Morton College is on a slippery slope of losing its accreditation, and its president and director of operations are placing at least part of the blame on the school’s attorney, Michael Del Galdo, a source close to the situation told West Cook News.

A $166 million referendum approved in early August by Hinsdale High School District 86 has a slim chance with the voters in November without school attendance boundaries for Central and South high schools in place, says Zach Mottl, a Burr Ridge trustee and co-chair of a citizens group fighting for parity between the schools.

A proposed change in the bylaws of the Cook County Republican Party that would have allowed Democrats to serve as Republican ward committeemen fizzled at a meeting of party officials July 25 and county Republicans lacked a quorum necessary for a vote after nearly 30 committeemen boycotted the meeting.

Riverside Police Chief Tom Weitzel said that a juvenile arrested recently for stealing a motorbike is why carjacking legislation introduced earlier this year in Springfield was no “overreach” as some have claimed.

Hinsdale Township High School District 86 voted on Monday night to eliminate the buffer zone between its Central and South High Schools.

Boundaries governing which of two highs schools -- Central or South -- students attend in Hinsdale Township High School District 86 could change now that the school board has decided to place the controversial issue on its June 18 meeting agenda.

Chicago-area law enforcement got a portion of what they wanted in carjacking legislation approved on the last day of the spring session in Springfield when a few days before it appeared as though they would get only a watered-down change in the law.

Laura Durkin, a sister-in-law to House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, last worked in 2001 selling office furniture before landing a $80,000-a-year job last spring with the Illinois Tollway as general manager of Engineering.

Republicans from at least one township in Cook County said that Tuesday's endorsement of Gov. Bruce Rauner was the outcome of a rigged process and not a reflection of grass-roots support within the party.

Burr Ridge has taken the first step in defending its fiscal reputation in the face of accusations from House Republican Leader Jim Durkin’s re-election campaign that the village finances are nothing short of a disaster.

Burr Ridge Mayor Mickey Straub said he hopes that Rep. Jim Durkin’s sister-in-law cleared all the proper channels in getting her job last April as general manager of engineering at the Illinois Tollway, but a recent story by the Chicago Daily Herald raises suspicions that she did not.

Henry Vicenik, the former mayor of Broadview, told West Cook News that House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) called him to see if he were amenable to a deal proposed by the politically connected backer of a proposed strip club in the village.

The Village of Burr Ridge is demanding that House Republican Leader Jim Durkin’s re-election campaign, “Citizens for Durkin,” halt mailing a flier that contains “false and misleading” information about the village’s fiscal health and the competency of its governing officials.

Michael Mahoney, the chief of staff for House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, was cited multiple times in a recent Chicago Tribune story about an investigation into improper relationships between Illinois Lottery and legislative staff, and lobbyists for the British firm Camelot, the Lottery’s new management team.

Rep. Jim Durkin’s office told the Chicago Sun-Times that Durkin (R-Western Springs) did not “make any call to facilitate a meeting” over a proposed adult entertainment club in Broadview despite the sworn testimony of the village's former mayor saying he did.

Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin played a role in the drawn out legal battle between the Village of Broadview and a proposed adult "gentleman's club," Chicago Joe’s Tea Room, according to a 2013 deposition of former Broadview Mayor Henry A. Vicenik.

Burr Ridge Mayor Mickey Straub calls the recent rush appointment of a legislative inspector general (LIG) that followed a three-year vacancy a case of “damage control” to shield lIlinois lawmakers from the political fallout of recent sexual harassment allegations against a state senator.

For municipal bond advisory work, Jim Durkin, the lawyer, earned nearly $200,000 for his law firm, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, from just one client, the City of Berwyn, billing records obtained by West Cook News show.

The leader of a group of parents concerned about an apparent lack of transparency in the finances of River Forest Youth Baseball and Softball (RFYBS) is weighing his options after a promised audit never materialized at the annual meeting recently.

A concerned group of parents and volunteers involved with River Forest Youth Baseball and Softball (RFYBS) say they will contact the Illinois Attorney General’s office and Little League International if the president and nine-member board of RFYBS fail to disclose details about the league’s finances at the annual meeting scheduled for Tuesday, October 24.