Richard Daley showed he hasn't lost his touch for righteous indignation. more ›

A former cop who was part of the original investigation into the 2004 death of David Koschman told the Sun-Times that Richard "R.J." Vanecko, the Daley relative who threw the punch that killed Koschman, should have been charged in the crime, but that a combination of factors not related to politics prevented that. more ›

City Inspector General Joe Ferguson is this week's big winner. Heading an office that seems to have no shortage of investigations into local government waste, patronage and corruption, Ferguson capped an impressive week by announcing the City Department of Public Health brushed off nearly all of his office's recommendations for preventing the theft and loss of nearly $1 million worth of drugs used to supply city health clinics. Recommendations, by the way, the IG's office recommended nearly two years ago. While Ferguson did admit that the Health Department management had "significant turnover" during that span, he said it was no excuse. more ›

We wonder if city Inspector General Joe Ferguson wakes up every morning cursing having to go into work. The man who heads the city department charged with rooting out waste, corruption and mismanagement in city government and improving its effectiveness and efficiency must have to look at his job as a Sisyphean endeavor some days. more ›

It looks like thee David Koschman case is going to have something resembling a independent investigation after all. Inspector General Joe Ferguson requested documents from the Police Department regarding the Koschman case a full two weeks before the Illinois State Police agreed to Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez's request to investigate. more ›

Mayor Daley is taking credit this afternoon for an audit into the mileage reports of the Fire Department's Fire Prevention Bureau. The audit conducted by Inspector General Joseph Ferguson, showed that nearly 80 percent of the bureau's 108 drivers falsified mileage claims that Ferguson estimates cost taxpayers "thousands of dollars" in 2009 alone. more ›

Despite being sent to prison, a city employee still collected his paychecks while incarcerated. An investigation by the Chicago Inspector General found John LaGiglio, a laborer with the Bureau of Electricity, committed time-keeping fraud during his incarceration by not informing his superiors of his jail-time and improperly marking himself down for sick days, personal days and vacation time. LaGiglio pleaded guilty to his third conviction for driving under the influence and served two months of a year sentence in Stateville Correctional Center in 2005. According to the report, he collected $4,032 in paychecks and maintained his taxpayer-funded medical insurance valued at $1,500 while in prison, the Sun Times reported. The timekeepers and supervisor who maintained the records have since retired. more ›

• Two people are dead and four were hurt in a fire this afternoon near suburban Bloomingdale.
• A week after his body was found in the Chicago River and a day after he was memorialized, the Chicago Board of Education met and honored Michael Scott.
• The Sun-Times has a profile of Joe Ferguson, the city's new Inspector General.