Political strategist David Axelrod sells Michigan home for $2.15M
The Axelrods listed the estate in April for $2.3 million. They found a buyer in August.
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Bert Getz Sr., family banking firm chairman who turned his Libertyville farm into Merit Club golf course, dies at 88
Getz, known as a savvy businessman, wanted to ensure that his Libertyville property would remain intact and not subdivided into a housing development.
Aaron Jaffe, former Illinois lawmaker, judge and head of state gaming board, dies at 95
Aaron Jaffe represented the northern suburbs in the state House for 14 years before serving as a Cook County judge for nearly two decades and a decade more as chair...
John Morris, architect who built Steppenwolf and many of Chicago’s theaters, dies at 77
His Morris Architects Planners designed many of the area's most noted theaters, and he started out as a carpenter and scenic artist.
Former Bears defensive line coach Travis Smith sells home in southwest Waukegan for $1.5M
Smith was hired as the Bears’ defensive line coach in 2022. Smith left the team at the end of January amid a variety of coaching changes, and he now is...
Bruce DuMont, host of ‘Beyond the Beltway’ and founder of Chicago’s Museum of Broadcast Communications, dies at 81
He was in radio and television his whole life, but it was the political-junkie show "Beyond the Beltway" that made him a national name.
Former Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton sells Lakeview home for $1.7M
Former Chicago Blackhawks head coach Jeremy Colliton and his wife, Jennifer, on Monday sold their five-bedroom, 5,600-square-foot home in Lakeview for $1.708 million.
Hunt for two escaped horses in west suburbs threatened a town’s biggest industry
Residents of a DuPage County town were worried about two escaped horses. Then they learned at least one of the animals was caring a highly contagious disease.
Closest residential property to Wrigley Field’s front door sells for $1.15M
Constructed in 1888 — before Wrigley Field even was built — the recently renovated two-flat sits on an extra-wide lot and recently received a new roof, windows, siding and gutters.
Marilyn Ozinga Istel, a matriarch of concrete supply family
Centenarian Marilyn Ozinga Istel, one of the matriarchs of the family that owns and controls Mokena-based Ozinga concrete, dies.