Shardaa Gray is a Multimedia Reporter for CBS 2 Chicago. She joined the team in December 2021. She was born and raised in the south suburbs. She's happy to return home to report on her community. The ...

ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis University (SLU) Billikens men’s basketball begins its NCAA March Madness run Thursday with first-round matchup against the Georgia Bulldogs, a highly-anticipated clash ...

Certain iconic imagery brings to mind traditional American summer activities: the smell of hamburgers cooking on a grill, marching bands with drum lines and kids catching candy thrown from colorful ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bud Billiken Parade is more than a procession of bands and floats marching down King Drive. Every summer since 1929, “The Bud” ...

A sea of humanity flowed up and down Martin Luther King Jr. Drive for the 95th Bud Billiken Parade, the largest and most prestigious African American procession in the United States. The parade route ...

ST. LOUIS, March 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Quirky. Unique. Lucky. Whatever adjective you use, the Saint Louis University Billiken is one of a kind. The Saint Louis University Billiken. Photo by Sarah ...

If you walk through the Saint Louis University campus, you’ll almost certainly run into their unusual mascot, the Billiken, in some form. The Billiken is a pointy-headed, grinning imp covered in white ...

Choosing a university is exciting, but it can also be confusing and a little intimidating. You've got a ton of college search questions, from "What university should I choose?" and "How does financial ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- ABC 7 Chicago will broadcast the 85th Annual Bud Billiken Parade, live, Saturday, August 9th, from 10:00 am- 12:30pm. The Bud Billiken Parade is both the largest African-American ...