John Keilman

Man charged with reckless homicide after striking woman with his car in the Loop

May 30, 2021 at 5:11 p.m.

A Matteson man with an expired driver's license was driving the wrong way down Wabash Avenue in the Loop when he struck and killed a woman crossing the street, Cook...

Column: Sports, television and the precious, fleeting signposts of our lives

May 28, 2021 at 8:59 p.m.

My mother-in-law spent one of the last nights of her life the same way she had spent thousands of others — in front of a television, watching a game. I...

Financial woes doom West Loop drug treatment center for women. Site to be turned into housing, retail. ‘So many beautiful stories came out of there.’

May 28, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

A unique drug treatment program that has been a beacon for women struggling with addiction will close Friday after years of financial strain, its historic brick and limestone building set...

Morgan Miller, 15, left, and Danielle Hrinowich, 18, pull Ryan Mellema, 19, onto a board during lifeguard testing at the Rakow Center outdoor pool in Carpentersville on May 12, 2021.

Swimming pools scramble to overcome lifeguard shortage as opening day looms. Teen workforce, unnerved by COVID-19, proves hard to reach.

May 16, 2021 at 11:52 a.m.

Persuading a teenager to become a lifeguard has never been easy. The job comes with life-or-death responsibility yet often pays less than flipping burgers or folding sweaters. But as outdoor...

Cay target shooting practice at the Downers Grove Sportsmen's Club on April 30, 2021.

Rising popularity of trap shooting heralds the return of high school firearm sports

May 19, 2021 at 4:13 p.m.

If you stumble upon one of the fastest-growing high school sports in the country, you might take it for a church picnic until you notice the shotguns. Trap shooting, a...

A syringe is loaded with Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a Cook County health center in North Riverside.

With younger teens now vaccine eligible, schools aim to be their source for COVID-19 shots: ‘Make it available in a place they already are’

May 11, 2021 at 7:04 p.m.

Determined to get COVID-19 shots in young arms before the end of the school year, several suburban Chicago school districts hope to deliver vaccines to students 12 and older at...

The soaring number of students in quarantine is the latest obstacle for schools and sports teams trying to get back to normal

April 23, 2021 at 6:22 p.m.

When Tim Burns received a call from the nurse at his daughter Emma's school on a recent afternoon, the message was both alarming and confusing. He was told Emma, a...

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