Former Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell was sentenced to 19 1/2 years in prison Thursday after she admitted to stealing $53.7 million from the northern Illinois city.
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A 32-year-old west suburban woman -- an illegal alien from Nicaragua -- faces deportation and up to 15 years in prison after being charged with making and selling fake identity documents to other ille
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The CTA agreed Wednesday to purchase eight more new-generation rail cars with aisle-facing seats at a "bargain price" and to tweak the interior lighting on all such cars.
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A former sports administrator for the Chicago Public Schools was sentenced to two years probation Wednesday after he admitted he forged checks, purchased items and then returned them so he could pocke
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The West Side took it on the chin Wednesday in the list of Chicago Public Schools at risk of closing — but residents who packed a CPS hearing vowed not to give up the fight.
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A northwest suburban Palatine man was charged with animal cruelty for shooting his neighbor's dog, lured to his yard by a deer carcass. He allegedly told police he thought the dog was a coyote.
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Air travelers will soon have a place to rest their weary heads between flights at O'Hare Airport — and it won't be those infamous cots opened in passenger terminals during snowstorms.
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