Caroline Kubzansky

Caroline Kubzansky covers criminal justice with a focus on violence and its root causes for the Tribune. She previously worked as a general assignment reporter and started her career covering the northern suburbs. A graduate of the University of Illinois-Springfield's Public Affairs Reporting Program and the University of Chicago, she is a committed Chicago partisan and a native of Washington, D.C.

State Sen. Cristina Castro speaks about unaccompanied immigrant children being targeted for deportation removal in court during a press conference Aug. 26, 2026, at the National Immigrant Justice Center in Chicago’s Loop. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Immigration judges in Chicago deporting abused, neglected children in violation of their due process: attorneys

August 26, 2026 at 6:14 p.m.

An immigration judge entered removal proceedings against some of the children, despite their attempts to seek a long-held legal protection to remain in safety in the United States due to...

A protester and a federal agent face off in the McKinley Park neighborhood on Aug. 24, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Crowd in McKinley Park protests ICE after agents crash into truck and detain driver on I-55 ramp

August 24, 2026 at 5:30 p.m.

Protesters gathered in the McKinley Park neighborhood after immigration agents Monday crashed into a pickup truck near the Damen Avenue exit on I-55 and detained a driver.

Stripped cop from notorious downtown tactical team charged with domestic battery

August 22, 2026 at 3:32 p.m.

A Chicago police officer with several misconduct complaints was arrested Friday for domestic-violence, according to police sources and court records.

Cops who used tongue depressors to search man should be stripped of police powers, COPA says

August 19, 2026 at 11:40 p.m.

Regulators have recommended that two officers be stripped of their powers after finding that they tried to pry open a man's mouth with tongue depressors, records show.

Fans fight in the bleachers while the White Sox play the Cubs during the eighth inning of the City Series at Wrigley Field on Aug. 17, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

3 arrested at Wrigley Field during City Series, but none related to viral brawl in bleachers, sources say

August 18, 2026 at 4:49 p.m.

Just after the Cubs beat the White Sox in Monday night's City Series opener, Chicago police were called to Wrigley Field and found paramedics attending to a man with a...

The setting sun illuminates the exterior of South Chicago Chapel in the 2900 block of East 95th Street on Aug. 7, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

Years before corpses found at South Side funeral home, owners left decomposing bodies in van: police

August 17, 2026 at 7:12 p.m.

An Evergreen Park police officer was immediately suspicious when he found a running Chrysler minivan with two clearly decomposing corpses inside.

Officers investigate the South Chicago Chapel funeral home where 56 bodies were discovered in the 2900 block of East 95th Street on Aug. 6, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Missed opportunities, incomplete investigations preceded discovery of 56 bodies at funeral home

August 15, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The ongoing investigation into South Chicago Chapel is just the latest grim incident involving the so-called death care industry and highlights weaknesses within state law and enforcement.

People in hazmat suits work inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home where dozens of bodies were found on Aug. 6, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

County officials have identified 11 of the 56 people whose remains were found at South Chicago Chapel

August 10, 2026 at 8:01 p.m.

The medical examiner's office is also storing another 56 sets of cremated remains found inside the funeral home along with the corpses while police locate next of kin.

Officers investigate the scene where two people were fatally shot at Mark Twain Elementary School on Aug. 10, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Two fatally shot at Mark Twain Elementary School: police

August 10, 2026 at 7:11 p.m.

A pair of custodians were fatally shot at Mark Twain Elementary School on the city's Southwest Side.

Workers remove bodies from the South Chicago Chapel in the South Deering neighborhood on Aug. 7, 2026. The remains of over 50 people were discovered the day before at the funeral home in the 2900 block of East 95th Street. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

‘I want to see some justice’: Families, officials call for change amid investigation into funeral home

August 7, 2026 at 7:22 p.m.

Authorities on Friday continued to investigate after the remains of more than 50 people were recovered Thursday at a South Deering funeral home on the city’s Southeast Side.

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