Investigations – Page 11

Dr. Ayoub Sayeg arrives at a court hearing at the Daley Center in the Loop on Aug. 19, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Illinois plastic surgeon with 8 patient deaths faces another license suspension

By Christy Gutowski

October 6, 2026 at 11:14 a.m.

The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs temporarily suspended Dr. Ayoub Sayeg’s medical license,...

Gov. JB Pritzker joined Mayor Lori Lightfoot, right, Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle, second from left, and public health experts in updating residents on March 12, 2020, in the early days of the pandemic. Illinois, Chicago and Cook County received $11 billion through the American Rescue Plan Act amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A Tribune-University of Chicago Mansueto Institute analysis revealed few efforts to identify potential waste and abuse of that money. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Illinois, Chicago, Cook County got $11B in pandemic aid but there were gaps in oversight and transparency

By Dan Petrella

September 13, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Tribune and the University of Chicago's Mansueto Institute examined how Illinois, Chicago and Cook...

Weiss Memorial Hospital, in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood, was closed in August 2025 after federal regulators cut off Medicare funding over safety issues. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Illinois ignores rules and red flags as ‘servant leader’ runs up $100M state tab, then closes 2 hospitals

By Joe Mahr

August 30, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

West Suburban and Weiss Memorial's collapse illustrates what can go wrong in a state that...

Ex-Chicago HSI agent gets more than 6 years in prison for widespread corruption

By Jason Meisner

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

In a case closely watched within Chicago's federal law enforcement ranks, a former agent for...

Fontaine Sanders, 19, was fatally shot in April 2017. He was a student at Robert Morris University, working toward his dream of becoming a physical therapist.

The frightened witness and the long-hidden memo: Plea deal in murder case has startling back story

By Christy Gutowski

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

Three eyewitnesses identified Zeron Moody as one of two shooters who opened fire in a...

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans, shown at an award ceremony in February, has led the criminal courts for more than two decades.

Stalled Justice update: Notoriously slow Cook County courts will begin tracking why cases are delayed

By Joe Mahr

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

As the pace of justice in Cook County has grown slower and slower, leaders of...

Debora Land stands outside Jones College Preparatory High School in Chicago on Sept. 1, 2023. When she was a member of the Jones Local School Council, Land reported an allegation of a physical restraint violation involving a special education student.

After CPS violated state law over physical restraint, district says it’s met training mandates. Parents and experts say more needs to be done.

By Sarah Macaraeg

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

Less than an hour after Chicago Public Schools disclosed its multiple violations of state law...

Ed Siskel, then-attorney for the City of Chicago, speaks at Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Aug. 8, 2017.

Biden taps Chicago attorney Edward Siskel as White House counsel

By Jake Sheridan

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

President Joe Biden named Chicago attorney Edward "Ed" Siskel White House counsel Tuesday. Siskel, who...

The criminal case against Lavandis Hudson's mother, Marles Blackman, is still pending at the Markham branch of the Cook County courts after more than 11 years.

Stalled Justice: Lawsuit on boy’s 2011 death is long over, but Cook County still hasn’t tried his mom for murder

By Joe Mahr

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

On a sweltering July evening 12 years ago, medics raced to a Midlothian apartment and...

An image from a recently released 2008 FBI video shows longtime Tylenol murder suspect James Lewis, who died in July, discussing aspects of the unsolved crime.

Videos show longtime Tylenol murder suspect James Lewis discussing the crime with undercover agents

By Christy Gutowski

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

One month after the death of James Lewis, the sole suspect in the 1982 Chicago...

Pedro, Yolexi and Esperanza board a train in Denver that will take the family to Chicago on July 14, 2023. The family waited at the station for almost 12 hours when the train finally arrived around 10:30 p.m. (Armando L. Sanchez / baiduhai)

52 days on the road: A migrant family’s desperate journey to Chicago

By Nell Salzman

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

Esperanza Beatriz Mendez didn't get to say goodbye to her mother before leaving her home...

Bolingbrook man kills himself after wife fatally shot in an apparent accident while he was cleaning weapon, police say

By Jake Sheridan

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

A Bolingbrook couple died Saturday when a man killed himself after his wife was fatally...

Longtime Tylenol suspect James Lewis, who was found dead Sunday, walks down the street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, last August. He was 76 at the time.

James Lewis, sole suspect in the 1982 Tylenol murders, has died

By Christy Gutowski

June 14, 2024 at 6:42 p.m.

James Lewis, the lone suspect in the 1982 Tylenol murders, was found dead Sunday at...