Extra Extra: Hastert To Be Arraigned In Federal Court Thursday In Chicago
By Lisa White in News on Jun 1, 2015 10:30PM
Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is scheduled to be arraigned at a federal courthouse in downtown Chicago on Thursday on charges he "agreed to pay $3.5 million to a longtime acquaintance to cover up wrongdoing in his past and then lied to the FBI when asked about the suspicious cash withdrawals from several banks." [Tribune]
Willie Wilson continues to follow his dreams of holding office (despite not succeeding in Chicago) as he heads to Iowa after announcing he's running for president of the United States. [Sun-Times]
Kudos to the Sun-Times headline writer who really said what we're all thinking regarding the open CPS CEO job. [Sun-Times]
A body was pulled from the Chicago River this morning on the North Side. [Tribune]
According to court documents, the man charged with robbing and killing a 25-year-old Lakeview man over the weekend was also awaiting trial for threatening police with a machete. [DNAinfo]
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