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Confessions of a money mule: ‘It was too good to be true’
Jodi Hubler was scrolling through job ads on her computer when she hit the jackpot. “Payroll,” read the ad. “Work from home.” It seemed like a perfect position for Hubler, a former legal secretary who...
View ArticleBoard member of failed Bridgeport bank tied to City Hall hiring scandal
One of the board members of a failed Bridgeport bank that’s missing more than $80 million had a little-known role in the City Hall hiring scandal that sent Mayor Richard M. Daley’s patronage director...
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National consumer warning on Chicago business that buys, resells diabetic strips
A Chicago company that buys and resells diabetic testing strips is the subject of a rare second national warning from the Better Business Bureau, which says the company hasn’t addressed a growing pile...
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10 names added to list of clergy with ‘substantiated’ sex misconduct allegations
At a closed-door gathering in August with young men studying to be priests at the Catholic church’s seminary in Mundelein, Cardinal Blase Cupich boasted that the Archdiocese of Chicago’s “record” on...
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CPS to spend $26M to address nursing shortage under plan ripped by parent group
Plagued by problems finding enough nurses to staff its buildings, the Chicago Public Schools will expand its stable of outside nursing firms to eight — including one that has sued the school system....
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For robbery of $33 of underwear, Illinois appeals court upholds 10-year sentence
A divided Illinois Appellate Court panel has upheld a 10-year prison sentence that a Cook County judge gave a homeless drug addict convicted of the 2015 robbery of a Family Dollar Store on the West...
View ArticleDaley pension debacle: Where did $54 million go?
If there ever was any hope that five Chicago city workers pension funds would make any money by investing $68 million with then-Mayor Richard M. Daley’s nephew and one of his key political supporters,...
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Another CTA driver disciplined for peeing on his bus, gets 3-day suspension
After a CTA bus driver clipped a no-parking sign on the South Side, smashing his side-view mirror, transit agency officials reviewed the onboard surveillance camera footage and found something...
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By retiring, fire commissioner avoided discipline over his driver’s racial slur
When Chicago Fire Commissioner Jose A. Santiago retired in August, he was facing disciplinary action from Mayor Rahm Emanuel for failing to file a complaint against his driver, who used the N-word...
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Burke’s top political aide got visit from feds before raid
Shortly before FBI agents raided the offices of Ald. Edward M. Burke, they knocked on the door of the alderman’s top political aide, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. The FBI showed up at Peter...
View ArticleFBI seized cellphone of Chicago’s most powerful alderman, Edward Burke
Chicago’s most powerful alderman, Edward M. Burke, had his cell phone seized by federal agents who raided his government and political offices late last month, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. It’s...
View ArticleState regulators investigating prominent ex-UIC shrink who studied bipolar kids
Illinois regulators have launched an investigation into a prominent former University of Illinois at Chicago psychiatrist whose research into children with bipolar disorder was shut down because of her...
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Judge who now faces state inquiry after gun acquittal got a break most don’t
When Cook County Circuit Judge Joseph Claps was found not guilty in October of a gun charge, it was because another judge gave Claps the benefit of the doubt in a way that typical defendants aren’t...
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Most volunteers who got signatures for embattled Ald. Burke can’t vote for him
A state senator. A City Hall lobbyist. A banned former city contractor. And a smattering of city workers. They’re all part of Ald. Edward M. Burke’s political army, which gathered 7,193 signatures on...
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Burke’s fight to keep records secret from city watchdog has cost taxpayers $248K
Embattled Ald. Edward M. Burke’s turf war to keep the City Hall inspector general’s office from reviewing workers’ compensation records has cost Chicago taxpayers nearly a quarter of a million dollars...
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Medical examiner slow to review cases of fired pathologist who missed a murder
More than a year after finding that one of its pathologists missed a murder and launching an unprecedented review of every one of the 218 cases Dr. John E. Cavanaugh handled, the Cook County medical...
View ArticleAfter Sun-Times report, CPS finds a nurse for kindergartner with medical needs
Liam Miller needed a nurse to be able to go to kindergarten without his mom having to stay with him at school. Now, he has one. Nearly every day for six weeks, Krystal Miller had to stay with her...
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Priest accused of child rape, porn, now AWOL from his religious community
After the Rev. Richard McGrath was accused in late 2017 of having child pornography on the cell phone he used as president of Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox, he refused to turn it over to...
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Chinese cargo plane strayed dangerously close to departing United jet at O’Hare
A China Southern Airlines jet was preparing to leave a cargo zone at O’Hare Airport in September when the pilots were told to sit tight and wait for instructions before taxiing across the busy...
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City Haul: $100K club grows; more city employees got paid more than Rahm Emanuel
The city of Chicago’s six-figure employee club keeps growing. And more and more members of that club are taking home bigger paychecks than Mayor Rahm Emanuel. That’s according to a Chicago Sun-Times...
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