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."
National Guard, union workers turned McCormick Place into 2,250 room alternative hospital to care for coronavirus patients in two weeks.
Mayor Lightfoot says Chicago is "not going to compromise our long-term future and our position" due to the coronavirus crisis.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot called on Chicagoans who might know the identity of "cowardly" shooters to speak up during the public health crisis.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot sets 9 p.m. curfew on liquor sales during new coronavirus stay-at-home order.
KONKOL COLUMN: The only takeaway from Mayor Lori Lightfoot's coronavirus haircut controversy: Stay home. Save Lives. Quit whining.
As of Saturday, 61 of the 86 city residents confirmed to have have died from the new coronavirus were African American, city officials say.
Chicago police issued most stay-at-home warnings in police districts on the West Side and along the North Side lakefront.
KONKOL COLUMN: In post-coronavirus Chicago, returning to how the city used to be – starkly divided by class and race — isn't good enough.
19th Ward Ald. Matt O'Shea teamed up with The Original Pancake House to raise $50,000 to support first responders, health care workers.
Mayor Lightfoot selects former Dallas police chief David Brown as next top cop.
Lightfoot tells 'Today" show, "I don’t pay a lot of attention to the things that come out of the president’s mouth in his daily briefings."
Deadly coronavirus "does not discriminate and no one is immune. ... everyone needs to continue to stay home and save lives," mayor said.
Police board named former Dallas top cop, Aurora police chief and West Side deputy chief named finalists for Chicago police superintendent.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot Tuesday called on healthy, willing and able residents to volunteer as the city fight coronavirus spread.
KONKOL COLUMN: Nurses like my sister are at risk during pandemic as hospitals prioritize mask supplies over protecting health care workers.
City to provide hotel, meals for police and fire employees to rest after their shift in effort to protect their families from coronavirus.
Mayor Lightfoot showed off her lighter side in sketch comedy bits aimed at gently driving home a serious message: 'Stay home. Save lives.'
CPS to start e-learning April 13, deploy more than 100,000 devices to students as schools remain closed due to coronavirus.
Grammy winner, cancer survivor John Prine has been hospitalized with coronavirus. Prine got his musical start on tiny stages in Chicago.
Twelve nurses at University of Illinois Hospital were infected with the new coronavirus. One nurse was pregnant, nurses union says.
