Cicero drops complaint
A potentially embarrassing lawsuit that pitted the Town of Cicero against its newly elected President Larry Dominick was dismissed Friday in Circuit Court at the urging of a lawyer hired...
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Court stops Cicero pension effort
The state Supreme Court slammed the door on the unusual effort of Cicero Police Pension Fund officials to restore retirement benefits to the town's imprisoned former public safety director. Without...
In Cicero, workers told to zip lips
After launching an inquiry this month into whether police records were leaked to the Tribune, Cicero officials this week warned town employees they could be fired for divulging "confidential" legal...
Cicero mired in lawsuit over leader’s age–in 1984
In Cicero, a suburb steeped in secrets and political foul play, Town President Larry Dominick's birthday might be a mere trivia question. Instead, it sparked a Circuit Court lawsuit. In...
Ex-judge to probe cop hires
Cicero trustees on Tuesday hired a former Cook County judge to conduct an independent investigation into whether previous town officials appointed unqualified police officers to the force. Perry Gulbrandsen, 65,...
Cicero police hirings probed
Cicero officials flouted state laws to appoint more than a dozen clout-heavy but unqualified police officers in a four-year period that ended in 2001, court records and interviews show. These...
Prosecutors seek to seize benefits of Cicero ex-cop
Cicero Police Pension Fund officials pressed forward this week with their unusual effort to consider restoring retirement benefits to former Public Safety Director Emil Schullo, who is serving a 9-year...
Jailed ex-top cop gets boost
From the federal prison camp where he is serving a 9-year sentence for mob-linked corruption schemes, Cicero's former police chief has waged a 2-year court battle to force the town...
Man admits he bribed city schools
A politically connected businessman testifying in a California trial admitted that he paid bribes to win fencing contracts with the Chicago Public Schools. In response, the Chicago Public Schools inspector...
City to lift veil on public art data
Chicago officials have settled a long-running legal battle over alleged secrecy in the small but highly visible program that places art in libraries, police stations, elevated train stops and airports....