Emanuel is ordered to produce index of messages as Tribune presses records suit
A Cook County judge on Friday ordered the city and Mayor Rahm Emanuel to produce an index of certain emails and text messages that the mayor sent and received on...
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Probation officers to wear body cameras
The Cook County probation department for the first time plans to equip some if its officers with body cameras, a move that follows allegations that rogue officers had planted drugs,...
Cook County judge who let clerk hear cases is deemed ‘mentally unable’ to do job
The Cook County judge who let a law clerk wear her robe and hear traffic cases this summer was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and can no longer perform her...
Prosecutor admitted in FBI report that Englewood Four teens coerced into false confessions
For years, four Chicago men have maintained that misconduct by police and prosecutors led to their wrongful convictions for a 1994 rape and murder. They did so at trial and...
Former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock indicted on 24 criminal counts
Former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock loved the good life — from trips on private planes to skybox seats for Chicago Bears games to posh office furnishings. He once had a...
Law clerk in ‘fake’ judge case wins real judge election
In yet another embarrassment for the Cook County judiciary, a law clerk accused of posing as a judge was elected to the bench Tuesday, even though she is under indictment,...
State high court bars candidate accused of posing as judge from taking bench
The Illinois Supreme Court on Monday barred a judicial hopeful accused of posing as a judge and hearing traffic cases from taking the bench, creating the awkward but likely scenario...
Judicial candidate vows not to take office until fake judge case clears
The judicial candidate under indictment for allegedly impersonating a Cook County judge promised the Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday that she would not take the bench until her disciplinary case...
Hillary Clinton tracks Chicago Cubs’ success on campaign trail
The Chicago Cubs haven't won a World Series in 108 years. A woman has never been president of the United States in the country's 240 years. Both of those historic...
Law clerk in judge impersonation case is charged with a felony
In a sharp escalation of a case that has roiled the Cook County court system, Rhonda Crawford, the judicial candidate who allegedly donned a judge's robe and ruled on traffic...