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Tim Mapes arrives with his attorneys at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Aug. 9, 2023.

In a glimpse behind the curtain, federal prosecutors tell jurors at perjury trial of Tim Mapes how he allegedly shielded his boss, Madigan ‘the wizard’

August 13, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

In his heyday, Tim Mapes, diminutive but domineering, was feared in Springfield. He threatened staffers' jobs and screamed orders on the House floor in his capacity as powerhouse Democrat Michael...

Lobbyist Mike McClain, seated, talks outside House Speaker Michael Madigan's office on the last day of the Illinois General Assembly at the State Capitol in Springfield on May 31, 2016.

State representative takes witness stand at perjury trial of Madigan ‘gatekeeper’ Tim Mapes

August 11, 2023 at 11:27 a.m.

During ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan's long reign, his chief of staff Tim Mapes placed in his office a pointed piece of artwork. The sign, as observers recalled, featured a...

Tim Mapes perjury trial opens in earnest with clash over alleged lies in sprawling federal probe

August 9, 2023 at 7:18 p.m.

Tim Mapes, the ousted "gatekeeper" and longtime chief of staff of former Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan, deliberately lied and misled a federal grand jury because he wanted to "protect...

Tim Mapes, former House Speaker Mike Madigan's chief of staff, left, tries to avoid being seen while walking behind his son, Devin, after leaving his perjury trial at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Aug. 22, 2023.

Perjury trial opening statements set for former top Madigan aide who allegedly tried to shield boss

August 8, 2023 at 7:17 p.m.

Opening statements in the perjury trial of Democratic insider Tim Mapes are finally set to begin Wednesday, when prosecutors are expected to outline allegations that he lied to a federal...

Tim Mapes arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Aug. 7, 2023.

Politics quickly rise to the fore during jury selection at perjury trial of Madigan’s former top aide

August 7, 2023 at 6:47 p.m.

The federal perjury trial of former Springfield insider Tim Mapes was bound to highlight the tight-knit nature of Illinois politics and the fierce opinions it engenders. That became clear even...

Former Northwestern football player Lloyd Yates departs after speaking July 19, 2023, alongside other former players and attorneys Ben Crump and Steven Levin about the abuse and hazing they say occurred in the program.

‘Degrading, dehumanizing, embarrassing:’ former Northwestern football player first to open up about alleged hazing ahead of planned lawsuit

July 19, 2023 at 12:20 p.m.

Lloyd Yates hasn't watched a football game in years. Friends and family always thought that was strange. After all, Yates was a "sports junkie" growing up, a star quarterback at...

Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald during practice on Aug. 9, 2017 at Hutcheson Field.

Fired Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald exploring breach-of-contract claims, lawyer Dan Webb says

July 13, 2023 at 7:23 a.m.

Former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald, who was fired Monday in the wake of a hazing scandal, is exploring potential breach-of-contract claims against the school, his attorney confirmed Tuesday. "Northwestern...

Law enforcement officers and others listen as Elizabeth Leahy of the Firearms Safety Council conducts a training seminar on June 26, 2023, at College of Lake County in Grayslake on the state's firearms restraining order and clear and present danger report procedures for law enforcement, attorneys, school administrators and others.

Records show Cook County joined trend of law enforcement using firearms restraining orders after Highland Park parade shooting

July 9, 2023 at 5:00 a.m.

In the weeks right after the mass shooting at the Highland Park Independence Day parade last year, a suburban man allegedly told a family member to hide his handguns, saying...

Most killings in federal Goonies trial not part of larger scheme, jury finds

July 7, 2023 at 12:42 p.m.

After delivering guilty verdicts to three "Goonie Boss" gang members in a lengthy racketeering trial, a federal jury in Chicago found that most of the six killings the men were...

Defense attorney Molly Armour, right, and other defense attorneys working on the "Goonie Boss" trial, leave the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago after verdicts were reached July 5, 2023. The defendants were convicted of racketeering, with mixed verdicts on other counts.

Goonie gang members convicted of racketeering; verdict mixed on other counts in federal trial

July 7, 2023 at 12:40 p.m.

Three members of a South Side gang were found guilty of racketeering conspiracy Wednesday after a lengthy trial in which prosecutors accused them of acting as "urban hunters," terrorizing residents...

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