William Gaines

Atty. Gen. Neil Hartigan`s campaign for governor accepted a $50,000 contribution from a company his office is suing to recover $2.8 million allegedly funneled out of two Illinois insurance companies....

A second top official resigned from the Cook County sheriff`s office Thursday, as Sheriff James O`Grady seeks to counter criticism that the department has been turned into a patronage and...

Capt. Ronald Jackson, who at the time ran all south suburban criminal investigations for the sheriff`s department, ordered the exclusion of tips incriminating sheriff`s employees, according to James Houlihan, a...

The money, they say, isn`t what it used to be, but the men and women running for Chicago`s 50 Democratic ward committeeman posts are asking for more than the right...

It was Cook County Treasurer Edward J. Rosewell, while an officer at Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co.-and not Mayor Eugene Sawyer- who first introduced attorney Fred Sudak to...

From early success as an Alabama high school quarterback to his climb up the ladder of Chicago ward politics, Acting Mayor Eugene Sawyer has shown an uncanny ability to learn...

On Oct. 31, the city comptroller will issue fifty $1,500 checks to the members of the Chicago City Council to help cover the month`s costs of their ward offices-City Hall...

Some have arrived with a fresh dollar bill inside, others with small checks. Some are crisply typed, but many others burst forth in the impetuous scrawl of a love letter....

A former Du Page County man is under investigation by the FBI for his involvement in a $20 million real estate venture that may have bilked more than 1,400 investors,...

Federal authorities hoped last fall that the undercover activities of informant Michael Raymond would lead them into the inner circle of organized crime in Chicago, according to sources familiar with...