Genius Project event
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A celebration was held on Chicago's South Side Thursday night, highlighting a roomful of Hidden Geniuses.The Hidden Genius Project teaches technology and entrepreneurship to young Black boys and men in Chicago and across the country.Participants showed off their tech, business, and gaming projects Thursday night at the Gary Comer Youth Center, 7200 S. Ingleside Ave."They worked very hard over this summer. A lot of them did not have coding skills before they came to this program. Over eight weeks, they were able to build some things—and really see the genius inside of them," said Hidden Genius Project Chicago site director Eric Steen, "and our goal is to continue to illuminate geniuses on the South Side of Chicago."CBS News Chicago is proud to work with the Hidden Genius program—highlighting its work to teach young men to be their best selves while learning all things tech.
Big Ten commissioner: ‘Positive feelings’ toward expanding NCAA Tournament
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti joined a chorus of major conference leaders suggesting the NCAA Tournament be expanded beyond the current 68 teams. “I think there are some positive feelings towards expansion in our league,” Petitti said Thursday at Big Ten Media Day. The NCAA presented a plan to Division I conference […]
Paul Roldan retiring from Hispanic Housing Development Corporation
CHICAGO (CBS) -- After decades of dedication to his mission to make Chicago's gentrifying neighborhoods more affordable, Hispanic Housing Development Corporation president and CEO Hipolito "Paul" Roldan is retiring.As he prepared to end a remarkable career, Roldan recently showed off his newest accomplishment – an apartment building in the heart of Humboldt Park, where tenants pay only what they can afford. But his journey started decades ago with a mission to stabilize gentrifying communities like Humboldt Park."I was the first employee of Hispanic Housing back in 1976. So that's how it got started," he said.Now, at 81 years old, his...
With student loan grace period over, an artist shows borrowers' burdens and an expert has a scam warning
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A major student loan deadline has passed—ending years of pandemic-related pause on payments.So what does that mean for the roughly 43 million Americans with student loan debt? Experts Thursday night had some good news—and a word of warning.Borrowers who have not enrolled in the Biden administration's Fresh Start program by now—and miss payments moving forward—could be subject to negative credit reporting, wage garnishments, and other collection attempts. Around 8 million student loan borrowers have also enrolled in the SAVE plan, the newest income-driven repayment plan that extended the eligibility for borrowers to have affordable monthly student loan...
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