Cherie Travis

A life ring is posted at the end of Pratt Pier on Sept. 13, 2021, in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. A month earlier, Miguel Cisneros, 19, drowned after jumping off the pier for a swim, where there was no life ring at the time.

Cherie Travis and Abdullah Hasan Pratt: Prevent drownings in Lake Michigan? Easy, just install life rings.

August 16, 2022 at 12:14 a.m.

Early on the morning of June 6, an unidentified man was rescued from Lake Michigan with a life ring. Little did he know how remarkable that was, given how difficult...

Neutering program

August 21, 2021 at 11:58 a.m.

I was delighted that Tribune staff reporter Kayce T. Ataiyero did such a thorough job in reporting on a project that my humane society, PACT (People and Animals in Community...

Dog care

August 20, 2021 at 12:03 a.m.

As the director of a Humane Society, I am concerned that the story about the Westminster dog show in Madison Square Garden may prompt readers to want certain breeds of...

FREE TUITION

August 11, 2021 at 12:07 a.m.

As one who paid my own way through two degrees at the University of Illinois, I was appalled at the misuse and waste of state dollars for legislative tuition waivers...

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