Rebecca Johnson is a news reporter on the Tribune’s metro desk. A University of Pittsburgh graduate, she previously worked at the Austin American-Statesman and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. She welcomes story tips or coffee shop recommendations.
An Illinois circuit court judge ordered a Chicago landlord last month to pay $80,000 to former tenants after threatening to call ICE on them during a verbal dispute in June...
The man who died in a Cicero house explosion earlier this month is believed to have caused the blast, which also displaced multiple families, the Cicero Police Department announced Saturday...
The Highland Park Shooting trial begins with some jurors who previously believed Robert Crimo III is guilty, creating a next-to-impossible task for his defense team.
The foreman of the jury that rendered a split decision in the landmark trial of former House Speaker Michael Madigan said Wednesday that the panel was deadlocked 11-1 in favor...