Ray Gibson

James Heiple resigned as the Illinois Supreme Court's chief justice Friday, three days before the legislature's impeachment investigation of him is scheduled to begin and two days after a panel...

James Heiple has a stubborn streak as long as the stand of trees on his rural hideaway, which year by year and acre by acre he has slowly converted from...

A special Illinois House panel investigating how state poverty funds were spent at Clemente High School has subpoenaed records from Ald. Billy Ocasio relating to a community organization he headed...

For several years, James Heiple, now the Illinois Supreme Court's chief justice, leased his regional court office from a Pekin bank in which his wife was a director and stockholder,...

In the wake of the federal indictments of seven Austin District police officers, Timothy Hampton, 29, who was assigned to the district before he resigned after being indicted last March,...

In a police role that calls for both bravado and an ability to blend in, Edward "Pacman" Jackson seems to have been perfectly cast. A short, stocky 26-year-old who favors...

At a time when the bosses of the Austin District were accepting national recognition for their old-fashioned community-style policing programs, officers in the tactical unit allegedly were using techniques that...

Office No. 1418 at 6 N. Michigan Ave. is a tiny room at the end of a carpeted corridor near the fire stairs. The wooden door, unlike most of the...

Federal prosecutors have launched an investigation into a unique power held by Chicago voters: shutting down liquor establishments by voting precincts dry. A spokesman for City Clerk Jim Laski acknowledged...

After a lifetime on the make, John Christopher found himself sitting across a conference table from federal agents accusing him of bank fraud. He promptly set out to save his...