Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Newlywed dies in hospice care, days after wedding in hospital chapelDec 04, 2019 10:00 pm - A newlywed heart transplant patient has died days after marrying his high school sweetheart at a hospital chapel last week, his wife confirmed Wednesday. Javier Rodrigue...
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Suit claims nursing home covered up employees' theft from patientDec 04, 2019 10:00 pm - When managers and owners of a Lincoln Park nursing home learned employees had stolen more than $700,000 from a 98-year-old resident who has Alzheimer's disease, they did...
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Ex-CPD commander sentenced to home confinementDec 02, 2019 10:00 pm - When Kenneth Johnson's mother died in 1994, she left behind a bank account she shared with her son - the one where her monthly Social Security benefits landed. By then, ...
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Lightfoot fires Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson over 'ethical lapses'Dec 02, 2019 12:00 am - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired Police Supt. Eddie Johnson on Monday, saying her decision was based his "ethical lapses." Lightfoot said she decided to fire Johnson a...
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CPD superintendent fired: 'Eddie Johnson repeatedly lied to me,' Lightfoot saysDec 01, 2019 10:00 pm - Mayor Lori Lightfoot has fired Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, saying he lied to her repeatedly. Lightfoot on Monday cited an incident in October in which Johnson w...
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Video of Chicago officer body-slamming man 'very disturbing,' mayor saysNov 29, 2019 12:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Friday decried a newly surfaced video that shows a Chicago police officer body-slamming a man to the ground as "very disturbing." In a series of ...
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Under a cloud, Sandoval resigns from state SenateNov 27, 2019 12:00 am - Facing federal scrutiny in a broadening public corruption probe, state Sen. Martin Sandoval submitted his resignation Wednesday, effective New Year's Day. Writing “with ...
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All aboard: Relatives of embattled state Sen. Martin Sandoval hitch a ride on CTA payrollNov 26, 2019 10:00 pm - The CTA hired two close relatives of state Sen. Martin Sandoval while he was chairman of the Illinois Senate's Transportation Committee that holds huge sway over transit...
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Lightfoot gets her first budget through city councilNov 26, 2019 12:00 am - Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel pitched a shutout in his first big game on a new field, even though his first city budget doubled water and sewer rates, raised city sticker fe...
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Concert to raise money for teen shot as police chased robbery suspectNov 26, 2019 12:00 am - A concert Saturday at a North Side music venue will raise money for Rylan Wilder, the 15-year-old guitar player struck by a stray bullet as Chicago and Des Plaines polic...