Rudolph Bush

A construction company president and longtime Democratic Party fundraiser has been charged in federal court with bribing a former Chicago Public Schools official to get millions of dollars in contracting...

When Larnell Rogers fled Chicago's federal courthouse Thursday, causing a 2 1/2-hour lockdown, it was just another twist in a bizarre story involving police informants, a reputed gang member named...

A who's who of Chicago political power brokers and the job seekers they sponsored was unveiled Monday by federal prosecutors in the City Hall corruption trial. The list of more...

The FBI has conducted more than 1,000 interviews during its investigation of Mayor Richard Daley's administration, but Daley alone had a court reporter present to transcribe his statement to investigators,...

Three brothers--two from Burbank and one from Florida--were arrested Wednesday, accused of defrauding Illinois of millions of dollars in taxes on sales of tobacco products, authorities said. Omar Dahla, 41,...

Shortly after the forewoman sent U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer a note that the jury had reached a verdict in the trial of former Gov. George Ryan, Pallmeyer summoned the...

The trial of four men accused of running drugs through a violent West Side gang ended almost as soon as it began Tuesday, with U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer declaring...

A federal judge on Monday excused two jurors from former Gov. George Ryan's corruption trial after the Tribune uncovered that both had apparently concealed arrest records during jury selection six...

A day before deposed international press baron Conrad Black was scheduled to be arraigned in Chicago, a fellow defendant was a no-show in federal court for his own arraignment Wednesday....