Matt Walberg

Manny's Blue Room owner Nakeea Smith speaks with her lawyer Robert McLaughlin during an administrative hearing on the status of the bar's business license on Nov. 20. 2018.

Cook County correctional officer owns bar where security guard Jemel Roberson shot by cop, officials say

May 22, 2019 at 4:31 a.m.

A Cook County correctional officer owns the Robbins bar where security guard Jemel Roberson was fatally shot by a Midlothian police officer on Nov. 11, officials said. Manny’s Blue Room...

Suit seeks to force some striking Palatine school employees back to work

May 31, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

The Palatine School District 15 school board has filed suit to block school nurses and other staff members who work with students with health and safety needs from participating in...

Paula Williams sings for the crowd at the election party for Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown at the National Association of Letter Carriers Union Hall on March 15, 2016, in Chicago.

Brown declares victory in Circuit Court clerk job amid federal probe

May 15, 2019 at 8:30 p.m.

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown defeated two challengers Tuesday to win the Democratic nomination that could pave the way to a fifth term, despite the defection of her...

Suburban cops rip Emanuel drug plan

June 17, 2018 at 12:19 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposal to change the terms of the drug war by lessening the penalties for low-level possession is getting blowback from the suburbs, with some prosecutors and...

The vacant Chicago Park Hotel near Interstate 294 and Halsted Street in Harvey on Friday, June 21, 2013.

SEC says Harvey, adviser committed fraud in hotel deal

May 21, 2019 at 4:58 p.m.

Federal authorities have accused a troubled south suburb and a controversial municipal advisor of defrauding investors to prop up the ailing town's finances while lining the pocket of the advisor...

SEC says Harvey, adviser committed fraud in hotel deal

November 4, 2021 at 1:56 a.m.

Federal authorities have accused a troubled south suburb and a controversial municipal advisor of defrauding investors to prop up the ailing town's finances while lining the pocket of the advisor...

SEC says Harvey, adviser committed fraud in hotel deal

December 24, 2018 at 12:22 a.m.

Federal authorities have accused a troubled south suburb and a controversial municipal advisor of defrauding investors to prop up the ailing town's finances while lining the pocket of the advisor...

4 victims of fatal I-290 crash identified

May 16, 2019 at 7:20 p.m.

Authorities have released the names of the four women killed when their SUV veered off westbound Interstate 290 near Addison and rolled down an embankment. The DuPage County coroner's office...

4 victims of fatal I-290 crash identified

December 24, 2018 at 10:38 a.m.

Authorities have released the names of the four women killed when their SUV veered off westbound Interstate 290 near Addison and rolled down an embankment. The DuPage County coroner's office...

Driver charged in crash that killed 4, injured 4 on I-290

May 16, 2019 at 7:19 p.m.

The driver of a Ford Explorer that rolled down an embankment and flipped over on the Eisenhower Extension in Addison this morning, killing four women and injuring four other people,...

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