Investigations – Page 66

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...

An auction of adults with disabilities launched Illinois’ troubled transition from institutions to group homes

By baiduhai

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

A TROUBLED TRANSITION: In the rush to close institutions, Illinois ignored serious problems in group...

Murray Developmental Center residents and members of the Murray Parents Association enjoy a baseball outing in St. Louis. Murray supporters see the institution as a haven; some advocates have accused Murray parents of unnecessarily confining loved ones to segregated lives.

Parents, guardians support state institution

By baiduhai

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

Murray Developmental Center, a state institution for people with disabilities, was chosen for closure by...

Stuart Harrison sits at his hunting lodge in Fulton County along the Spoon River. His family owns the property, which is just over a quarter-mile from the site of a proposed hog confinement operation. He is among the organizers of a group that is fighting construction of the facility.

Plan for 20,000-hog facility sparks revolt in western Illinois

By David Jackson

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

Gravel crunching beneath their wheels, cars and pickup trucks pulled up at twilight around the...

A red light camera keeps watch over the intersection at Western Avenue and Van Buren Street Tuesday, March 10, 2015 in Chicago.

No more Redflex trials if cooperation continues, prosecutors say

By Bill Ruthhart

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

Federal prosecutors have reached a deal with the original company behind Chicago's scandal-plagued red-light camera...

Rodney Beaird, shown at his job as a janitor for an Illinois manufacturer, previously worked at Cedarcrest LLC, a 6,400-sow confinement in western Illinois. He said he became a pariah for reporting animal abuse by fellow workers and that he was fired after making a complaint.

New animal abuse allegations surface at Illinois hog confinement

By David Jackson

June 14, 2024 at 6:46 p.m.

Illinois' large hog confinements are sealed from the public for biosecurity reasons and often set...

Julie Totten, chief financial officer for Professional Swine Management, attends an Illinois Pollution Control Board hearing in December in Springfield. After litigating and negotiating with the state for six years, the company had agreed to pay the state $116,500 — without admitting any wrongdoing — for water pollution incidents at eight hog confinements in western Illinois.

Rural neighbors fight hog confinement plan

By baiduhai

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

Residents of rural Bernadotte Township in western Illinois say a proposed 20,000-hog facility would imperil...

Map: Fulton County, Illinois

By baiduhai

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

Lake County issues 30 warrants in drug sweep

By Becky Jacobs

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

Thirty people suspected of possessing or selling controlled substances face arrest warrants that came as...

Disability Services of Illinois CEO Reuben Goodwin Sr. arrives at court on the 24th floor of the Daley Center. Friday, December 16, 2016.

Man missing from group home found wandering Chicago streets

By Patricia Callahan

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

A man with developmental disabilities who had been missing since the state revoked the license...

Police secure the area in front of the Islamic center, in Zurich, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016.

Swiss police: No terror or far-right ties in Zurich mosque attack

By Associated Press

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

Swiss police say they have found no radical Islamist or far-right motives by a gunman...