By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — And the winner is … the Thomson Correctional Center in northwestern Illinois. The Chicago Sun-Times’ Lynn Sweet is reporting that the White House will announce on Tuesday that it will use the nearly empty 1,600-cell facility in Thomson, Ill., more than 2 hours outside of Chicago, to house Guantanamo…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com U.S. Attorney Rodger Heaton of Springfield, Ill., who has been a federal prosecutor since 1991, stepped down Monday, the Associated Press reported. His assistant Jeffrey Lang takes over as the acting U.S. Attorney. The wire service said Heaton planned to practice law in the private sector. Heaton had been U.S. Attorney…
There’s some badge of pride for being the most corrupt state. Illinois doesn’t want to conceded defeat to New Jersey or any other state for that matter. With 42 Illinois FBI agents assigned to public corruption, only D.C. has more, the Sun-Times points out. BY NATASHA KORECKI Chicago Sun-Times CHICAGO — Hey, back off, New…
Sure, county sheriffs have a lot of autonomy. But this obviously goes a little too far. Put this in the category of: Things Sheriffs Aren’t Allowed to Do. By The Associated Press SHAWNEETOWN, Ill. — Federal prosecutors are accusing the longtime sheriff of a county in southeastern Illinois of selling marijuana, often while on duty….
The Blago circus continued today, and frankly, it was not a good day for him. CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — The Illinois House of Representatives on Friday voted almost unanimously to impeach embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich. A monitor shows Speaker Michael Madigan as the Illinois House debates the governor’s impeachment Friday. The vote was 114-1, with…
