Tess Kenny

Tess Kenny is a general assignment reporter for the Tribune. A California native, she graduated from UC Santa Barbara and previously reported for the Monterey Herald and Naperville Sun.

Major McLaurin, 13, was critically injured after several unknown suspects battered him as he left a Far South Side after school program on Sept. 12, 2026, according to family and police. (Tiffany Taylor)

Mother searching for answers after 13-year-old son attacked, critically injured on Far South Side

September 17, 2026 at 5:12 p.m.

Major McLaurin's mother says her son now faces months of recuperation after enduring a violent beating captured on video.

Cops: Body found in police vehicle at Calumet District station

September 17, 2026 at 1:58 p.m.

A death investigation is underway after a body was found inside a police car at a CPD station on the city’s Far South Side Thursday morning, authorities said.

A Chicago police officer secures the scene of a wrecked pickup truck and e-bike on Archer Avenue at Laramie Avenue in Chicago on Sept. 14, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

E-bike rider dies after crash at Southwest Side intersection that claimed another life a year ago

September 16, 2026 at 8:18 p.m.

An e-bike rider struck in a multivehicle crash on the city’s Southwest Side earlier this week has succumbed to his injuries.

Chicago firefighters work as heavy equipment is used to move scrap metal at a smoldering industrial fire at Windy City Iron & Metal, 4617 W. Division Street in Chicago on Sept. 11, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

Firefighters battled smoky rubbish fire in Austin

September 11, 2026 at 6:37 p.m.

No injuries were immediately reported in the smoky rubbish fire on the city's West Side.

OEMC dispatcher killed in overnight shooting in New City

September 11, 2026 at 4:39 p.m.

A 911 dispatcher with Chicago’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications was fatally shot on the city’s South Side overnight.

Passengers with luggage travel through the Great Hall of Union Station in Chicago on Sept. 10, 2026. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Chicago public health officials warn of possible measles exposure at Union Station

September 10, 2026 at 6:10 p.m.

Chicago officials are warning of a possible measles exposure at Union Station after someone with the highly contagious illness passed through the West Loop hub late last month.

Krystele Matthews on Sep. 9, 2026. Matthews' car was stolen with personal items inside, including the ashes of her 15-year-old son, Zahir Eitan Jones, who died in August. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

Stolen ashes returned after car taken with 15-year-old son’s remains inside

September 10, 2026 at 5:04 p.m.

A woman has been reunited with the remains of her 15-year-old son thanks to a public plea for help after her car was stolen on the city’s West Side earlier...

Chicago police and a tow truck recover a vehicle from the Little Calumet River while searching for a missing woman on Sept. 8, 2026, after an accident near the intersection of West 130th Street and South Indiana Avenue in Chicago's Riverdale neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Woman’s body found day after Little Calumet River accident

September 10, 2026 at 5:17 p.m.

Police on Wednesday said they pulled a 26-year-old woman's body from the Little Calumet River in the same location where an accident had prompted rescue and recovery efforts the day...

Police launch homicide investigation after CTA passenger pushed off moving train

September 8, 2026 at 5:54 p.m.

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a person was pushed off a moving Red Line Train on the city’s South Side Monday afternoon.

9-year-old boy shoots, critically injures 13-year-old on South Side: police

September 4, 2026 at 7:30 p.m.

A 9-year-old boy shot and critically wounded a 13-year-old boy on the city’s South Side Friday afternoon, police said.

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