LEASE WOES KILL UPTOWN PROJECT
Construction of a controversial state office building in Uptown to serve the poor was called off Tuesday after state officials said they had found technical violations and irregularities in the...
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STOCKPILES OF Y2K GEAR HEAD BACK TO THE STORES
The first weekend of the year looked like the day after Christmas in some stores across the Chicago area. After all, what do you do with a composting toilet or...
License probe turns to driver facility leases
In yet another expansion of the criminal investigation of the Illinois secretary of state's office under George Ryan, a state official said Friday that a federal grand jury had subpoenaed...
Trucker-license scandal widens
Hundreds of unqualified truckers may have received commercial driver's licenses from an Illinois secretary of state employee, according to federal charges filed Friday. Donna Carter, 46, of Norridge, was accused...
Driver admits ignoring warning before crash
Ricardo Guzman, the truck driver involved in the fiery crash that killed six children near Milwaukee in 1994, acknowledged Monday for the first time that he could have prevented the...
PORT CHIEF INDICTED IN ILLEGAL LOAN DEALS
A longtime powerful labor leader who is chairman of the Illinois International Port District was indicted Wednesday, along with an associate, on charges that they received large, unsecured loans and...
FAMILY MOPS UP ON CITY DEALS
A month after Richard Daley became Chicago's mayor, Patricia Green launched a janitorial company called Windy City Maintenance even though she had no experience in the field. Windy City's stunning...
STATE KEEPS BAR LOW FOR BAD DRIVERS
After he racked up three speeding tickets in a year's time, John Stokes' license was automatically suspended for two months. But in Illinois, that wasn't enough to keep him off...
BARS, LIQUOR STORES SUE TO BLOCK BID TO SHUT THEM
Four lawsuits were filed Thursday seeking to overturn results of the Nov. 3 election that would shut down 25 bars and liquor stores on the South Side. The lawsuits were...
IN SOME AREAS, DRY IS IN
Chicago had its driest election season ever as voters in 18 precincts, a record, voted to ban the sale of alcohol in their neighborhoods. The votes affect 42 establishments in...