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.

People gather at Oz Park in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood to protest against the proposed expansion of Francis Parker School onto Belden Avenue on Saturday, May 30, 2026. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

Lincoln Park neighbors stage park protest of possible Parker expansion

May 30, 2026 at 6:36 p.m.

A crowd gathered in Oz Park on May 30 to rally against the Francis W. Parker School's proposal to expand it's six-acre campus into a current residential building, add stadium...

Plainfield High student arrested for school shooting plan, police say

May 24, 2026 at 1:20 p.m.

A Plainfield High School freshman was arrested Friday by the Will County Sheriff's Office after a relative found a weapon and pinned him down.

Parade participants head south on Dearborn Street during the Memorial Day Parade, May 23, 2026, in Chicago. This year's parade was moved one block west to Dearborn Street because of construction projects on State Street. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago honors fallen service members with Memorial Day parade, community events

May 23, 2026 at 6:53 p.m.

Chicago celebrates the sacrifice with a wreath laying before a parade and an afternoon gathering in Humboldt Park.

Widow Colleen Decker holds a Chicago flag following the funeral services for husband, Chicago firefighter Steven Decker, at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Chicago on May 22, 2026. Decker's son Matt is at left and mother Geraldine is at right. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Hundreds attend funeral services for Chicago firefighter Steven Decker

May 22, 2026 at 4:18 p.m.

Steven Decker, a 30-year veteran, died during a training exercise on the city’s Far North Side last week after suffering a medical emergency.

Candles are placed at the scene of a fatal fire in the 6200 block of South Paulina Street in Chicago, May 21, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

Police investigate West Englewood fire that killed 2 children and 2 adults as arson: ‘They don’t deserve this’

May 21, 2026 at 6:28 p.m.

The house fire claimed the lives of two adults and two children while two teenagers survived after jumping out of a window and into a stranger's arms.

Joabe Barbosa runs with a friend in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood, Dec. 21, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Record-holding runner to stay despite student visa woes

May 20, 2026 at 6:08 p.m.

Joabe Barbosa, a Brazil native and Roosevelt University international student, thought he'd have to return home after not matching into an internship. However, for now, the 25-year-old is here to...

A dog peers from a damaged home as Chicago firefighters investigate an early morning fatal fire next door in the 6200 block of South Paulina in Chicago, May 20, 2026. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

2 children, 2 adults dead after fire in West Englewood, police say

May 20, 2026 at 9:05 p.m.

An 8-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy are dead after a fire being investigated as an arson in West Englewood on Wednesday, Chicago police said.

Shawnee Dez performs during a SNAP block party hosted by the Greater Chicago Food Depository and the Inner-City Muslim Action Network at Go Green Riot Plaza in the Englewood neighborhood Saturday May 16, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Englewood neighbors come together in face of new SNAP restrictions

May 16, 2026 at 7:19 p.m.

As many as 150,000 people in Illinois’ SNAP benefits were in jeopardy or already lost due to a program amendment embedded in President Donald Trump's “One Big Beautiful Bill."

Benyamin Bamburac, 15, stands in line with other graduates before walking into the fieldhouse to begin Lewis University’s graduation ceremony in Romeoville on May 15, 2026. Bamburac graduated with a master's degree in computer science. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

At 15, Romeoville teen makes Lewis University history as youngest student ever to receive master’s degree

May 16, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Benyamin Bamburac, 15, on Friday became Lewis University’s youngest student ever to receive his master's degree from the school in its nearly 100-year tenure.

Passengers are sprayed with disinfectant by Spanish government officials before boarding a plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands, Spain, on May 10, 2026. (Arturo Rodriguez/AP)

‘I just don’t want it to take over my life’: Hantavirus sparks fear, questions for some students in a post-COVID world