Defense targets Fawell’s motives
The strategy of former Gov. George Ryan's defense team to unravel the case against him began to emerge Wednesday as his attorney struck at the heart of the government's case...
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No `bomb’ on Ryan, Fawell says
An emotional Scott Fawell, under questioning for the first time Tuesday from former Gov. George Ryan's lawyer, said he doesn't believe that he or Ryan ever committed any crimes during...
Election funds went to relatives
Former Gov. George Ryan's campaign paid out thousands of dollars to Ryan's son-in-law, four daughters, sister and even a family caretaker for political and consulting work they allegedly never did,...
Fawell offers insider’s view
A noticeably less cocky and sarcastic Scott Fawell, testifying for a second day Monday at former Gov. George Ryan's trial, provided a window for jurors into the nitty-gritty world of...
A cocky Fawell gets in first digs
Scott Fawell, once former Gov. George Ryan's close friend and top political aide, took the witness stand Thursday, clearly relishing the spotlight at Ryan's historic trial but professing a reluctance...
`Most distasteful thing I’ve ever done’ nears for Fawell
When Scott Fawell takes the stand to testify against his close friend and mentor, George Ryan, it will be the "the most distasteful thing I've ever done," he wrote in...
Both sides girding for Ryan trial
As opening statements begin this week in the corruption trial of former Gov. George Ryan, federal prosecutors will try to prove that he was not just a bystander as friends...
It’s a lifestyle and it’s a lawsuit
Music mogul P. Diddy has been selling his style for as long as he has reigned over the hip-hop industry. But the slogan--"It's Not Just a Label, It's a Lifestyle"--that...
VA: No benefits problem
A long anticipated report from the Department of Veterans Affairs inspector general suggests that although Illinois veterans have received the lowest average disability payments in the country for 20 years,...
Illinois fights to keep bases off military’s closing list
It has been years since the Rock Island Arsenal has been as busy as it is today. Running at 75 percent capacity--the recent norm was 20 percent--the U.S. Army industrial...