Financial regulators won’t say what led them to take control of a North Side bank in January except that it involved “unsafe and unsound conditions and an impaired capital position.” But public records show that, prior to the abrupt shutdown and sale of M... See more
When Lori Lightfoot was Chicago’s mayor, City Hall put out a press release in 2021 touting the hiring of Paul Goodrich as her new chief operating officer, a multi-faceted role involving “the oversight, development and implementation of strategic mayoral i... See more
Richard McClung died in a plane crash Feb. 14 when the small aircraft he was piloting plummeted into a residential neighborhood between McHenry County and Rockford, narrowly missing homes, severing a gas line and horrifying locals. McClung’s online death ... See more
Chicago area road builder Sebastian “Sam” Palumbo has been banned from participating in state contracts ever since his conviction in a 1990s racketeering case in which prosecutors showed that he ripped off his employees, and that his former construction c... See more
Builders Paving LLC, a Hillside road contractor run by a daughter and son-in-law of felon Sebastian “Sam” Palumbo, is being cleared to once again work on Illinois Department of Transportation projects as part of a just-announced agreement that appears to ... See more
