Madeline King

Madeline King is an intern for the Chicago Tribune and a journalism student at Northwestern University. She previously wrote for The Kansas City Star and The Daily Northwestern.

Catherine McNeil, left, Sebastian Longstreet, Chidinma Ahukanna and Rachel Raines paint signs during City Year Chicago’s MLK Day of Service at Morgan Park High School on Jan. 19, 2026, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune)

At MLK Day of Service, volunteers join to beautify Morgan Park High School

January 19, 2026 at 5:51 p.m.

Around 550 volunteers joined more than 200 City Year Chicago AmeriCorps members for the day of service, the organization's director said.

Corita E. Mitchell holds her daughter Camilla Elise Margaret Mitchell, 5, during an interfaith worship service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. at New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago on Jan. 18, 2026. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

South Side worship ceremony honors MLK’s legacy, calls listeners to action

January 18, 2026 at 5:10 p.m.

Sunday's service at the New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church highlighted the history of intersection between social justice and faith and called listeners to action.

Bears fans watch the game against the Browns in the cold Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, at Soldier Field. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago weather: Bears issue weather advisory ahead of playoff game

January 18, 2026 at 10:17 a.m.

Bundle up, Bears fans. Sunday's playoff game against the Los Angeles Rams will be a cold one, with temperatures dropping into the mid-teens.

Spiritual elder Oshuntaye Brown, left, hugs Lakiesha Infarinu Williams, known as “Mama Africa,” as other members of the American Association of Brazilian Candomblé and Culture sing and drum at a party and fundraiser in Williams’ store, Mama Africa's Marketplace, in the South Shore neighborhood, Jan. 11, 2026. Williams' son, Godly, 2, is on her back. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

Plight of Mama Africa’s Marketplace highlights South Shore’s increasing appeal ahead of Obama Center opening

January 16, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Lakiesha Ifarinu Williams became “Mama Africa” when she opened her store and community space along South Shore’s 71st Street corridor. Now the future of her business is in jeopardy.

A police officer keeps watch at the scene of a shooting in the 600 block of South Paulina Street in the Illinois Medical District in Chicago, Jan. 12, 2026. The shooting left a woman critically injured. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

Woman critically injured in Illinois Medical District drive-by shooting

January 12, 2026 at 7:23 p.m.

The 23-year-old woman was A Rush University Medical Center employee.

Chicago police officer fires gun in Austin neighborhood traffic stop

January 12, 2026 at 9:35 a.m.

A uniformed Chicago police officer discharged his firearm during a traffic stop in the Austin neighborhood overnight, Chicago police said.

Man dies after New City house fire

January 12, 2026 at 9:20 a.m.

A man died Sunday after a house fire in the New City neighborhood, Chicago police said.

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