Cook County Judge James Obbish said the prosecution provided a “mountain of evidence" showing that Griffin used more than $10 ...

A Cook County judge said Griffin is guilty of embezzling public funds “to benefit himself, his family and his friends.” ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Charles Griffin, former mayor of south suburban Ford Heights, was convicted Monday of stealing tens of ...

FORD HEIGHTS, Ill. - A suburban mayor was found guilty Monday of theft and official misconduct. A Cook County judge found ...

The $404,000 penalty put millions of unused bond dollars in the spotlight, adding to councilmembers' concerns about how the ...

Out with old, in with new. Portland-based Stand for Children close its doors in Louisiana, while New Schools for Baton Rouge ...

Joel Frahm Trio – Lumination (Anzic Records ANZ-0091. Album review by Charles Rees – SEE FULL LIST OF UK/EUROPEAN TOUR DATES 28 SEP-6 OCT BELOW) ...

Down on the farm is a recurring notebook highlighting the past week of baseball throughout the Pirates minor league system. Below are the most notable takeaways from each of ...

AN annual event dating back to the Middle Ages saw the Sheriff of York lead a pub crawl around some of York’s finest ale houses on Saturday.

Classic movie monsters such as Dracula, Frankenstein’s Monster, and the Wolf Man didn’t originate in cinema; they first ...

Mild-mannered, redheaded and bespectacled, William Colmer looked like a reasonably prosperous lawyer, which is what he was.

The students from the Rural Normal School at Ayotzinapa are among more than 115,000 people still reported as missing in ...