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Aaron Schock, left, with Rebecca Frye and Darren Frye at the Warriors in the Windy City event on Sept. 11, 2014.

Schock’s ties to donors raise questions about travel, condo, ‘swaps’

August 18, 2019 at 7:38 p.m.

During his six years in Congress, Rep. Aaron Schock could count on commodity trader Darren Frye and his wife, Becky, for campaign cash, transportation and use of an upscale condominium...

Chicago police conduct a roadside check for motorists in the 10000 block of South Halsted Street on March 6, 2015.

Sobriety checkpoints yield thousands of minor citations but few DUI arrests

June 14, 2024 at 6:50 p.m.

For six years, police from north suburban Skokie outpaced most municipalities across the state when it came to citing drivers during federally backed drunken driving patrols. But just a small...

A Chicago police officer conducts a field sobriety test on a motorist at a roadside check in the 10000 block of South Halsted St. in Chicago on Friday, March 6, 2015.

Chicago police sobriety checkpoints target black, Latino neighborhoods

June 14, 2024 at 6:50 p.m.

Chicago's Jefferson Park police district is drawn around a leafy residential area on the Northwest Side, home to about one-fifth of the city's police officers and their families. The district,...

Find your town: Searchable database of DUI arrests

June 14, 2024 at 6:51 p.m.

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Ex-Rep. Aaron Schock leaves U.S. District Court in Springfield on Dec. 12, 2016, his first court appearance since being indicted.

Aaron Schock’s trip to Saudi Arabia with friends raises questions

August 18, 2019 at 7:20 p.m.

When former Rep. Aaron Schock traveled to Saudi Arabia in 2011 on what one news outlet called a "friendship tour," he took that quite literally, bringing along two friends from...

Susan Pingitore, chief financial officer of Winnetka Public Schools District 36, attends a board meeting in January. Her district paid a law firm firm $600 for a retainer agreement, which covered 42 hours of legal work during the last school year. But the retainer didn't cover more than $100,000 worth of work.

Suburban school legal work: Big demand, high costs, little oversight

August 18, 2019 at 7:09 p.m.

South suburban Matteson School District 162 spent $525,000 during the last school year for private lawyers to handle student discipline issues, defend the district against lawsuits and provide other general...

The mileage Rep. Aaron Schock billed for personal SUV adds to legal woes

August 18, 2019 at 7:01 p.m.

Rep. Aaron Schock's world travels have been well-chronicled by him on Instagram, and to his dismay, more recently by news reporters. There are photos of Schock dancing the tango with...

A crowd watches as members of the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local Union 130 pour green dye into the Chicago River as part of the annual St. Patrick's Day festivities Saturday, March 14, 2015, as seen from the terrace of the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago.

St. Patrick’s Day Parade: ‘You don’t have to be Irish to enjoy this’

May 22, 2019 at 7:31 p.m.

Downtown Chicago was a sea of green Saturday as thousands flocked to the Loop for the city's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade -- and its many after-parties. Knobby-kneed Irish dancers,...

The Jane Byrne Interchange in Chicago on Feb. 12, 2015.

State will press cops to avoid DUI paperwork errors

June 16, 2018 at 6:57 p.m.

The secretary of state's office is stepping up reminders to police to mail in DUI paperwork after a Tribune investigation that found bureaucratic errors regularly helped drunken drivers avoid mandatory...

DUI paperwork mistakes allow thousands of drivers back on Illinois roads

August 18, 2019 at 6:50 p.m.

Bureaucratic mix-ups have let thousands of drunken drivers avoid mandatory license suspensions and stay on the roads, a Tribune investigation has found. A Tribune review of state data found case...

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