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- Former Gary Mayor Jerome Prince sentenced after taking plea deal for illegal use of campaign fundsby Maya Wilkins on January 16, 2025 at 7:07 pm
Former Gary Mayor Jerome Prince was sentenced at the U.S. District Court in Hammond for using campaign funds to buy a home in the city’s Miller neighborhood.
- David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind ‘Blue Velvet’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ dies at 78by Associated Press on January 16, 2025 at 6:42 pm
David Lynch, the filmmaker celebrated for his uniquely dark vision in such movies as “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and the TV series “Twin Peaks,” has died just days before his 79th birthday.
- Chicago Housing Authority ordered to pay $24 million in lead poisoning lawsuit brought by two residentsby Lizzie Kane on January 16, 2025 at 6:28 pm
Two residents alleged the defendants knew their unit had lead-based paint and that their children suffered “severe lead poisoning."
- Two fatally wounded Thursday morning in possible domestic-related shootingby Deanese Williams-Harris on January 16, 2025 at 5:33 pm
A 41-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man were both found fatally wounded in a possible domestic-related shooting Thursday morning on the West Side, Chicago police said.
- After three months and dozens of witnesses — including surprise testimony from Madigan himself — evidence phase of historic corruption trial is completeby Jason Meisner, Megan Crepeau on January 16, 2025 at 5:26 pm
Lawyers for former House Speaker Michael Madigan formally rested their case before the jury on Thursday after calling 12 witnesses, most notably Madigan himself.