Cicero is the red-headed stepchild of Chicago suburbs. Here's yet another story that hammers that point home. more ›

Since we're writing about Cicero, no one should be surprised by the allegations. more ›

Larry Dominick's reign as Cicero Town President has been great for the business of a town board member who just happens to be the daughter of the town's trustee. more ›

Cicero Town President Larry Dominick testified yesterday that he's placed a few relatives on the town payroll. How many? Oh, a couple dozen or so. more ›

Documents in a lawsuit involving Cicero Town President Larry Dominick accuse him of using racial slurs for Hispanics. more ›

Elizabeth Dominick was director of the suburb's Health Department. We type "was" because Elizabeth Dominick tendered her resignation from the department yesterday, saying her salary was too low and her boss, Cicero Town President Larry Dominick — her husband — wouldn't giver her a raise. more ›

In an effort to "boost enforcement without increasing municipal spending" the town of Cicero has now given its seven trustees the power to issue parking tickets. The trustees will receive training from police and can write up infractions ranging from parking in a handicap space to blocking crosswalks. Town President Larry Dominick said in a statement: "It’s a good idea because all of the members of the board live here in the community and spend a lot of their time monitoring conditions in the town. They are aware of everything. This will help increase the response time and also crack down on motorists who violate parking and traffic laws but escape punishment." God help us if Mayor Daley ever enlists the City Council for similar help. more ›

• Illinois Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan filed suit today against Crestwood mayor Robert Stranczek and his father for lying to the state and their community over tainted cancer-causing water coming from a nearby well.
• The Sun-Times has the story of Mark Clements, a man convicted of four arson-related deaths from a 1981 incident, and his appeal for a new trial.
• There's trouble in Cicero where town president Larry Dominick has been accused of sexual assault and harassment by four former female employees.