Investigations – Page 21

Dr. Ayoub Sayeg arrives at a court hearing at the Daley Center in the Loop on Aug. 19, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Illinois plastic surgeon with 8 patient deaths faces another license suspension

By Christy Gutowski

October 6, 2026 at 11:14 a.m.

The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs temporarily suspended Dr. Ayoub Sayeg’s medical license,...

Gov. JB Pritzker joined Mayor Lori Lightfoot, right, Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, second from left, and public health experts in updating residents on March 12, 2020, in the early days of the pandemic. Illinois, Chicago and Cook County received $11 billion through the American Rescue Plan Act amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A Tribune-University of Chicago Mansueto Institute analysis revealed few efforts to identify potential waste and abuse of that money. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Illinois, Chicago, Cook County got $11B in pandemic aid but there were gaps in oversight and transparency

By Dan Petrella

September 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Tribune and the University of Chicago's Mansueto Institute examined how Illinois, Chicago and Cook...

Weiss Memorial Hospital, in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, was closed in August 2025 after federal regulators cut off Medicare funding over safety issues. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Illinois ignores rules and red flags as ‘servant leader’ runs up $100M state tab, then closes 2 hospitals

By Joe Mahr

August 30, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

West Suburban and Weiss Memorial's collapse illustrates what can go wrong in a state that...

Separate investigations lead police to charge two Naperville men with child pornography

By Suzanne Baker

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

Independent investigations by Naperville police resulted in the separate arrests this past week of two...

Firefighters at the scene of the blaze in a courtyard apartment building.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot put out a list of building safety ‘scofflaws.’ Only 98 properties are on it.

By Cecilia Reyes

July 29, 2024 at 12:09 p.m.

Chicago's new "scofflaw list" of 98 unsafe buildings excludes hundreds of properties where city officials...

Elgin Police Sgt. Kevin Senne, seen here in 2019 helping Rekwane Montgomery put on a new bike helmet during National Night Out, is one of three newly appointed commanders for the Elgin Police Department.

Elgin Police Department getting a shuffle as promotions move people up in the ranks and new hires get sworn in

By Gloria Casas

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

Elgin Police Chief Ana Lalley has appointed a new command staff, promoted seven officers to...

Radio host Eric Ferguson and former WTMX assistant producer Cynthia Skolak, now Cynthia DeNicolo, pose for a photo at the station's studio in August 2004.

Former WTMX staffer sues ‘Eric in the Morning’ host Eric Ferguson, alleging radio star coerced sexual favors

By Christy Gutowski

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

A former assistant producer for WTMX-FM's popular "Eric in the Morning" show has sued host...

Miami of Ohio unaware of sexual misconduct allegations when ex-Blackhawks video coach hired, new report says

By Christy Gutowski

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

A law firm hired by Ohio's Miami University to investigate a former Chicago Blackhawks video...

Chicago Blackhawks 2010 Stanley Cup championship banner is raised before home opener against Detroit Red Wings at United Center in Chicago on Oct. 9, 2010. (Scott Strazzante/baiduhai)

He helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup. But now 2 lawsuits are bringing scrutiny to a former coach’s behavior around young players.

By Christy Gutowski

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

On Sept. 14, 2010, Bradley Aldrich was king for a day in his hockey-loving hometown....

People attend a candlelight vigil for Yafet Solomon, 9, who died in a fire in the basement of 708 Kennedy St. in Washington, D.C., in 2019. The fatal fire prompted the city to clarify its standards for residential inspections.

Scheduled inspections. Licensing landlords. A ‘fix-it’ court. Here are 9 things Chicago could do to help keep renters safe from fires.

By Cecilia Reyes

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

In the late '90s, five children died in Los Angeles when a fire tore through...

Melissa Matarrese is seen on the North Side of Chicago on July 29, 2021. She is a victim of a type of unemployment fraud in which thieves hijack the accounts of legitimate filers and then direct the money to the thieves' accounts. She has been trying to rectify the situation through the Illinois Department of Employment Security.

Illinois’ unemployment agency has another fraud problem: Thieves ‘hijacking’ people’s payments

By Joe Mahr

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

Warren Winston thought he'd escaped all the unemployment fraud occurring across the country. For months,...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, at the Thompson Center in Chicago on July 28, 2021, says the state did not pay a ransom to hackers who breached his office in April.

No ransom paid, but hacker attack costs Illinois AG office more than $2.5 million, says Kwame Raoul

By Jared Rutecki

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said he has spent more than $2.5 million in crisis...

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference on voting rights at the Department of Justice in Washington, Friday, June 25, 2021.

AG Merrick Garland formally prohibits federal prosecutors from seizing reporters’ records in leak investigations

By Associated Press

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday formally prohibited federal prosecutors from seizing the records of...