Gayle Franzen, longtime Illinois and DuPage County public servant who helped build I-355, dies at 81
As DuPage County Board chairman, he worked to end long-standing rancor on the board while also reducing residents’ property taxes.
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Michael Caga-anan Aguhar, Crossroads Fund program director and Filipino organizer, dies at 42
The lawyer played a key role in the passage of the Illinois Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act, which took effect in 2017.
U. of C. finance professor lists Italianate-style, 5-bedroom home in Hyde Park for $3.2M
Booth School of Business professor Luigi Zingales and his wife, Jill, paid $1.1 million in 2010 to buy the vintage brick house.
Bears player Luther Burden III buys 5-bedroom Libertyville house
Burden, a wide receiver and a St. Louis-area native, was drafted last year by the Bears and played in 15 games this year.
Jorie Butler Kent, daughter of the founder of Oak Brook, dies at 95
A businesswoman and philanthropist, Jorie Butler Kent ran the Oak Brook Polo Club and befriended England’s now-King Charles III, who became a supporter of her Friends of Conservation project in...
Former Chicago Bears player Khalil Herbert sells Buffalo Grove home for $610,000
Former Chicago Bears running back Khalil Herbert on Feb. 5 sold his four-bedroom, 2,461-square-foot town home in Buffalo Grove for $610,000.
Warren Lupel, attorney who represented Gary Dotson in a 1979 wrongful rape conviction, dies at 83
The longtime Evanston resident represented judges and other lawyers for the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.
Chicago Cubs player Pete Crow-Armstrong buys $1.2M Loop condo
Chicago Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong in late January paid $1.195 million for a two-bedroom, 2,200-square-foot condominium in the Loop.
Philip Hablutzel, Chicago-Kent College of Law professor who specialized in business, nonprofits and finance, dies at 90
The scholar was director of the Institute of Illinois Business Law and founding president of the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon and Chicago-based presidential candidate, dies at 84
Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the Chicago-based Baptist minister, political figure and two-time presidential candidate, has died.