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."
Public records show Quiote's owners served booze months after state liquor license expired, and got evicted for $40,000 in unpaid rent.
City Hall's alleged cover-up of Laquan McDonald video was legal, AG says. Chicagoans deserve to know what Mayor Lightfoot will do about it.
Blue Island Beer Company founders didn't brew Massive Political Corruption Ale For The Chicago City Council, but if the beer fits, drink it.
"To tell the truth is at the heart of Rule 14 and at the heart of community trust in the police:" Chicago Police Board dissenting members.
When Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins got his stolen guitar back after 27 years, he took it to Chicago's guitar miracle worker Geoff Benge.
Radio host Mancow Muller told Wilmette police Harvest Bible Chapel pastor twice asked him about "contract killer": police report.
MARK KONKOL COMMENTARY: Chicago eagerly awaits Mayor Lightfoot's "Marshall Plan" to rebuild forgotten neighborhoods neglected by City Hall.
A Harvest Bible parishioner also claimed during a Mancow podcast interview that the disgraced pastor asked him to kill his "son-in-law."
MARK KONKOL COMMENTARY: Mayor-Elect Lightfoot doesn't need to boss alderman to root out corrupt culture that plagues Chicago City Council.
KONKOL COMMENTARY: Lightfoot says she has voter mandate to end aldermanic prerogative that has "stranglehold on everything about Chicago."
VIDEO: 6th Ward Challenger Deborah Foster Bonner's Campaign Manager Allegedly Punched By Ald. Sawyer Campaign Field Director On Election Day
MARK KONKOL COMMENTARY: Emanuel's failure, FBI wire and Preckwinkle's clout created perfect storm and conditions for Lightfoot victory.
MARK KONKOL COMMENTARY: Rahm Emanuel's fake outrage over Smollett case part of long con to rewrite legacy of failure, score TV gig.
"You a homosexual," 6th Ward Ald. Roderick Sawyer campaign worker says as video catches him stealing Deborah Foster Bonner campaign signs.
UPDATE: Kim Foxx did not formally recuse herself In Smollett case. Foxx claims she "informally separated herself from 'decision-making.'"
Mark Konkol: At debates, Preckwinkle responds like Siri — the iPhone's AI assistant that rarely gives you straight answers.
MARK KONKOL: "My first thought was that Toni went to Miss Manners School," Stroger said. "She treated me like a long-lost auntie."
MARK KONKOL: Don't let homophobic flyers distract from reason Preckwinkle doesn't deserve support. She's loyal to the political status quo.
MARK KONKOL: Foster-Bonner 6th Ward race "isn't about him" — Ald. Roderick Sawyer, who voted with Mayor Emanuel 100 percent of the time.
Mark Konkol: Preckwinkle's admiration for Lightfoot being openly gay seemed like thinly veiled attempt to capitalize on bigotry to win votes
