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Mapes, a key member of Madigan’s inner circle who for years served as the speaker’s borderline-tyrannical gatekeeper, is about to go on trial on perjury charges.
Two men convicted in the slaying of a college basketball standout in Chicago 30 years ago are in line for a $25 million payout from the city under the terms of a settlement agreement, court records show.
Starting Thursday, more than 100,000 people will flock to Grant Park for each of the four days of Lollapalooza 2023, the first iteration of the festival during Mayor Brandon Johnson’s tenure.
“When acts of violence occur, it’s more than just the direct victims and their families who are affected,” interim CPD superintendent Fred Waller said during a press conference Monday.
Authorities have opened a criminal investigation into fraud allegations made against a former Cook County judge who has been accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly man.
A Tribune analysis found Waller, who retired in 2020 after 34 years with the department, will be paid more than $82,000 for helming the CPD in the early months of the Johnson administration.
Authorities in Alabama say they have filed criminal charges against a woman who confessed to fabricating a story that she was kidnapped after stopping to check on a toddler she saw walking on the side of the interstate.