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FILE – Hawaii coach June Jones and quarterback Nick Rolovich laugh during the fourth quarter action at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu on Dec. 8, 2001. (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman, File)

June Jones, whose run-and-shoot offense dazzled at Hawaii and in the NFL, dies at 73

By Associated Press

October 29, 2026 at 8:56 p.m.

By The Associated Press June Jones, the cutting-edge coach who brought the run-and-shoot offense to...

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020 file photo, Patrick Stewart attends the LA Premiere of "Star Trek: Picard," in Los Angeles. The award-winning actor best known as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard of "Star Trek" has a deal with Gallery Books for a "revealing and heartwarming look" into his life and times, the publisher announced Tuesday, June 30. A title and release date will be determined later. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Patrick Stewart, stage giant also of ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ fame, dies at 86

By Mark Kennedy

October 29, 2026 at 3:15 p.m.

Patrick Stewart, the classically trained stage actor who scaled the Shakespearean canon and added gravitas...

Lawrence Wyllie arrives for his arraignment on federal fraud charges at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago Sept. 27, 2017. Wyllie led the Lincoln-Way high school district for more than two decades. (José M. Osorio/baiduhai)

Lawrence Wyllie, indicted former Lincoln-Way superintendent, dies

By Gregory Royal Pratt

October 29, 2026 at 7:51 p.m.

Lawrence Wyllie, a former Lincoln-Way High School District 210 who faced federal indictment alleging financial...

The Rev. William T. O’Mara (Archdiocese of Chicago)

Rev. William T. O’Mara served St. Elizabeth Seton in Orland Hills; Marian Catholic

By Bob Goldsborough

June 4, 2026 at 5:36 p.m.

Rev. William O’Mara capped was pastor of St. Elizabeth Seton Parish in Orland Hills and...

FILE – Peabo Bryson smiles at the European premiere of “Michael Jackson: The Life Of An Icon,” in London, Nov. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)

Peabo Bryson, known for duets from Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ has died at 75

By Maria Sherman

June 2, 2026 at 9:13 p.m.

Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer best known as the voice behind the...

The husband-and-wife writing team of Judith Barnard and Michael Fain, who write as Judith Michael because one name is easier for readers to remember, relax before an interview at home in Chicago May 5, 1999. (Stephen J. Carrera/AP)

Column: Remembering Chicago’s Judith Barnard, half of a bestselling novelist team

By Rick Kogan

June 2, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

She and her husband Michael Fain wrote together as Judith Michael, and their novels were...

Spencer Leak Jr., president of Leak & Sons Funeral Home, works at the location in Country Club Hills on May 6, 2020. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Chicago remembers Spencer Leak Jr.’s commitment to its communities and families

By Darcel Rockett

June 2, 2026 at 3:28 p.m.

Spencer Leak Jr. spent four decades working at his family business, Leak & Sons Funeral...

Rick Adelman, shown as the Timberwolves coach during a game against the Thunder on March 29, 2013 ,in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

Hall of Fame coach Rick Adelman, who won 1,042 games and twice reached the NBA Finals, dies at 79

By Tim Reynolds

June 1, 2026 at 6:48 p.m.

Rick Adelman played in the NBA from 1969-75 but found his calling as a coach....

Spencer Leak Jr., vice president of Leak & Sons Funeral Homes, works at its Country Club Hills location on May 6, 2020. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Spencer Leak Jr., of longtime family funeral home Leak & Sons, dies at 56

By Audrey Pachuta

May 31, 2026 at 8:16 p.m.

Spencer Leak Jr., the vice president of prominent Chicago funeral home Leak & Sons has...

The Blackhawks' Dennis Hull (10) gets past Detroit defenseman Dale Rolfe (3), but the Red Wings' goalie Roy Edwards turns aside the shot in the second period on Nov. 4, 1970, at the Chicago Stadium. (Dave Fornell/Chicago Today)

Dennis Hull, Chicago Blackhawks All-Star forward, dies at 81

By Kalen Lumpkins

June 1, 2026 at 12:07 p.m.

Dennis Hull, an undrafted forward and younger brother of legend Bobby Hull spent 13 seasons...

FILE – Marcia Lucas, wife of director George Lucas, right, carries her Oscar statuette as they arrive at a post Academy Awards party at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, April 4, 1978. (AP Photo, File)

Oscar-winning ‘Star Wars’ editor Marcia Lucas dies at 80

By Andrew Dalton

May 30, 2026 at 12:39 p.m.

Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar as editor of the original 1977 “Star Wars” and...

Photographer David Plowden at his home in Winnetka in 2012. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

David Plowden, a photographer who saw poetry in railways, dies at 93

By Bob Goldsborough

June 18, 2026 at 9:54 a.m.

His pictures of trains, railways and the people who work on them have hung in...

Pierre Deny attending a Photocall as part of the 21st Festival of TV Fiction at La Rochelle, France on September 14, 2019. Photo by Aurore Marechal/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images)

‘Emily in Paris’ alum Pierre Deny dead after ‘sudden and severe’ ALS battle

By Jami Ganz

May 27, 2026 at 1:10 p.m.

"Emily in Paris" actor Pierre Deny, who appeared in the Netflix hit's third and fourth...

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