John Keilman – Page 17

Inmates read from journals during a group session for recovering addicts at the Kane County Jail.

‘We were blown away to see the success’: Kane County Jail drug treatment program slashes post-incarceration overdoses

April 25, 2021 at 11:08 a.m.

Mason is only 30, but for nearly half his life he has been using hard drugs, including heroin. The petty crimes that came with his habit landed him in jail...

Marchers are blocked from getting any closer to Mayor Lori Lightfoot's home near Wrightwood and Central Park avenues on April 16, 2021, as they protest the fatal police shooting of Adam Toledo.

Video ‘made my blood boil’: Protesters march in Logan Square to demand justice for 13-year-old Adam Toledo

April 17, 2021 at 1:59 p.m.

Several thousand people gathered in Logan Square Park on Friday evening to demand justice for 13-year-old Adam Toledo and all victims of police violence, according to organizers. By 6 p.m.,...

Willis Tower is seen in downtown Chicago as the Humboldt Park Gators baseball team practices.

‘I hope they understand what they’re doing is important.’ The Humboldt Park Gators, a rare all-girls baseball team, poised to begin inaugural season

April 12, 2021 at 10:37 a.m.

The Humboldt Park Gators, a youth baseball team named after the neighborhood's illustrious former resident, had assembled for practice in the park's Little Cubs Field and coach Chip Mitchell was...

Mary Claire Peceny, left, and Michele Freiburg hand out campaign leaflets to a voter heading to the polls at Beye Elementary School in Oak Park on April 6, 2021.

Two suburban mayors caught up in federal investigations appear headed to new terms in municipal elections

April 7, 2021 at 2:02 p.m.

Two suburban mayors entangled in law enforcement investigations seemed headed to victory in Tuesday's municipal elections, unofficial returns showed. In south suburban Crestwood, voters appeared to be backing Mayor Lou...

Column: A police report, a headline and a father’s pain — the long shadow of a Page 8 story

April 5, 2021 at 5:32 a.m.

It was the kind of story reporters do all the time: Something terrible happened, the police investigated and I wrote about what they found. That was the end of it....

Eric Dubiel, who is running for Lake Zurich trustee through his one-man party, LZ Thrive, on April 2, 2021.

What’s in a name? A look at the strategies and schemes behind the obscure political parties of Chicago’s suburbs.

April 5, 2021 at 2:23 p.m.

When Eric Dubiel was contemplating a run for the Lake Zurich Village Board this year, he thought he'd have to rely on his name alone before he realized a fine...

A street sweeper cleans outside Wrigley Field on March 30, 2021.

Cubs opening day at Wrigley Field will be one of Chicago’s 1st mass events in more than a year. And with that, comes many changes.

April 1, 2021 at 9:02 a.m.

Cubs season ticket holder Patrick McCarron moved to Wrigleyville two years ago so he'd have an easier time getting to games, only to see Wrigley Field closed to fans once...

Conservative student and supporter of President Donald Trump, Nick Fuentes during an interview with Agence France-Presse in Boston on May 9, 2016.

Cancel proof? Activists are trying to get Nick Fuentes, a far-right video streamer from the western suburbs, kicked off the internet. It might be impossible.

March 29, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

For someone who has been deplatformed as thoroughly as anyone this side of Donald Trump, Nick Fuentes is still easy to find online. The FBI has called the far-right streamer...

St. Joseph's Collin Thomey (31), left, gets bonked on the nose as players scramble for the ball during a game between the 8th grade boys basketball teams from Prairieview-Ogden Junior High and St. Joseph Middle School on March 4, 2021.

Pandemic batters middle school sports association in Illinois; no state tournaments means no revenue, $1.5 million budget hole

March 22, 2021 at 7:51 a.m.

The basketball game had all the trappings of a state championship: two teams battling in a noisy downstate gym, both hungry to better their prior seasons when they came oh-so-close...

Thad Reuter, brother of Rhoni Reuter, hugs assistant states attorney Patricia Fix after a verdict was reached in the Marni Yang trial at the Lake County Courthouse in Waukegan.

‘A bunch of smoke and mirrors.’ Rhoni Reuter’s brother says convicted murderer Marni Yang’s exoneration effort should end.

March 16, 2021 at 3:53 p.m.

The brother of Rhoni Reuter said Tuesday the woman convicted of killing his sister should "accept the consequences for (her) action" rather than seek exoneration through a court process that...

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