John Keilman

John Keilman is a former Tribune reporter.

Bears co-owner Patrick McCaskey, center right, attends the funeral Mass of former Bears General Manager Jerry Vainisi at Old St. Patrick's Church in Chicago on Oct. 14, 2022.

Jerry Vainisi, Bears GM during Super Bowl XX season, remembered as hard-driving but generous family man

October 16, 2022 at 12:42 p.m.

Most people knew Jerry Vainisi as the general manager of the Chicago Bears during their magical Super Bowl season of 1985, but to his family and friends, he was a...

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten with daughters Gwen, 14, left, and Audrey, 11, in the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 4, 2019, in Washington.

US Rep. Sean Casten says his daughter died of sudden cardiac arrhythmia

October 8, 2022 at 6:10 p.m.

Suburban U.S. Rep. Sean Casten's 17-year-old daughter died in June of sudden heart failure in the family's Downers Grove home, the congressman said Friday. In a statement released Friday afternoon...

While lawmakers worry about ‘rainbow fentanyl,’ some experts say fears of new street opioid overblown

October 6, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.

DuPage County Sheriff James Mendrick was looking over bulletins from other law enforcement agencies when he saw something that chilled him — an alert about a new kind of fentanyl...

Christine Settingsgaard sentada en su patio el 14 de septiembre de 2022 en Barrington. Settingsgaard fue atraída a una estafa financiera sofisticada este verano a través de un hombre que conoció en Hinge.

El caso del depósito desaparecido: Mujer defraudada con cheques por un farsante revela la vulnerabilidad de las cuentas bancarias

October 5, 2022 at 7:23 p.m.

Sólo cuando ya era demasiado tarde, Christine Settingsgaard vio las banderas rojas que adornaban a su novio en línea. Se comunicaba por mensajes de texto y llamadas telefónicas, nunca por...

Christine Settingsgaard sits in her yard on Sept 14, 2022, in Barrington. Settingsgaard was lured into sophisticated financial scam this summer via a man she met on Hinge.

The case of the vanishing deposit: Barrington woman defrauded in catfishing check scam that reveals vulnerability of bank accounts

October 5, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.

Only when it was too late did Christine Settingsgaard see the red flags festooning her online boyfriend. He communicated by text messages and phone calls, never by video. He always...

Stacey Portugal walks through the memorial for victims of the Highland Park Independence Day parade mass shooting with her son, Jacob Portugal, who lives in California, on Aug. 15, 2022.

Highland Park to relocate July 4 mass shooting memorials; ‘It brought us together in a beautiful way, but it’s time to move on’

September 28, 2022 at 3:09 p.m.

The Highland Park City Council agreed Tuesday to begin disassembling the informal downtown memorials honoring the victims of the July 4 mass shooting, saying they have proven traumatic to some...

Notes and other items are left at the public art installation created by artist Jacqueline von Edelberg and others in and around the memorial.

Highland Park seeks relocation of downtown memorials to July Fourth mass shooting victims

September 26, 2022 at 11:35 p.m.

Two informal memorials created to remember victims of the Fourth of July mass shootings in Highland Park could soon be moved from their prominent downtown locations if City Council members...

Dustin Johnson prepares to tee off in the pro-am at the LIV Golf tournament.

Saudi-backed LIV golf series lands at Rich Harvest Farms, bringing drama (and bare legs) to Illinois

September 16, 2022 at 4:25 p.m.

Thursday's media session at the LIV Golf Invitational Series at Rich Harvest Farms made it abundantly clear the event will not be a typical professional golf tournament. Loud techno music...

A man wearing an Oath Keepers shirt stands outside the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Nov. 19, 2021. A new report says the names of hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of a far-right extremist group that's accused of playing a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Anti-Defamation League says 10 purported Oath Keepers in Illinois work as firefighters, paramedics or EMTs, most of any state

September 9, 2022 at 5:38 p.m.

Ten Illinois firefighters, paramedics and EMTs appear to have joined the ranks of the far-right Oath Keepers, more than in any other state, according to a report released Wednesday by...

Notes are left for Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza at the public art installation in Highland Park created for the victims of the Independence Day mass shooting, pictured on Aug. 28, 2022.

Public art installation honoring Highland Park victims still draws a crowd 2 months after mass shooting, but it might be scaled back

September 4, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.

Blair Miller and her four young children had often driven past Highland Park's public art installation honoring the victims of the July 4 mass shooting, but it was weeks before...

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