Angie Leventis Lourgos

Angie Leventis Lourgos has been a Chicago Tribune staff writer since 2009. Her work has won two Lisagor awards and one Sarah Brown Boyden award. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, she previously reported for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The News Tribune in Tacoma, Washington.

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Chicago-area teacher put on leave after social media post supporting ICE

January 29, 2026 at 8:35 a.m.

West Chicago residents express outrage over a local elementary school teacher’s alleged social media post that appeared to support Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The teacher is now on leave.

Delila, at her sister’s home on Oct. 30, 2025, has been living with her sister since her father and only parent was taken in an Oct. 21 immigration enforcement operation. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

Her dad was taken by immigration agents. Now a 12-year-old girl fears she’s lost her only living parent.

November 25, 2025 at 11:03 a.m.

The separation illustrates a tragic consequence of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown: children left behind after a parent is detained or deported.

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A more defensive Pride: Activists say celebrations are more critical as US, conservative states rescind LGBTQ protections

October 30, 2025 at 5:16 p.m.

'There’s a lot of anxiety about the rights that we have and are they going to stick around much longer?'

Christopher Colwell, left, becomes emotional and hugs his grandparents, Maggie Reister and Tom Walters of Valparasio, after being moved by an interfaith service, June 8, 2025, during Northwest Indiana Pridefest at Riverview Park in Lake Station. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

A more defensive Pride: Activists say celebrations are more critical as US, conservative states rescind LGBTQ protections

June 30, 2025 at 1:01 p.m.

'There’s a lot of anxiety about the rights that we have and are they going to stick around much longer?'

The newly elected Pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, is seen for the first time from the Vatican balcony on May 8, 2025, in Vatican City. (Antonio Masiello/Getty)

Robert Prevost was ‘the pride and joy of every priest and nun’ at St. Mary’s on Chicago’s South Side

May 9, 2025 at 11:00 a.m.

“He was the pride and joy of every priest and nun in that school,” Angarola said. “Everybody knew he was special.”

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Robert Prevost was ‘the pride and joy of every priest and nun’ at St. Mary’s on Chicago’s South Side

October 30, 2025 at 6:23 p.m.

Prevost’s Catholic roots were planted in Chicago’s south suburbs.

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Five years ago, COVID gripped the world in fear. Now scientists, doctors warn Trump’s policies are weakening public health

October 30, 2025 at 7:17 p.m.

Medical experts and scientists caution against letting down the nation’s guard.

Johanna Claudette describes the daily challenges she faces living with long COVID symptoms on March 6, 2025, at a music rehearsal space in Chicago. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

Five years ago, COVID gripped the world in fear. Now scientists, doctors warn Trump’s policies are weakening public health

March 13, 2025 at 4:16 p.m.

Medical experts and scientists caution against letting down the nation’s guard.

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‘We saw evil that day.’ Chicago-area mass shooting survivors hope for justice, resolution as trial begins

October 30, 2025 at 7:03 p.m.

Survivors of the Highland Park July 4 parade mass shooting hope for justice, resolution as jury selection begins.

A single rose rests in the snow at the base of a plaque for Nicolás Toledo at a temporary memorial in the rose garden outside Highland Park City Hall on Feb. 18, 2025. The memorial honors the victims of the July 4, 2022, Independence Day shooting. Toledo and six other people were killed and 48 people were injured in the shooting. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

‘We saw evil that day.’ Chicago-area mass shooting survivors hope for justice, resolution as trial begins

April 8, 2025 at 3:59 p.m.

Survivors of the Highland Park July 4 parade mass shooting hope for justice, resolution as jury selection begins.