Michael Johnson of CPS and the Boys & Girls Club, dies at 50
Michael Johnson grew up in public housing on the Near West Side and went on to leadership roles in the Boys & Girls Club while still in his early 20s.
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Beatrice Lumpkin, union organizer and civil rights advocate, dies at 107
Beatrice Lumpkin, 107, died of heart failure on June 14 at the Montgomery Place senior living community in Hyde Park, said her son, John.
Former Chicago Bulls player Omer Asik lists condo for $3.5M
Former Chicago Bulls center Omer Asik on June 10 placed his three-bedroom, 2,703-square-foot condominium on the seventh floor at 9 W. Walton St. for sale for $3.75 million, and he now...
George E. Johnson Sr., founder of Johnson Products Co., dies at 99
George E. Johnson Sr., the onetime chemist who built Chicago-based Johnson Products, the nation’s largest producer of cosmetics and hair products for African Americans, died on Monday at his Chicago...
WGN-Ch. 9 anchor Dan Ponce sells Glencoe home for $1.7M
WGN-Channel 9 early morning news co-anchor Dan Ponce and his wife, Amy, sold their five-bedroom, 2,995-square-foot Tudor-style house in Glencoe for $1.67 million.
Mother Khadijah Farrakhan, wife of Louis Farrakhan, dies at 90
Khadijah Farrakhan spent decades as the “mother of the faithful” for the adherents of the Nation of Islam. Working closely with her husband, Louis, to rebuild the Chicago-based religious organization...
One Chicago condo sells for $5.3M, less than half of what it was once under contract for
The 6,000-square-foot-plus condo unit was sold by JDL Development as raw space.
Compound in west suburban Big Rock, first listed for $6.3M, is being marketed in an auction
A compound on 138 acres in far west suburban Big Rock is being marketed in an auction that ends on June 30 after having been listed for $6.3 million.
Winnetka mansion designed by Mayo & Mayo sells for $7.8M
A six-bedroom Tudor mansion on Sheridan Road in Winnetka that was designed by the architectural firm of Mayo & Mayo sold on Friday for $7.8 million.
Tom Donovan, former Daley boss and CEO of the Chicago Board of Trade, dies at 88
Thomas Donovan was a powerful patronage boss in the administrations of Mayors Richard J. Daley and Michael Bilandic before running the Chicago Board of Trade for 18 years. “As patronage...