John Keilman

Kyle Franklin, 17, a running back at Immaculate Conception Catholic Prep, lifts weights during an early morning conditioning session at the Elmhurst school on Feb. 3, 3021. He plans to study engineering and play football at Indiana State University.

For pandemic-era high school students, the thrill is gone: ‘They took away all of the joy, and left us with nothing but homework’

February 17, 2021 at 2:50 p.m.

After Senn High School student Davion Holmes was named captain of the football team, and won a spot on the varsity basketball team, too, the lifelong athlete dreamed of spending...

Englewood resident Fannie Peeples gets a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine from Friend Health nurse Syreetta Stinson at the Peace House of I Grow Chicago, March 26, 2021. I Grow Chicago teamed with Friend Health to provide 150 vaccines, coffee and doughnuts at the event.

Stark divide in Illinois COVID-19 vaccinations by race, ethnicity and age, new data shows

February 12, 2021 at 8:04 p.m.

Confirming fears of inequity in COVID-19 vaccinations, newly released state data shows that Black and Hispanic Illinoisans so far have been vaccinated at half the rate of white residents. And...

Christine Finnigan said if she's forced to endure a painful withdrawal from her methadone, she'll be in danger of relapsing and overdosing once she's released — a regular occurrence for inmates who go cold turkey behind bars.

‘We shouldn’t even have to have this conversation’: Woman recovering from opioid addiction sues to get methadone treatment in DuPage County Jail

February 12, 2021 at 12:42 p.m.

By her own telling, Christine Finnigan was a wreck. She had stumbled after a decade of recovery from a Vicodin addiction, drinking and resuming her opioid use. Depressed and scarcely...

In a complaint filed Monday, the family of a novice stock trader who killed himself after mistakenly believing he lost more than $700,000 are suing Robinhood Financial, claiming the popular stock trading platform's business practices "directly" led to their son's death.

Naperville family sues Robinhood, saying stock trading app played role in son’s suicide last year

February 9, 2021 at 5:24 p.m.

The family of a Naperville college student who took his own life last year after apparently becoming convinced he had racked up a six-figure debt on the stock trading platform...

Boot camp at Naval Station Great Lakes sees first COVID-19 death

February 5, 2021 at 7:08 p.m.

The boot camp at Naval Station Great Lakes near North Chicago saw its first COVID-19 fatality this week when an instructor died from causes related to the virus. Chief Quartermaster...

Think GameStop is wild? Meet Dogecoin, the meme-inspired digital currency that began as a joke and is now worth billions.

February 5, 2021 at 3:07 p.m.

For a minute there, it looked like Ronny Maali had struck it rich — relatively speaking. The accounting student from Orland Park last year bought more than 1,000 Dogecoins, a...

Naperville attorney sues Robinhood after online stock brokerage restricts trading in BlackBerry, GameStop and other hot stocks

January 29, 2021 at 7:51 a.m.

A Naperville attorney has filed a federal lawsuit against the popular online stock brokerage Robinhood after it restricted trading in GameStop, BlackBerry and other companies whose stocks surged in price...

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