David Heinzmann

From left, Amara Enyia, LaShawn K. Ford, Gery Chico, and Ja'Mal Green, listen in as Lori Lightfoot speaks at a Chicago mayoral candidates forum at the Copernicus Center on Chicago's Northwest Side on Dec. 11, 2018.

Attacked as ‘wealthy corporate lawyer,’ Lightfoot defends legal work, progressive credentials

May 12, 2019 at 6:43 p.m.

Mayoral candidate Toni Preckwinkle has blasted opponent Lori Lightfoot for running as a progressive despite becoming a “wealthy corporate lawyer” at a firm that represents a list of less-than-progressive clients....

Behind Lori Lightfoot’s image as police reformer, her past reveals complicated picture

June 1, 2020 at 9:04 p.m.

Lori Lightfoot is pitching herself to voters as the mayoral candidate who fights abuses of power by law enforcement. In a campaign ad, Lightfoot says she "held police accountable" as...

Chicago mayoral candidate Amara Enyia speaks during a news conference Feb. 6, 2019, in Chicago.

Ex-spokeswoman sues Amara Enyia, alleges candidate failed to pay her $24,000

May 15, 2019 at 10:32 p.m.

Chicago mayoral hopeful Amara Enyia’s former campaign spokeswoman sued her Wednesday, alleging the candidate has refused to pay her $24,000 for four months of work. “I had an agreement with...

Chicago mayoral candidate Amara Enyia talks with a voter following a mayoral forum at Steinmetz College Prep High School on Chicago's Northwest Side on Jan. 10, 2019.

Amara Enyia’s financial problems: Underreporting income, tax lien, lawsuits

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

Chicago mayoral hopeful Amara Enyia omitted one-third of her income on her 2017 federal tax return, the latest in a series of money missteps for a candidate who is campaigning...

Ald. Daniel Solis, 25th, attends a City Council meeting in 2016.

Ald. Daniel Solis, who wore wire for FBI, paid himself hundreds of thousands of dollars from campaign fund

May 15, 2019 at 10:29 p.m.

As a longtime alderman, Daniel Solis makes a salary many Chicago residents would envy — nearly $119,000 a year after the latest pay boost. But despite his income, Solis’ financial...

There were 10 customers and six salespeople in the C.D. Peacock jewelry store at Oakbrook Center when security guard Doyle Farrell shot Levert Jones on June 23, 2013.

On guard, unchecked: Security guards get little scrutiny, even when they fire their guns

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

At a troubled Chicago liquor store, two security guards fired a barrage of bullets at a moving SUV, killing a 20-year-old woman. The guards said the SUV was headed right...

Security guards at a liquor store fatally shot a woman in an SUV. Police treated them as the victims.

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

As the black SUV sped away, fleeing an early-morning confrontation in a liquor store parking lot, two men working security rushed toward the trouble and drew their guns. In rapid...

Years after ‘date-rape drug’ conviction, Peoria diocese priest is again removed from ministry

December 12, 2018 at 6:49 a.m.

When the pastor of Ottawa’s Catholic parishes announced in March that his assistant, the Rev. Jeffrey Windy, was being removed from ministry, the abrupt and mysterious departure came as a...

Former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge was briefly at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in 2010. The federal judge who presided over the trial of ex-Cmdr. Burge increased his bond, a day after his conviction on perjury and obstruction of justice charges for lying about the torture of suspects.

Disgraced ex-Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge, accused of presiding over decades of brutality and torture, has died

May 23, 2019 at 6:17 a.m.

Jon Burge, the disgraced Chicago police commander and felon whose sordid legacy of torture and other misconduct exacted an agonizing price from the city, has died in Florida at age...

Former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge was briefly at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in 2010. The federal judge who presided over the trial of former Chicago Police Cmdr. Jon Burge increased his bond, a day after his conviction on perjury and obstruction of justice charges for lying about the torture of suspects.

Murió ex comandante de la Policía de Chicago acusado de presidir décadas de tortura

December 12, 2018 at 11:06 p.m.

Jon Burge, el ex comandante de detectives cuyo nombre se convirtió en sinónimo del sórdido legado de mala conducta y abuso del Departamento de Policía de Chicago, murió en Florida...

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