Bob Goldsborough

Bob Goldsborough is a freelance writer for the Chicago Tribune.

Former Chicago Bears assistant general manager Ian Cunningham, who now is the general manager of the Atlanta Falcons, and his wife, Justine, placed their four-bedroom house in Lake Bluff for sale for $2.049 million. (Lake County Assessor)

Former Bears assistant GM Ian Cunningham lists $2M Lake Bluff home

April 15, 2026 at 11:50 a.m.

Former Chicago Bears assistant general manager Ian Cunningham, who now is general manager of the Atlanta Falcons, listed a four-bedroom house in Lake Bluff for sale for $2.049 million.

Tracey Alston, pioneering Black media executive who helped define culturally competent marketing, dies at 64

April 13, 2026 at 10:25 a.m.

Alston co-founded a national faith-based health initiative that has resulted in hundreds of thousands of health screenings in underserved communities.

Former Chicago Bulls guard Jevon Carter listed his five-bedroom West Town home for $1.6 million. (Cook County Assessor)

Former Chicago Bulls guard Jevon Carter lists West Town home for $1.6M

April 9, 2026 at 1:08 p.m.

Former Chicago Bulls guard Jevon Carter listed his five-bedroom West Town home for $1.599 million.

Irwin Weil, ‘legendary’ professor of Russian literature at Northwestern University, dies at 97

April 7, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Weil co-taught a course on Russian choral music and chaired Northwestern's Russian language department from 1976 until 1982.

The home of former Ald. Edward Burke on the Southwest Side, Nov. 29, 2018. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke lists Southwest Side home for $1.5M

April 6, 2026 at 1:57 p.m.

Former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke and his wife, retired Illinois State Supreme Court Justice Anne M. Burke, listed their 5,760-square-foot house in the Southwest Side West Elsdon neighborhood for sale...

A seven-bedroom, 8,200-square-foot mansion on Lake Michigan in Kenilworth sold on Dec. 31 for $10.5 million in an off-market deal, making it the third-highest-priced home ever to sell in the small north suburb. (Bob Goldsborough)

Kenilworth mansion sells for $10.5M, making it that suburb’s third priciest sale on record

April 2, 2026 at 12:09 p.m.

A seven-bedroom mansion on Lake Michigan in Kenilworth sold on Dec. 31 for $10.5 million in an off-market deal, making it the third-highest-priced home ever to sell in the small...

Author and Holocaust survivor Samuel Harris at his home in Kildeer, June 5, 2017. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune)

Illinois Holocaust Museum founder Samuel R. Harris, who survived the Holocaust, dies at 90

April 2, 2026 at 2:23 p.m.

As a child, Harris was separated from most of his family, who died, and sent to a Nazi concentration camp in a boxcar. He was inspired to help build the...

Former Chicago Fire midfielder Kellyn Acosta on March 30 sold his six-bedroom, 6,600-square-foot mansion in Oak Brook for $2.35 million. (York Township Assessor)

Former Chicago Fire midfielder Kellyn Acosta sells Oak Brook mansion for $2M

April 1, 2026 at 4:10 p.m.

Former Chicago Fire midfielder Kellyn Acosta on March 30 sold his six-bedroom, 6,600-square-foot mansion in Oak Brook for $2.35 million.

University of Chicago classics professor Shadi Bartsch sold her five-bedroom home in Lincoln Park for $3.4 million. Bartsch was married to longtime U. of C. President Robert Zimmer until his death in 2023. (Cook County Assessor)

University of Chicago classics professor Shadi Bartsch sells Lincoln Park home for $3.4M

April 1, 2026 at 11:24 a.m.

University of Chicago classics professor Shadi Bartsch sold her five-bedroom home in Lincoln Park for $3.4 million. Bartsch was married to longtime U. of C. president Robert Zimmer until his...

The 37,700-square-foot mansion formerly owned by Chicago Bulls legend Michael Jordan in Highland Park is seen on March 27, 2026. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

Highland Park City Council shoots down plan to turn Michael Jordan’s former mansion into a museum

March 31, 2026 at 12:38 p.m.

With an unanimous 7-0 vote, the Highland Park City Council shot down plans to turn Michael Jordan’s former mansion into a museum that would have received between 100,000 and 180,000...

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