John Keilman

John Keilman is a former Tribune reporter.

Members of the community attend an interfaith service on July 10, 2022, at Glencoe Union Church after seven people were killed on July Fourth during a mass shooting in Highland Park.

‘We need help.’ In first Highland Park council meeting since mass shooting, mayor renews call for federal assault weapons ban.

July 26, 2022 at 11:26 a.m.

Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering continued to call for a federal ban on assault-style weapons Monday during the City Council's first meeting since the Independence Day mass shooting. Following a...

The unique dual life of ‘brainiac’ pitcher Wilson Cunningham — a Cubs minor leaguer and full-time University of Chicago student

July 23, 2022 at 1:45 p.m.

Lots of college students spend their summer jobs blowing whistles at the local swimming pool or making sundaes at Ye Olde Ice Cream Shoppe. Wilson Cunningham is spending his throwing...

Uno de los monumentos conmemorativos fotografiado el 10 de julio de 2022, seis días después de un tiroteo masivo en el desfile del 4 de julio en Highland Park.

Los fabricantes de armas han evitado la responsabilidad tras los tiroteos masivos. Eso empieza a cambiar, y Highland Park lo ha notado

July 18, 2022 at 3:12 p.m.

Mientras los funcionarios de Highland Park reflexionan sobre su respuesta legal al tiroteo masivo del Día de la Independencia que mató a siete personas e hirió a docenas más, un...

Gun control activists rally near the U.S. Capitol calling for a federal ban on assault weapons on July 13, 2022, in Washington. Friends, family and mourners of the victims of the Highland Park and Uvalde, Texas, mass shootings marched for a change in gun laws.

Gun-makers have long been shielded from liability after mass shootings. That’s starting to change — and Highland Park has noticed.

July 18, 2022 at 3:46 p.m.

As Highland Park officials ponder their legal response to the Independence Day mass shooting that killed seven people and injured dozens more, a slow-moving case just over the state line...

University of Chicago Chancellor Robert J. Zimmer speaks about historian and civil rights leader Timuel Black during a public memorial service, Dec. 5, 2021, inside Rockefeller Memorial Chapel.

University of Chicago chancellor Robert Zimmer steps down for health reasons

July 12, 2022 at 8:11 p.m.

University of Chicago chancellor Robert Zimmer, a mathematician and longtime administrator at the school, is leaving his post to attend to his health, the university has announced. Zimmer became chancellor...

‘We will never be exactly who we were’: Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering on how Independence Day mass shooting has changed her town

July 11, 2022 at 10:47 p.m.

Mayor Nancy Rotering had just started walking in Highland Park's Independence Day parade when the music from the high school's marching band ended abruptly, replaced by an ominous cadence. "I...

Highland Park shooting: No bail for accused shooter, who authorities say also considered 2nd attack in Wisconsin

July 6, 2022 at 10:24 p.m.

A Lake County judge on Wednesday ordered Robert E. "Bobby" Crimo III, accused of carrying out the rooftop massacre at Highland Park's Independence Day parade, held without bail on seven...

Alleged shooter in Highland Park July 4th parade attack charged with 7 counts of murder in ‘premeditated and calculated attack’

July 6, 2022 at 4:07 p.m.

Prosecutors on Tuesday filed murder charges against the man suspected of firing upon crowds gathered for a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park on Monday morning, killing at least...

Cardinal Blase Cupich addresses attendees during the March for Life Chicago rally at Federal Plaza in Chicago on Jan. 8, 2022. The Cardinal was booed by some in attendance during his remarks and was escorted away by security after speaking.

Supreme Court abortion decision provokes diverse and complicated reactions from Chicago-area Catholics

July 7, 2022 at 9:13 p.m.

To get an idea of how Chicago-area Catholics are processing the end of Roe v. Wade, consider two statements issued just after the ruling. The first came from Chicago Cardinal...

Ranked choice voting, a ballot measure championed by Illinois Green Party member Rita Maniotis, was endorsed by Berwyn Township voters during the June 28, 2022, election.

Berwyn voters endorse concept of ranked choice voting, an electoral method some call the future of democracy. Evanston might soon do it for real.

July 1, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.

The ranked choice voting item on Berwyn Township ballots Tuesday was just a concept, not a commitment, but it won a landslide victory that would make Franklin D. Roosevelt jealous....

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