Caroline Kubzansky

Caroline Kubzansky covers afternoons and evenings for the Metro desk. She previously covered local government and goings-on throughout the north and northwest suburbs for the Tribune's Pioneer Press. She is a committed Chicago partisan and a native of Washington, D.C.

Crime and Public Safety |
Berwyn man charged in toddler’s 2022 shooting death: ‘We never forgot Mateo’

July 18, 2024 at 6:38 p.m.

Police have charged a Berwyn man with murder almost two years after he allegedly shot a toddler to death in a road rage incident in Chicago’s West Lawn neighborhood. Govanni...

Education |
Northwestern police cite four people involved in pro-Palestinian encampment, officials say

July 18, 2024 at 3:48 p.m.

Northwestern University has charged four people involved in the school’s pro-Palestinian encampment protest earlier this spring with misdemeanors more than two months after the protest ended. Northwestern was one of...

Crime and Public Safety |
Missing kids advocacy group releases age-progression images of toddler who went missing in 1983

July 18, 2024 at 4:33 p.m.

Vinyette Teague, then 18 months old, disappeared from the former Taylor Homes in June 1983, according to a release from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.

Crime and Public Safety |
Lawsuits accuse state police of neglect, enabling alleged Highland Park shooter to obtain gun

July 18, 2024 at 4:20 p.m.

The complaints allege that the state police was aware that Robert Crimo III posed a danger to public safety and did not follow its own procedures when it approved Crimo’s FOID...

News |
Metra resolves computer problem after 2 hours of serious delays

July 16, 2024 at 8:25 p.m.

Problems with the trains' collision avoidance system made it difficult to control train traffic, according to Metra officials.

Weather |
What should residents of high-rise buildings in Chicago do in a tornado warning?

July 16, 2024 at 4:18 p.m.

Chicagoans who live in one of the city’s many high-rises should seek shelter in the lowest available location, experts said.

Weather |
Tornado warnings expire for northern Illinois after heavy wind and rain pummel the area

July 16, 2024 at 8:17 a.m.

The tornadoes prompted Midway and O'Hare International airports to issue a ground stop, per the Federal Aviation Administration.

Crime and Public Safety |
Woman charged with aggravated battery after west suburban mall shooting injured two: authorities

July 13, 2024 at 2:36 p.m.

A Chicago woman has been charged in connection with a west suburban mall shooting that wounded two men July 3, officials said. Jasmine Holloway, 26 and a resident of the...

Crime and Public Safety |
Cook County Jail inmate dead following ‘medical emergency,’ authorities say

July 12, 2024 at 9:42 p.m.

A Bridgeview man who was being held in the Cook County Jail died Friday following a “medical emergency,” the Cook County Sheriff’s office confirmed. Ahmad Abed, 32, was being held...

Environment |
City officials deny permit for open-water swimming event in the Chicago River due to safety concerns

July 13, 2024 at 6:53 p.m.

City officials have denied a permit for an open-water swimming event in the Chicago River due to safety concerns, they announced Friday.

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