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Tess Kenny

@tesskenny12746 followers

Midwatch @chicagotribune | previously @NapervilleSun @MontereyHerald @ucsantabarbara | tkenny@chicagotribune.com

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‘Unimaginable’

Agonized families await answers after remains recovered from funeral home on South Side

View Front PageChicago Tribune • AUG 9, 2026

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LEAD EXPOSURE, LOST HISTORY AND A RUNAROUND

How changes to the Wacker House go beyond a preservation fight

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Chicago Tribune•SEP 2, 2026
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Finding the future in a time capsule

Project aimed at violence prevention and intervention

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Chicago Tribune•AUG 15, 2026
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‘RIGHT A WRONG’

Services delayed by discovery of 56 bodies at funeral home finally held

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Chicago Tribune•AUG 14, 2026
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‘Unimaginable’

Agonized families await answers after remains recovered from funeral home on South Side

With:Olivia Olander,Gregory Royal Pratt
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Chicago Tribune•AUG 9, 2026•Lead Story
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‘Inspired hundreds’

Tim Bankston, a former Simeon star and beloved basketball coach, fatally shot

With:Rebecca Johnson
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Chicago Tribune•JUL 31, 2026
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Busking in the sun

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Chicago Tribune•JUL 18, 2026•Lead Story
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Afghan cherishing the American dream

Interpreter spent 13 years waiting for the US to keep its word

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Chicago Tribune•JUN 21, 2026
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TOPPLED

Tornadoes rip through Illinois, Indiana, leaving homes leveled in their wake

With:Rebecca Johnson,Allison Kiehl
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Chicago Tribune•JUN 13, 2026•Lead Story
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Fire that killed four investigated as arson

2 adults and 2 kids died in West Englewood blaze, 2 others injured

With:Allison Kiehl
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Chicago Tribune•MAY 22, 2026
Factual reporting on a local tragedy, shifting focus from the incident itself to the ensuing criminal investigation.
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Trial looms for trustee, others

Charges stemming from ICE protest have been nightmare for progressive Oak Park politician

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Chicago Tribune•MAY 21, 2026•Lead Story
Positions the city council's decision primarily as a political setback for the mayor, focusing on legislative mechanics and compromise rather than the immediate economic impact on hospitality workers.
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Chicago-area woman finds herself listed on century-old Irish census

Roselle 105-year-old is one of few remaining from 1926 headcount

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Chicago Tribune•APR 28, 2026
A light, locally anchored human-interest piece providing a warm tonal contrast to the heavy crime news above.
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Nothing in the tank

Gas prices spike 25% in Chicago since start of US-Israel war with Iran

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Chicago Tribune•APR 11, 2026•Lead Story
The paper focuses on the local economic fallout of a major international conflict, specifically highlighting the impact of surging fuel costs on the regional logistics industry and everyday consumers.

About this page

Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Tess Kenny in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.