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Lake County News-Sun: Authorities investigating credit card use by Lake County Board chairman
On the same day Lake County Board Chairman Aaron Lawlor announced he was dropping his reelection bid while he undergoes treatment for drug addiction, the Lake County State’s Attorney announced late Tuesday that authorities have launched an independent investigation over Lawlor’s use of a county-issued credit card.
State’s Attorney Michael Nerheim said that shortly after Lawlor announced on July 30 that he was taking a leave of absence to enter a rehabilitation center for drug addiction, his office — along with Lake County Sheriff Mark Curran and acting County Board Chairman Carol Calabresa — “became aware of suggestions that Mr. Lawlor may have been in some personal financial difficulty.”
WTTW Chicago Tonight: Madigan’s Ties to Volunteer Charged with Murder
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and his organization are under fire once again.
The story begins July 2017, when southwest suburban resident Michael Pelko is arrested and questioned about the death of his longtime friend Izat Morrar.
Northwest Herald: Algonquin Township board to discuss resolutions banning patronage, nepotism
Algonquin Township officials will meet Wednesday to discuss new resolutions that have one trustee concerned.
An administrative assistant in Supervisor Charles Lutzow’s office sent township trustees a meeting packet Monday including an agenda for the board’s 7 p.m. meeting at 3702 Route 14 and three resolutions.
Peoria Journal-Star: East Peoria voters will decide on new form of government
Voters in November will choose between retaining the city’s commission form of government or reverting to a form it abandoned 100 years ago.
The City Council maneuvered a tangled knot of municipal arcana and uncertainty before deciding in a split vote Tuesday night to place a referendum on the November ballot to stick with its current form of government or dump it in favor of a default form of government and a lot of unanswered questions.
Peoria Journal-Star: Peoria County sheriff forms citizens advisory board
A group of seven was picked from a cross section of the community to give insight and thoughts on policies and practices at the Peoria County Sheriff’s Department.
The group, known as the Peoria County Sheriff’s Citizen Advisory Board, has no disciplinary or policy-making power. But Sheriff Brian Asbell said the board will be key in efforts to boost department transparency.
The Southern: Ben Carson declared mission accomplished in East St. Louis — where public housing is still a disaster.
The city’s administrative building was decorated for a festive affair when U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson arrived here last September. An Americana themed banner draped the back of a raised stage. Red, white and blue balloons floated in the foreground.
“This is really an exciting day,” Carson told a crowd of a few dozen city and community leaders. “It is a day of transition and a day of progress.”