Allison Kiehl

Allison Kiehl is a reporter on the Tribune’s metro desk. She graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 2024, and before joining the Chicago Tribune, she previously worked at the Knoxville News Sentinel and Cincinnati Enquirer.

Bride-to-be Lexie Ippolito looks over a stranger's wedding dress at her parents' house Oct. 23, 2026, in Schaumburg. The stranger's dress had been stored in the family's house for more than a decade. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago bride’s social media search for her mother’s dress reunites family with lost wedding heirloom

October 28, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

A 2027 Chicago bride is searching for her mom’s wedding dress, lost more than a decade ago. Along the way, she made another family’s dream come true.

Cook County Commissioner Alma Anaya attends a county board meeting on Sept. 23, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Cook County commissioner seeks more data protection from ICE: ‘Our duty to protect it’

October 21, 2026 at 7:57 p.m.

Cook County commissioners are looking to take a digital leap to help protect residents' data from the grasp of immigration enforcement agents.

Cook County Board Commissioner Donna Miller, a candidate for the Illinois' 2nd Congressional District, attends a ribbon cutting for a new wellness center in Riverdale on Oct. 16, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

Illinois 2nd District race: Democrat Donna Miller aims to succeed Robin Kelly — and stay for years

October 21, 2026 at 10:29 a.m.

Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller, who beat Jesse Jackson Jr. in the primary, is the favorite for the open South Side-to-Danville seat. She’s running on healthcare against a low-profile Republican...

Michael Drennan waves the American flag during a No Kings rally along North McCormick Boulevard, Oct. 17, 2026, in Skokie. (Arthur Maiorella/Chicago Tribune)

At latest No Kings rallies, smaller crowds and a ‘vote early’ rallying cry

October 19, 2026 at 10:46 a.m.

It was a muted Saturday for the No Kings movement, which previously drew larger crowds to nationwide rallies against President Donald Trump.

4 men wounded Friday night in drive-by shooting in Little Village

October 18, 2026 at 3:31 p.m.

Four men were wounded in a drive-by shooting Friday night in the Little Village neighborhood, Chicago police said.

Mike Matray looks around the entryway as docent Padraic Power stands at right inside the historic Noble-Seymour-Crippen house in Chicago’s Norwood Park on Oct. 3, 2026. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Supporters of Noble-Seymour-Crippen house fight to sustain its place in history

October 17, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Norwood Park Historical Society hopes the path to generating more income for the Noble-Seymour-Crippen House is by becoming more of a tourist destination in Chicago.

The Sri Venkateswara Swami Balaji Temple on Oct. 14, 2026, in Aurora. The temple was the target of a foiled terror attack. (Arthur Maiorella/Chicago Tribune)

‘Ordinary white kid’ or ‘neo-Nazi’? Court records offer new insight into alleged plot to attack Hindu temple

October 16, 2026 at 6:09 p.m.

On the surface, Alexandros Paporakis described himself as “an ordinary white kid going to college and working.” But beneath that facade, he wrote, was “a sociopathic white supremacist neo-Nazi,” according...

People make the sign of the cross at the start of noon Mass, which included special prayers for Pope Leo XIV, at Holy Name Cathedral on Oct. 14, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago prays for native son Pope Leo XIV as he battles lung cancer. ‘His heart is still connected to this city.’

October 14, 2026 at 5:39 p.m.

Local Catholic faithful pray for the healing of Pope Leo after physicians diagnosed him with adenocarcinoma, the most common form of lung cancer.

The sun sets over an 87th Street gas station on Oct. 10, 2026, near where a person was fatally stabbed last week. (Arthur Maiorella/Chicago Tribune)

Judge detains trans woman accused of fatally stabbing ‘bully’ on South Side

October 11, 2026 at 6:03 p.m.

Kelly Day, 32, faces a first-degree murder charge for the fatal stabbing on East 87th Street Wednesday.

Manager and bartender Mike Stamp places a Post-It note over a finger gesture on a life-size cutout of former Chicago Bears player and coach Mike Ditka after bringing it out of a back room at Gracie O'Malley's, 1635 N. Milwaukee Ave., on Oct. 9, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

‘This is Mike Ditka we’re talking about. This is a big deal.’ Tributes pour in across Chicago for Da Coach.

October 9, 2026 at 3:40 p.m.

Fans from across the city and country expressed their condolences for the passing of former Bears coach Mike Ditka, who led the 1985 team to the Super Bowl.

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