Mitch Dudek

On a wall of his Chatham home, a series of newspaper clippings, commendations and photos tell the story of Rutherford Wilson, a former violent crimes detective sergeant with the Chicago Police Department. There was the time in 1990, when a stray bullet hi... See more

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