Patricia Trebe

Aryeh Routtenberg, studied mechanisms behind memory, dies at 76

June 11, 2018 at 8:22 a.m.

Aryeh Routtenberg was a noted professor of psychology and neurobiology at Northwestern University who focused on understanding how the nervous system stores long-term memories. Routtenberg, 76, of Highland Park, died...

Students watch the documentary film The Hunting Ground followed by a discussion panel for outgoing Seniors at the Chicago Agricultural Science School on the topic of sexual assault on college campuses. At the Chicago Agricultural Science School. March 4th, 2016, in Chicago. (Gary Middendorf-Daily Southtown)

Chicago Agricultural High female seniors watch documentary on sexual assault

May 21, 2019 at 11:43 p.m.

Jeannette Akuamoah and most of her fellow female senior classmates at the Chicago Agricultural High School in Mt. Greenwood sat riveted to a screen Friday morning as they viewed a...

Bishop John C. McNabb dies

May 21, 2019 at 11:42 p.m.

Bishop John C. McNabb knew in the third grade that he wanted to become a priest, his family said, and he chose the Augustinian Order because of its sense of...

Silas Keehn, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago from 1981 to 1994, is seen in this Jan. 11, 1985, photo.

Silas Keehn, who ran Chicago’s Federal Reserve, dies at 85

June 11, 2018 at 10:48 a.m.

Silas Keehn was known for possessing a steady demeanor, which served him well during a tenure as president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago that included inflation, bank failures...

Theresa Fambro Hooks, a longtime employee at the Chicago Defender, wrote the "Teesee's Town" column for the paper.

Theresa Hooks, who wrote ‘Teesee’s Town’ column for Chicago Defender, dies

June 12, 2018 at 7:46 a.m.

A mention in "Teesee's Town," a column written by Theresa "Teesee" Fambro Hooks in the Chicago Defender, was for years highly sought after in the African-American social scene. "Teesee is...

Tinley Park trustees: Probe needed for planned housing development

May 21, 2019 at 11:34 p.m.

In the wake of community outrage over a proposed low-income housing development that residents feel has been rushed through the approval process, Tinley Park trustees say the village will conduct...

Pastor emeritus of Most Holy Redeemer Parish in Evergreen Park dies

May 21, 2019 at 11:34 p.m.

The Rev. Richard "Dick" Joseph Dempsey, a Chicago Archdiocesan priest, loved being a pastor not because of the status of the position, but because it involved him in the lives...

Oldest person in Illinois dies at age 112

May 21, 2019 at 11:33 p.m.

Edna Lawler, who became the oldest living person in Illinois in January when she turned 112, died Sunday in Beecher Manor from stroke complications. Lawler was a supercentenarian, a person...

Karen Kraemer, right, addresses approximately 60 of her fellow members of the Palos Health and Fitness Center in the cafe at Barnes and Noble in Orland Park about the planned May 1 closing of the health center. A public hearing on the issue will be held at 10 a.m. on Feb. 18 before the Illinois Health Facility and Services Review Board at the Orland Park Civic Center.

Opposition to Palos Fitness Center closing grows

May 21, 2019 at 11:32 p.m.

Anne Matty joined approximately 60 other members of the Palos Health and Fitness Center who crammed into the cafe at Barnes and Noble in Orland Park on Sunday to learn...

Robert Dederick, undersecretary of commerce for economic affairs, dies at 86

June 11, 2018 at 12:19 p.m.

Robert G. Dederick, former chief economist at Northern Trust Corp., believed economics was a field that had more to do with people than models or numbers. "What we, as economists,...

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