Sam Charles
@chicagotribune reporter covering the Chicago Police Dept. @ctguild member Formerly @suntimes & @WGNNews [email protected] Signal: samjcharles.38
Papers Covered
Featured Story
Police take different tack in fighting prostitution
Area agencies mix enforcement with help for sex workers who are ready to accept it
FRONT-PAGE HISTORY
Snelling reflects on his time as top cop
‘Once you know it’s time to go, then it’s time to move on,’ he says
Police take different tack in fighting prostitution
Area agencies mix enforcement with help for sex workers who are ready to accept it
Future of Harold's Chicken in court
Chicken coup? Family fights over control of the famous business
City sees tempered holiday weekend violence
As Snelling prepares to exit CPD, holiday incidents are down
Snelling to retire
Mayor taps department veteran to serve in role amid search for replacement
What’s driving ‘teen takeovers’?
As young people seek activities, group connection, Chicago officials weigh public safety strategies
‘A COP’S COP’
Hundreds of mourners gather to remember Chicago officer killed in hospital shooting
Shooting reveals holes in system
As alleged cop killer put monitor in ‘sleep mode,’ hours dragged
Authorities: Gun was under hospital blanket
Firearm that man used to shoot two cops was allegedly illegally purchased
Harrowing Rivera video released
Officer’s partner shown pivoting to right, firing and hitting her in hall outside South Side home
Rooted in service
Garfield Park neighbors and elected officials mourn wife, son of former Cook County commissioner found dead in apparent murder-suicide
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 Sam Charles 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.