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FBI Informant Dishes on McHenry County Sheriff’s Office; Feds Take Pass

ROUNDUP: Give and you shall receive + sleuthing from the inside

In another sign that Maywood’s police department is in need of a dramatic overhaul, a now-former officer has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman he met on duty.

Last year, municipal leaders in Oak Brook hired a law firm to get to the bottom of three things: how the now-former police chief, Tom Sheahan, was hired in 2005 by the village government under a previous regime; how Sheahan quietly ended up with a 2007 pension sweetener that put Oak Brook taxpayers on the hook for an extra $750,000 in liabilities; and how the now-former

BGA Honors 2010 Investigative Award Winners

City Workers Goof, Leave Warehouse Unattended

Illinois’ Fiscal Crisis: We’re No. 2!

ROUNDUP: Kidding Around at CPS; D.C. Lobbyist Gets Another Deal at Sanitary District; Lush Spending in Lincolnwood

Couple things caught our eye today that we wanted to pass along.

Candidate for Cook County Pension Post Pleaded Guilty In 1985 Vote Fraud Case