Mitch Dudek

Longtime Chicago newsman Bill Kurtis, along with his signature baritone pipes, is retiring from his role as judge and scorekeeper on NPR’s weekly hour-long news quiz program “Wait Wait... Don’t Tell Me!” “It’s certainly not for a lack of love,” Kurtis sai... See more

Babette Peyton, a disabled Army veteran, was an inspirational figure to thousands of Chicagoans. Sitting in her wheelchair, Ms. Peyton shot a bow and arrow using one arm and her mouth. She bit into a mouth tab attached to the bow string, extended her righ... See more

John Sharkey was a legend in the karate community. His Naperville dojo — Sharkey’s Karate Studio — is known for churning out dozens of tournament champions who’ve turned their craft into careers in Hollywood as stuntmen. His students have appeared in movi... See more

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