Agent recounts Spilotro murders tale
The mob told Anthony Spilotro he was going to be promoted to a "capo," a street boss running a huge territory. His brother Michael was to become a "made" member,...
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Officials go after lifeblood of Outfit
By targeting mob-owned video gambling and sports bookmaking operations in a grand jury indictment handed down Monday, federal authorities acknowledged the importance of illicit gambling to the Chicago underworld. "The...
‘Clown’ missing from mob
Additional material published April 28, 2005: CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS. A graphic on mob murder victims in the main news section Tuesday incorrectly identified as Nicholas D'Andrea a photo of his...
Officials go after lifeblood of Outfit
By targeting mob-owned video gambling and sports bookmaking operations in a grand jury indictment handed down Monday, federal authorities acknowledged the importance of illicit gambling to the Chicago underworld. "The...
Top Mell aide says he was questioned in Hired Truck investigation
A top aide to powerful Ald. Richard Mell (33rd) said Tuesday investigators probing the city's scandal-ridden Hired Truck Program questioned him recently. Chuck Lomanto, Mell's chief of staff, said a...
A cleaning slate for Earth Week
Here's a little-known fact for Chicago history buffs. Chicago was the birthplace of National Clean Out Your Files Day. The April 22 event, first held in Chicago in 1995, has...
Officers face tax charges linked to jobs at strip clubs
More than a dozen former or current law-enforcement officers were charged with filing false tax returns by hiding income they made while moonlighting as security guards for three strip clubs...
Subpoenas issued in truck scandal
Chicago officials on Monday released five subpoenas that sought payroll records, calls to the 311 center and visitor sign-in sheets as part of the federal investigation of the scandal-plagued Hired...
Hired Truck probe adds counts against 8
A new indictment in the Hired Truck scandal alleges eight more people, including three former city employees, doled out cash bribes and campaign gifts to a one-time top boss in...
`Connected’ firm got state contract
Gov. Rod Blagojevich's campaign paid more than $164,000 last fall to a Markham construction company that recently won a $24.3 million state contract and has links to the governor's chief...