Bob Goldsborough

Bob Goldsborough is a freelance writer for the Chicago Tribune.

Former Chicago White Sox pitcher Dallas Keuchel sold his home in Lakeview’s Southport Corridor area. (Rena Trapani)

Former Chicago White Sox pitcher Dallas Keuchel sells Southport Corridor home for $2.2M

May 6, 2026 at 11:10 a.m.

Former Chicago White Sox pitcher Dallas Keuchel sold his four-bedroom, 3,600-square-foot contemporary-style house in the North Side Lakeview neighborhood’s Southport Corridor area for $2.205 million.

Nicole Hollander, the creator of the comic strip "Sylvia," in her Roscoe Village home on Nov. 11, 2010. (Brian Cassella/ Chicago Tribune)

Nicole Hollander, cartoonist who created and syndicated the feminist comic strip ‘Sylvia,’ dies at 86

May 7, 2026 at 6:04 p.m.

For 33 years, the flamboyant main character Sylvia sported a feather boa and bedrooms slippers while wise-cracking on numerous subjects.

WGN-Ch. 9 anchor Paul Konrad sells Near West Side condo for $1.9M

May 5, 2026 at 12:31 p.m.

Konrad and his wife first listed the unit in 2020.

Waste Management CEO Dean Buntrock stands by one of his trucks for recycling waste on Feb 3, 1988, in Oak Brook. (Ernie Cox/Chicago Tribune)

Dean Buntrock, Waste Management company co-founder who oversaw rapid growth, dies at 94

May 4, 2026 at 12:50 p.m.

The longtime Hinsdale resident's company was first based in Chicago and then in Oak Brook. He also was a major donor to St. Olaf College.

Diane O’Keefe-Dunne, of Beverly, died April 15, 2026. She was a mother of 15 and a grandmother of 45. (Family photo)

Diane O’Keefe-Dunne, Beverly mother of 15, carved out careers in religion education, real estate

May 3, 2026 at 5:10 a.m.

A mother of 15 and a grandmother of 45, Diane O’Keefe-Dunne served as a mother to all the children in her Beverly community.

Chicago trading card magnate Matt Bayer and his wife, Joyce, sold their penthouse condominium near the top of the One Magnificent Mile building in Streeterville for $5.11875 million. (Kim Quillen)

Trading card magnate Matt Bayer sells Mag Mile condo for $5.11M

May 1, 2026 at 3:16 p.m.

Bayer and his wife bought the 46th-floor duplex condo they sold Thursday in stages between 2010 and 2014. They first listed the unit in September.

A home in south suburban Matteson that the late actor and comedian Bernie Mac co-owned from 2003 until his death in 2008 sold for $300,000. (Cook County Assessor)

Matteson home once owned by the late actor and comedian Bernie Mac sells for $300,000

April 30, 2026 at 2:27 p.m.

A three-bedroom, 2,158-square-foot house in south suburban Matteson that the late actor and comedian Bernie Mac co-owned from 2003 until his death in 2008 has sold.

Bettye Odom gives a facial treatment to a customer at the Bettye O Day Spa in June 2006. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune)

Bettye Odom, a Hyde Park spa owner and evangelist for Black skin care, dies at 90

April 30, 2026 at 1:36 p.m.

Bettye Odom of Chicago spent 48 years running her spa, building a reputation as an expert on skin care for African Americans and developing products through her own product line,...

Chicago Tribune editor Jeff Carlson in 2019. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

Longtime Tribune editor Jeff Carlson dies at 68

April 28, 2026 at 10:03 a.m.

Jeff Carlson copy edited the Pulitzer Prize-winning series, “The Failures Before the Fires,” among many other projects at the Tribune. "He was consistently the copy editor of choice for big...

Former Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan and his wife, Christine, placed their six-bedroom, 5,200-square-foot limestone and masonry house in Lincoln Park on the market for $4.5 million. (Bob Goldsborough)

Former Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan lists Lincoln Park home for $4.5M

April 24, 2026 at 12:07 p.m.

The Donovans paid $3.5 million in 2021 for the three-story house, which at that time was newly built by AK Custom Homes.

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