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U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber took senior status in 2002, but he continued to preside over blockbuster trials 20 years later. They included the trial of former R&B star R. Kelly in 2022 and a major corruption trial involving four political insiders tied to ComEd. "He was an honorable judge…
Late Monday morning, a northbound bus hit the theater in the 3500 block of South Halsted Street, a northbound Cadillac and several parked cars, Chicago police said.
Mayor Brandon Johnson and Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle greeted Chicago's newest arrivals, who've taken up residence at the old St. Bartholomew school and convent in Portage Park.
Prosecutors want a judge to give Chicago's longest-serving City Council member a 10-year prison sentence for corruption. But defense attorneys hope to sway the judge to spare him any prison time with stories of Ed Burke's good deeds.