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."
KONKOL COMMENTARY: Folks forget which politician deserves credit for making their lives better, and they remember the ones who don't.
KONKOL COMMENTARY: City Hall push to revive Roseland commercial district needs a purpose that attracts people back to "The Ave" again.
Kenneth Hardy was charged with aggravated battery for allegedly shooting a teenage girl during a dispute over a parking space in June 2019.
Check out the results of this week's unscientific online opinion poll checking the pulse of Patch readers.
KONKOL COLUMN: Super Tuesday results created a terrifying scenario that could lead to Rahm Emanuel influencing a third U.S. President.
The decision came hours after COPA recommended taking the officers off the street after they shot a man twice at a CTA station.
Which Cook County State's Attorney Candidate will get your support in the Democratic primary election on March 17? Vote in the Patch poll.
Police said a 25 year-old man was shot dead Tuesday following argument during a basketball game in the 200 block of East 111th Street.
KONKOL COMMENTARY: Twitter video of cop shooting on CTA offers compelling argument for immediate release of police use-of-force videos.
KONKOL COMMENTARY: Charming Chicago clout story of lobbyist turned judicial candidate David Bonoma doesn't get mentioned in campaign ads.
KONKOL COLUMN: Sun-Times owners credited with saving paper donate nearly $1 million to Kim Foxx, who the paper endorsed for re-election.
Blago says Gov. Pritzker's legislative success is due to $7 million donation to a fund run by Speaker Madigan, Springfield's "Wizard of Oz."
After Mancow Muller's exclusive interview with Rod Blagojevich Thursday, the former governor answered three questions from Patch readers.
SOMETHING GOOD: An occasional series of joyous moments in Chicago. Got something good to share?
Columnist Mark Konkol to ask Blagojevich a question from a Patch reader live on the WLS AM 890 Mancow Muller morning show on Thursday.
Luis "Duck" Rojas and the crew at Calumet Bakery in South Deering made about 3,500 dozen traditional Polish donuts to celebrate Paczki Day.
Local restaurant closing: Pullman Food Hall sweet shop Laine's Bakery will close up shop after less than a year.
KONKOL COLUMN: Bashing Blago and giving Gov. Prtizker a free pass is the kind of journalistic B.S. that keeps corrupt status quo in power.
KONKOL COMMENTARY: Gov. Pritzker has the audacity to shrug off questions about Blago wiretaps. C'mon man, Illinoisans deserves better.
Patch Poll Results: Readers say felonious former Gov. Rod Blagojevich is more trustworthy than State's Attorney Kim Foxx.
