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Tim Mapes, former Madigan chief of staff, reports to federal prison
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFormer House Speaker Michael Madigan’s longtime chief of staff is now a federal inmate,
Former Mike Madigan chief of staff Tim Mapes scheduled to report to prison Tuesday
ABC 7 Chicago· 2 days agoThe longtime chief of staff for former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is scheduled to report...
Daywatch: Attorney handcuffed to chair in Chicago courthouse
Chicago Tribune· 10 hours agoThe imbroglio happened May 7 at the Loop courthouse during a hearing in front of Judge Kathy Flanagan, acting presiding judge
Former Gov. James R. Thompson remembered as ‘titan’ in state government
Gannett via AOL· 2 days ago“There's sort of an irony that he passes away the week of what would have been the State Fair, an...
‘He got everything out of his life’: US District Judge Harry Leinenweber dies at 87
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 days agoU.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber was nearing the end of his remarkable career as a federal...
Judicial giant Harry D. Leinenweber dies at 87: 'He understands ordinary people and has great common...
Chicago Sun-Times· 2 days agoHarry D. Leinenweber, the legal giant from Joliet who served as a federal judge for nearly four...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Metra — ‘The way to really fly’ — turns 40
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoTrains have carried people in and around Chicago since Oct. 25, 1848, when the Galena and Chicago...
Federal judge who presided over R. Kelly trial dead at 87 after battling lung cancer
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 day agoU.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber, who presided over singer R. Kelly’s trial on child sex abuse charges, has died. Leinenweber died Tuesday evening, the eastern division ...
Feds say ex-Ald. Ed Burke used his power on ‘dark path’ of corruption, seek 10 years in prison
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFederal prosecutors are asking for 10 years in prison for former Chicago Ald. Edward Burke, arguing...
Feds: Ed Burke deserves 10 years in prison for corruption
Chicago Sun-Times· 3 days ago“He abused and exploited his office by pursuing his own personal and financial interests over a course of years,” prosecutors wrote in a 51-page court memo Monday. “Again ...