CHICAGO — Chicago civil rights leaders ... days in the American calendar. And that is the day that we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.,” said Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous.

Friday marked the 57th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The civil rights icon spent time in Chicago fighting ... being destroyed every day," marcher Eric Kittrell ...

As a holiday, federal offices will be closed and those workers will have a paid day off, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. When is Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2025? This year ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal holiday honoring the life ... Sanitation departments for major cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston, also list similar information ...

It was in the early morning hours Friday when surveillance video showed a a light-colored sedan pull into a North Chicago strip mall located along Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Five people emerged ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a U.S. holiday and national day of service. It took a long time for the country to get there It was first proposed four days after King's 1968 assassination outside a ...

Police say they are investigating after a burglary crew broke into multiple businesses seconds apart in a shopping center in North Chicago during overnight hours.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed on the third Monday of January each year, is a time to honor the life, legacy, and dream of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the most prominent leader of the ...