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."
Former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett didn't make it to Pullman National Monument party. Per usual, the South Side got the short stick: Rahm.
Take the Patch Poll: Which Cook County Democrat do you trust the most: State's Attorney Kim Foxx or Ex-con Gov. Rod Blagojevich?
KONKOL COMMENTARY: Gov. Pritzker doth protest Trump clemency for his federal wiretap buddy, former Gov. Rod Blagojevich, too much, methinks.
KONKOL COLUMN: Meet Pullman National Monument's new Supt. Teri Gage. "Dumb luck" led her to a dream career as a national park missionary.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot brings new transparency to police misconduct investigations by releasing reports typically kept secret from public.
TACO TUESDAY: Los Tacos & Desserts chef Jose Hernandez serves up authentic Mexican cuisine that "tastes like you're at home."
KONKOL COMMENTARY: Second City Cop Blog party-swapping strategy for ousting Kim Foxx might sound good when you're drunk, but it won't work.
KONKOL COMMENTARY: Patch column inspires City Hall to consider adding felonious former politicians to Chicago's do-not-rehire list.
For Your Reading Pleasure: Top Cop Eddie Johnson, 191 police officers, 22 firefighters among those blacklisted from scoring city jobs.
KONKOL COMMENTARY: Kim Foxx's resignation would take all the fun out of watching Cook County voters unleash Facebook rage on Election Day.
State's Attorney Kim Foxx's opponents are calling for her resignation after Jussie Smollett got indicted on new charges. Do you agree?
KONKOL COMMENTARY: The Sun-Times didn't just endorse Kim Foxx's reelection bid. Its owners donated $750,000 to her campaign since September.
KONKOL COMMENTARY: Knowing 1966 murder suspect's death helped Chicago police boost murder clearance rate in 2019 feels like a dirty trick.
The Archdiocese of Chicago consolidation plan calls for merging St. Kevin, St. George , St. Francis de Sales and Annuciata into one parish.
City and state officials want Federal Emergency Management Agency to declare Chicago's lakefront a disaster zone, fund erosion protection.
Chicago Fire Department provides free smoke detectors and fire safety information to 10th Ward residents at Engine 46 until 2 p.m. Friday.
VIDEO: Watch crews clear overgrown woodland from former Ryerson Steel property in Pullman where Amazon wants to build a distribution center.
Devastating winters storms in January prompt Mayor Lori Lightfoot to declare Chicago's lakefront a local disaster area.
Cook County state's attorney candidate Donna More targeted Bob Fioretti with unfounded, Mothman-like conspiracy theory on the Mancow Show.
KONKOL: City Hall should send fired top cop a bill for his misconduct probe, and a message: There's price to pay for lying, cops included.
