On Friday, the closing arguments in NBA star Dwyane Wade's child custody trial played out in the Cook County Circuit Court, putting an end to the bitter battle over Wade and his ex-wife Siohvaughn Wade's two sons, 8-year-old Zaire and 2-year-old Zion, who are caught in-between both of their parents. And that "is just the saddest thing," Cook County Circuit Court Judge Renee Goldfarb said, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, after the closing arguments. more ›

Cook County Circuit Court Clerk and Cook County Board Presidential candidate Dorothy Brown is being accused of shenanigans once again, this time by "civic bounty hunter" David Novoselsky who claims Brown set up a big budget for a quasi-legal division within her office. CBS 2's Jay Levine reported last night that this local watchdog has filed a lawsuit alleging that Brown has amassed a large team of lawyers within her office by hiring them and giving them different job titles. more ›

The long-threatened lawsuit challenging the city's bottled water tax was finally filed in Cook County Circuit Court yesterday, five days after the tax went into effect. more ›

Here's yet another twist to the "Jimbo's is closing" timeline. Cook County Circuit Court Judge Sheldon Garber, who only last week gave owners Jimbo and Joyce Levato until the end of the month to clear out of their location at 33rd and Princeton, agreed to lift his order while the Levatos file an appeal of his ruling. The appeal filing allows Jimbo's to stay open this season, and possibly longer, depending on how backed up the court's dockets might be. more ›

Now this is just wrong. more ›

Having plead guilty to probation violations last month stemming from his December arrest on guns charges, Bears defensive tackle Tank Johnson faced sentencing on Thursday. In a Skokie courtroom, Cook County Circuit Court Judge John Moran sentenced Johnson to 120 days in jail and fined him $2,500. Bears head coach Lovie Smith and Pro Bowl linebacker Brian Urlacher spoke on Johnson's behalf prior to sentencing. Imagine how long he'd be incarcerated if they hadn't! Speaking... more ›

To say that Mayor Daley announced his intention to run for a sixth term yesterday would be technically, if not totally, true. more ›

If you’re like Chicagoist, you’d feel pretty bad if you were accused of beating up a long-time friend, cheating him out of money and facing a lawsuit over the whole mess. Especially if it were true. If, however, you find yourself in this position and it’s the least scandalous thing you’ve been accused of in a while, well, you’re probably R. Kelly. more ›

Marshall Field coined the phrase "Give the lady what she wants", which later morphed into the more inclusive "the customer is always right", under protege H. Gordon Selfridge. However, if you are, or have ever been, a bartender, you know that's bullshit. You've had those moments where you just wanted to smack the taste out of someone's mouth, because they're giving you grief for not carrying Red Bull. But, because it's your job, you suck it up, take the abuse, and their money. more ›

We’ve all taken demeaning jobs to help pay the bills. (Don’t get us started on the number of times we dressed up as cartoon animals for children’s birthday parties.) One Chicago man figured he could get some work in the porn industry and keep it on the down low. Unfortunately, he discovered that not everyone in the porn industry is forthright and true. Also, the Easter Bunny isn’t real. A man going by the name... more ›

It's not that we don't feel awfully bad for someone who suffers from gastrointestinal issues, but we here at Chicagoist have a tough time swallowing - no pun intended - anyone suing McDonald's for anything these days. more ›

A woman in a Tinley Park nursing home more ›

We'll start this little ballot guide off with some information on the retention campaigns of judges on this year's ballot. more ›