Amid new Hastert allegations, Yorkville remains in disbelief
Many of the few thousand folks who called Yorkville home watched with admiration and respect over the decades as Dennis Hastert rose from local coaching legend to speaker of the...
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Man jumps into Antioch lake to save cat, ends up drowning
A 46-year-old man drowned in an Antioch lake Sunday night when he jumped in the water to save a cat that he and his friends had taken canoeing, authorities said....
CPS principal training deal got green light despite red flags
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's formula for fixing Chicago Public Schools has always put a priority on building better leaders, so it could have been a setback for the mayor's agenda when...
New light shed on City Hall’s ties to CPS scandal
The consultant at the center of a federal investigation into his firm's $20.5 million no-bid contract with Chicago Public Schools acknowledged Wednesday that he advised Mayor Rahm Emanuel's transition team...
When Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia was in charge: Mixed results at community group
Most of Jesus "Chuy" Garcia's career in public life has been spent as a role player behind other politicians, but his resume shows one period when he was the undisputed...
‘Magic’ Johnson and the mayor: $250,000 donated after $80 million CPS deal
A week before the February city election, Mayor Rahm Emanuel stood alongside Earvin "Magic" Johnson and his billionaire business partner to announce their $10 million donation for a summer jobs...
Lawyers wary of claim about Chicago police ‘black site,’ say abuse citywide
Allegations that the Chicago Police Department abuses the rights of people that police detain for questioning have been a central element of the notorious police misconduct issues in this city...
Willie Wilson selling up-by-the-bootstraps story in Chicago mayor race
As his friends are quick to note, Willie Wilson hasn't let his seventh-grade education prevent him from becoming successful. Wilson is a Louisiana sharecropper's son who has said he left...
Chicago crime tricky issue as Rahm Emanuel seeks re-election
Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton stepped to the microphone at a Washington Park community center last month, almost exactly two years after her 15-year-old daughter Hadiya was gunned down in a park not...
Judge says Rauner former firm not responsible for nursing home fraud
A federal bankruptcy judge said Tuesday that Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner's former investment firm won't be held responsible for a scheme to avoid liability in costly nursing home death lawsuits. In...