Mark Konkol, recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, wrote and produced the Peabody Award-winning series "Time: The Kalief Browder Story." He was a producer, writer and narrator for the "Chicagoland" docuseries on CNN and a consulting producer on the Showtime documentary "16 Shots."
"We owe it to Melissa and her family and the city to hold every person involved accountable," Chicago Police Supt David O. Brown said.
TAKE THE PATCH SURVEY: The percentage of Americans suffering from anxiety and depression symptoms has spiked to 32 percent compared to 2019.
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KONKOL COLUMN: Compared to 2019, when about 11 percent of adults had anxiety and depression, the number of folks in the dumps has spiked.
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KONKOL COLUMN: Help this stray dog that wandered on to my front porch find its way back home — or into yours.
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Public health commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady says the city is "a long way from being out of the woods" as the coronavirus crisis continues.
Chicago Bears great Dan Hampton pleaded guilty to drunken driving after being arrested last year in Indiana.
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KONKOL COLUMN: Gov. Pritzker said state can't intermingle federal COVID-19 cash for testing with Chicago funding. That's not true, feds say.
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"I'm certainly not going to get in any trouble at this stage of the game," Burke said in a secretly recorded conversation.
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Los Angeles police reportedly are investigating a misdemeanor battery allegation involving the Grammy-winning rapper.
About 55 percent of Chicago Teachers members who voted backed ending the work action, which was described as a "strike" in a union memo.
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Tiny molecules in three acid compounds found in hemp prevent coronavirus from infecting human cells, an Oregon State University study found.
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