Jeff Coen

Jeff Coen is a deputy metro editor overseeing the Tribune’s criminal justice report and GA desk. With more than 25 years of experience, he was previously an investigative and enterprise reporter for the paper, and covered both Chicago’s main criminal courthouse and U.S. District Court, including both trials of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Alejandro Medina Franco, 49, with his wife, Maria Teresa Medina. 47, and their 2-year-old daughter, Joyce, at their home in Naperville on July 17, 2018.

Naperville father, facing deportation, fights to stay in U.S. to help care for daughter who has spina bifida

May 23, 2019 at 6:06 a.m.

Joyce Medina, who turns 3 this fall, proudly showed off her new red wheelchair, slowly pushing its small wheels across the wood floor of her Naperville home and looking up...

Alds. John Arena, 45th, and Ameya Pawar, 47th, shown at council chambers at City Hall in 2013, are among those advocating for more affordable housing in the city.

Aldermen and housing advocates push for measures on affordability

May 23, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

Several aldermen and a coalition of community advocates unveiled two ordinances Thursday advocating for more affordable housing in the city, including reforms to a key Mayor Rahm Emanuel program whose...

Emanuel administration proposes new city housing department, days after Tribune highlighted shortcomings

May 15, 2019 at 9:57 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration on Monday proposed creating a new city department to focus on affordable housing, an election-season move officials said would sharpen the city’s efforts on the issue....

Kalvin, from right, and Elmedina Goodman walk on Division Street with their sons Alen, 6, and Damien, 16, on May 7, 2018, near their former Atrium Village home in the apartment complex where several buildings were torn down for a new high-rise.

Key component of Emanuel affordable housing plan falls short

December 13, 2018 at 12:56 p.m.

As cranes have risen above Chicago and new development has spread out from the center of the city, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has told working families not to worry, assuring them...

Willow Creek Community Church on Jan. 13, 2018, in South Barrington.

Willow Creek elders will renew inquiry into Hybels as more allegations of misconduct surface

May 23, 2019 at 5:44 a.m.

The elders of Willow Creek Community Church are pledging to renew their investigation of the church's former pastor Bill Hybels as more allegations of inappropriate conduct with women surfaced this...

After Hybels resigns at Willow Creek, some say they wanted to see more contrition

May 23, 2019 at 5:43 a.m.

They sought his repentance, not his resignation. So when the Rev. Bill Hybels, founder of northwest suburban Willow Creek Community Church, announced Tuesday he would step down to avoid hindering...

Hybels steps down from Willow Creek following allegations of misconduct

May 23, 2019 at 5:42 a.m.

Forty-two years after founding one of the nation's most influential evangelical megachurches, the Rev. Bill Hybels told his congregation Tuesday night that he would step down from the helm of...

After years of inquiries, Willow Creek pastor denies misconduct allegations

May 23, 2019 at 5:18 a.m.

Last October, the Rev. Bill Hybels stood before worshippers at his packed sanctuary and made a stunning announcement. After 42 years building northwest suburban Willow Creek Community Church into one...

Corporation counsel Ed Siskel joins Mayor Rahm Emanuel to announce a lawsuit against the U.S. Justice Department over sanctuary city funding on Aug. 6, 2017, at City Hall.

Chicago fires back at feds’ request for ‘sanctuary city’ documents, questioning ‘integrity’ of Trump’s Justice Department

May 31, 2019 at 9:06 p.m.

The city of Chicago has told federal officials it is complying with a request for documents related to the ongoing dispute over its “sanctuary city” status by sending the Chicago...

New Pritzker-Blagojevich audio from FBI wiretaps sheds light on race issue in governor contest

May 31, 2019 at 9:09 p.m.

On a dark, bitterly cold Sunday afternoon a week before Christmas, an under-the-weather U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush delivered a blistering, half-hour sermon in a historic Bronzeville church on why voters...

All Stories