A longtime Chicago political operative was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in federal prison for a scheme to bribe then-state Sen. Martin Sandoval on behalf of a suburban construction company that needed state approval for a development in East Dundee.
The Barrington man suspected of killing north suburban endocrinologist Olga Duchon was ordered detained Wednesday after prosecutors alleged he lured her to his home and fatally shot her in front of their daughter. The 46-year-old man charged with first-degree murder, William Zientek, contacted Duchon on Sunday asking her to have a conversation at his home in the 400 block of West Russell Street, authorities told a Cook County judge during a detention hearing in Rolling Meadows. The two had a prior dating relationship and have a 3-year-old daughter together. In ordering Zientek detained, Judge Ellen Mandeltort said he posed a […]
Alec Baldwin’s Western “Rust” had its world premiere Wednesday at a film festival in Poland with a dedication to cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was fatally shot in an accident on the set three years ago.
mposed punitive sanctions on the Village of Orland Park by suspending offset payments due to a delay submission; and WHEREAS, as reported in the Illinois Local Government Warehouse delinquency report, a total of 361 units of government statewide have similarly outstanding financial reports from 2022 or earlier, including six (6) units that have not submitted required reports for over a decade, yet these entities have not faced similar punitive actions from the Comptroller’s Office, highlighting a deeply concerning lack of consistency in enforcement; and WHEREAS, the Comptroller’s Office specifically s FROM COMPTROLLER— When municipalities are delinquent in filing […]
A parole board decided unanimously Wednesday that Susan Smith should remain in prison, despite her plea that God has forgiven her for infamously killing her two young sons 30 years ago by rolling her car into a South Carolina lake while they were strapped in their car seats.
Pope Francis has revised the funeral rites that will be used when he dies, simplifying the rituals to emphasize his role as a mere bishop and allowing for burial outside the Vatican in keeping with his wishes.
A day after New York prosecutors said they will fight efforts to dismiss Donald Trump’s hush money conviction, the president-elect’s lawyers urged a judge to ignore them and dispose of the case before he takes office in January.
State Senator Rodney Pol, D-Chesterton, didn’t vote for State Senator Greg Taylor to be the Senate Minority Leader amid reports of sexual harassment allegations against Taylor.
President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, has launched an effort to personally secure his embattled nomination, meeting behind closed doors Wednesday with Republican senators who have heard questions about the sexual misconduct and other allegations against him.
An eerie nighttime streetscape below a pale blue daytime sky by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte, “The Empire of Light,” sold for $121.2 million, a record for the artist, at an auction in New York.