Mitch Dudek

On the sizeable list of things Pete Conroy did in his life that might prompt one to say “Wait, back up, you did what?” he’d probably put heading up the Shannon Rovers Irish Pipe Band at the top. That is, if you got him talking at all. He was a humble man ... See more

Former Chicago police officer Peter Bella saw things through a camera lens that others did not. After years of patrolling the North and West Sides, Mr. Bella became a police forensics photographer, taking pictures of bloody crime scenes. After retiring fr... See more

Celia Weiskopf, who survived the Holocaust and settled in Skokie with thousands of other Jewish survivors, died Jan. 16. Mrs. Weiskopf, 101, died at a senior living facility in Northbrook from natural causes. Mrs. Weiskopf, then known by her maiden name, ... See more

Polo was in Jorie Butler Kent’s blood. Her father Paul Butler, the scion of the family’s paper business, founded the village of Oak Brook and built one of the nation’s premier polo facilities there, the Oak Brook Polo Club. Mrs. Butler Kent practically gr... See more

An upcoming documentary on the 2008 unsolved mass shooting at the Lane Bryant clothing store in Tinley Park aims to refocus attention on the tragedy that resulted in the deaths of five women in hopes that it will shake loose fresh information and lead aut... See more