Investigations – Page 20

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...

Elgin police charge Carpentersville man in connection with fatal shooting of 2 men at Elgin party

By Gloria Casas

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

A Carpentersville man has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the shooting deaths...

Carmen Ayala, superintendente de Educación de Illinois.

La principal funcionaria de educación de Illinois pide a las escuelas dejar de trabajar con la policía para multar por mala conducta a los estudiantes

By Jennifer Smith Richards

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

La principal funcionaria de educación de Illinois instó a las escuelas a dejar de trabajar...

State Superintendent of Education Carmen Ayala

Illinois’ top education official asks schools to stop working with police to ticket students for misbehavior

By Jennifer Smith Richards

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

Illinois' top education official urged schools to stop working with police to ticket students for...

Then-mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot announces the People First Pledge, a series of ethics reforms proposed by mayoral and aldermanic candidates, at City Hall in Chicago on Jan. 8, 2019.

Paul Vallas: The mayor tries to reinvent herself as a reformer

By Paul Vallas

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

Three years after blocking ethics reform, Mayor Lori Lightfoot has finally decided to tackle one...

A ticket book sits on the desk of the school resource officer at Bradley-Bourbonnais.

How we reported on student ticketing in Illinois schools

By Jennifer Smith Richards

July 31, 2024 at 2:18 p.m.

Neither the state of Illinois nor the federal government tracks how often police give tickets...

Blake, 17, and his mother Jennifer Fee, left, talk to prosecutor Pat McGrath at the Tazewell County Courthouse in March 2022. Blake received a ticket for having a tobacco vaping device at school.

The Price Kids Pay: Schools and police punish students with costly tickets for minor misbehavior

By Jennifer Smith Richards

February 4, 2025 at 9:47 a.m.

The courthouse lobby echoed like a crowded school cafeteria. Teenagers in sweatshirts and sneakers gossiped...

Chicago Blackhawks general manager Stan Bowman attends the Blackhawks Convention at the Hilton Chicago on July 27, 2018.

Timeline: The Chicago Blackhawks video coach scandal — and what has happened next

By Christy Gutowski

July 1, 2024 at 3:45 p.m.

In May 2021, a former Chicago Blackhawks player filed a negligence lawsuit against the organization...

Lake County prosecutor Bernard Carter gestures during his talk to eighth-graders at Kahler Middle School in Dyer, Indiana Wednesday October 27, 2021. (Andy Lavalley for the Post-Tribune)

Prosecutor, PNW partner to form state-funded high-tech crimefighting unit

By Post-Tribune

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

Lake County will host one of 10 High-Tech Crime Units established throughout the state as...

3 Oak Lawn students face charges in threats to schools, police say

By Mike Nolan

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

Oak Lawn police said Monday that three juveniles have been charged in connection with recent...

Jimmy de Castro, shown in 2013, is a former president and general manager of WGN Radio. He later worked at Entercom, now Audacy.

Women in Chicago radio call out ‘toxic and sexist’ culture in male-dominated industry

By Christy Gutowski

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

First Kathy Hart disappeared from "Eric & Kathy," the morning radio show on WTMX-FM that...