Theodis "Ted" Lewis, the first Black judge to be appointed to the Seventh Judicial Circuit, died at his home in Chatham on Feb. 17. He was 77. A native of Little Rock, Ark., who attended Illinois ...

Trailblazing Black Judge Clarence Parrish was honored Friday with street signs on Teutonia Avenue between Center and Clarke streets. That area is where his law office used to be. In 1981, Parrish ...