William Tong

William Tong is a former intern at the Tribune who covered breaking and local news.

After short watch, no tornado touchdowns reported Friday night

July 12, 2025 at 9:55 a.m.

The National Weather Service received no reports of tornado touchdowns Friday night after cancelling a tornado watch early for several Northern Illinois counties. After issuing a tornado watch shortly before...

Ryan Campbell, a service technician with Rose Pest Solutions, puts poison pellets into a hole leading to a rat burrow in an alley near the 1000 block of North Western Avenue in Chicago on July 1, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

Country’s rattiest city? Chicago sees 311 rodent calls drop as some seek more ecologically friendly forms of rat control

July 15, 2025 at 8:57 p.m.

Recent 311 call data suggests Chicago might be making headway in reducing the city’s rodent problems.

Amalia Alejo, left, and Ana Flores take Flores' dog, Wallii, for a walk around the neighborhood in Pilsen on July 3, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

This Independence Day, immigrants face how to celebrate a nation deeply divided over Trump’s deportation efforts

July 4, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Immigrants want to celebrate the opportunities they have found in the U.S. without forgetting about their friends and loved ones fearing deportation.

Lakeview sexual assault report not ‘bona fide,’ police say

June 30, 2025 at 1:19 p.m.

A report from a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by two men in Lake View Sunday night was deemed unfounded, Chicago police said.

Man in custody after fatal stabbing at Navy Pier Sunday, Chicago police say

June 30, 2025 at 12:22 p.m.

A disagreement between two men turned violent, and both individuals had stabbing wounds, police say.

Landon Mosley, left, and Jess Saltz, right, embrace a marcher wearing a “Free Dad Hugs” shirt during the 54th annual Chicago Pride Parade on June 29, 2025, in Lakeview. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Amid celebration, Pride Parade calls for resistance to federal incursions on LGBTQ+ rights

June 29, 2025 at 6:03 p.m.

Crowds of thousands filled the sidewalks and side streets of the Northalsted neighborhood Sunday for the 54th annual Chicago Pride Parade.

Onyx Dupree, 18, from Indiana, talks with Erin Wiegand, 45, from Cleveland, while both wear flags with the image of Stray Kids band member Bang Chan outside Wrigley Field before the band's performance on June 26, 2025. Stray Kids is the first K-pop band to perform at Wrigley Field. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

As Wrigley’s first K-pop band, Stray Kids concludes its US tour in Chicago

June 27, 2025 at 4:57 p.m.

Fans traveled from all over the Midwest for the concert by the eight-member Korean boy band. Some concert-goers said that the K-pop genre has come a long way in recent...

Dozens of demonstrators walk down Washington Street while participating in a protest to show solidarity with all transgender and gender-nonconforming youth, at Federal Plaza, on June 21, 2025, following the Supreme Court ruling in U.S. v. Skrmetti. The group marched through the Loop following speeches from organizers. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)

Trans and LGBTQ+ community take to streets to protest gender-affirming care ban ruling

June 21, 2025 at 9:38 p.m.

Advocates urged more awareness for trans rights and leaving gender affirming care to families and medical professionals.

People walk past a puddle at the Daley Center, formed by rain earlier in the day, on the first day of summer on June 20, 2025, in Chicago. Already warm temperatures are forecast to reach into the 90’s this weekend and into next week. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

First extreme heat wave of 2025 headed to Chicago: What to know for the weekend

June 21, 2025 at 1:30 p.m.

Beginning Saturday, Chicagoans can expect intense heat compounded by muggy humidity for the next several days.

Brian Johnson, CEO of Equality Illinois, speaks during a news conference at the Center on Halsted on June 18, 2025, after a Supreme Court ruling in the case of United States v. Skrmetti upheld that a Tennessee state law banning puberty blockers and hormone therapy for minors for the treatment of gender dysphoria does not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

LGBTQ advocacy, legal groups condemn court decision on gender-affirming care ban: ‘Catastrophic failure for our nation’s youth’

June 19, 2025 at 6:06 a.m.

Chicago-area trans and LGBTQ+ community groups responded with disappointment and anger Wednesday to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care.

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