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Lottery signs in January 2001 at a store in downtown Chicago.

Illinois Lottery severs ties with private manager

August 18, 2019 at 6:24 p.m.

The split between the Illinois Lottery and its private manager, Northstar Lottery Group, is now official after three years of acrimony over lower-than-expected revenues. The termination agreement, signed Tuesday by...

A project that left a half-gutted hotel in foreclosure could cost taxpayers in south suburban Harvey up to $20 million. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued the city and its former comptroller over the deal, alleging fraud.

Harvey may settle fraud allegations with SEC

May 21, 2019 at 2:24 p.m.

The long-troubled south suburb of Harvey has agreed to let a federal court oversee how it borrows money and tracks its spending amid signs the FBI may be ramping up...

A Cook County judge has granted a restraining order barring convicted felon Kenneth Williams from serving on District 205 school board.

Convicted felon removed from school board for a second time

June 18, 2018 at 4:33 a.m.

A convicted felon who was appointed to a south suburban school board last month after being kicked off by a judge last year has been removed from office again after...

A water and sewer payment box inside Harvey City Hall. Since 2008, Harvey has received millions of gallons of water a day from Chicago, resold it to residents and other suburbs, and then failed to pay Chicago for much of the water, records show.

Judge orders Harvey to pay Chicago $26 million in unpaid water bills

May 21, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

In an unusual legal battle over unpaid water bills, a Cook County judge ordered suburban Harvey on Wednesday to pay the city of Chicago $26 million — more than the...

Lawsuits challenge re-appointment of ousted school board member

August 18, 2019 at 6:17 p.m.

Two lawsuits have been filed challenging the appointment last week of Kenneth Williams to the Thornton Township High School District 205 board — the same board he was ousted from...

Thornton Township School District 205 Board President Kenneth Williams leaves after presiding over a special school board meeting in South Holland on July 11, 2013.

School board member returns to office after conviction expunged

May 21, 2019 at 2:12 p.m.

A suburban school board president booted from office by a judge last year after a decades-old felony conviction was discovered on his record has been reinstated to the same board....

Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg, shown in May, has resisted efforts by Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart to assess police operations. On Monday, the City Council overrode the mayor's veto and invited Dart to review procedures.

Troubled Harvey police will be scrutinized by sheriff

June 17, 2018 at 5:09 a.m.

In a suburb the Tribune found was arguably the area's most lawless, Harvey's City Council has defied the mayor and invited the sheriff to assess a Police Department long plagued...

Illinois racehorse at center of legal battle

June 17, 2018 at 6:22 a.m.

Not so long ago, Taxi — the foal no one knew about from the mare no one wanted — was one of the feel-good stories of the local horse racing...

Virginia Hamann, of Peotone, who is with the No Illiana 4 Us group, encourages officials to shelve plans for the toll road project at the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning board meeting Wednesday.

Illiana toll road wins key vote

May 21, 2019 at 1:49 p.m.

The controversial Illiana toll road won a key vote Thursday from a regional planning group. On Wednesday, an effort by a companion agency to block the proposed Illiana toll road...

Federal charges: Suspect in FAA fire recently told he was being transferred to Hawaii

June 17, 2018 at 7:03 a.m.

The Naperville man accused of setting fire to an FAA radar center Friday recently learned he was being transferred to Hawaii after eight years at the agency's Aurora facility, according...

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