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Column: Remembering Jaime McClendon, a New Trier teacher who broke barriers and showed students a world beyond the North Shore

February 23, 2021 at 12:41 p.m.

Jaime McClendon influenced a generation of students. His magic was in the way he could instill critical thinking, boost his students' confidence and present them with a different world view....

Pharmacist Eddie Levin, 82, works at Kedvon Pharmacy in Wheeling, where he was hired after appealing online for a new job. Levin worked at North Shore pharmacies for about 50 years before he said he was let go by Walgreens in August.

An 82-year-old North Shore man lost his job during the pandemic. The community he’s served for generations helped him find a new one.

December 31, 2020 at 11:59 a.m.

For decades on the North Shore, pharmacist Eddie Levin has been helping families in sickness and in health, with a personal touch and an extra-mile attitude that has endeared him...

Joe Rau wears Chicago flag socks for competition on April 9, 2016, at the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.

Where are they now? COVID-19 victims, family members and heroes reflect on their new normal.

October 2, 2020 at 12:00 p.m.

Some of them fought the new coronavirus from hospital beds, others at makeshift testing sites. Some mourned their closest loved ones; others came to the aid of strangers. And some...

3 men attempted to carjack woman Thursday morning at Glencoe Golf Club, police say

July 7, 2020 at 12:59 p.m.

Three males approached a woman at Glencoe Golf Club Thursday morning, displayed a handgun and attempted to hijack her car, according to police and the woman. The Chicago woman, who...

Longtime Chicago news anchor Kathy Brock has lost her mother to coronavirus, while her father remains in an ICU: ‘It took a pandemic to separate them’

April 13, 2020 at 12:24 p.m.

Carol and Frank Brock met on a blind date in high school, discovered they shared a birthday and forged a bond that lasted for the next 71 years. They attended...

Elizabeth Brackett remembered for devotion to family, journalistic talent; ‘She succeeded in making Michael Dukakis interesting’

May 23, 2019 at 12:58 a.m.

Longtime Chicago journalist Elizabeth Brackett — known as Dibi to her friends and family — was remembered Wednesday as a woman who loved those close to her with the same...

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Column: Remembering Jaime McClendon, a New Trier teacher who broke barriers and showed students a world beyond the North Shore

An 82-year-old North Shore man lost his job during the pandemic. The community he’s served for generations helped him find a new one.

Where are they now? COVID-19 victims, family members and heroes reflect on their new normal.

3 men attempted to carjack woman Thursday morning at Glencoe Golf Club, police say

Longtime Chicago news anchor Kathy Brock has lost her mother to coronavirus, while her father remains in an ICU: ‘It took a pandemic to separate them’

Body found of New Trier grad who went missing after kayak overturned in Lake Michigan

‘God will get us through’: Family of missing kayaker continues search, still hopes for recovery

Friends of sailor still missing on Lake Michigan portray him as lover of good times and concerned for others

O’Hare tollway oasis bridge, one of a handful left, is set to come down

Elizabeth Brackett remembered for devotion to family, journalistic talent; ‘She succeeded in making Michael Dukakis interesting’