Trying to keep straight the near-manic plotting of Madigan and his one-time right-hand man, former close friend and co-defendant Michael McClain between 2011 and 2019 — the period on which the ...

A Wilkinsburg woman is facing charges after police said she led officers on a chase into Westmoreland County Monday.

A man, woman and two young children were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in Westmoreland County, according to ...

McClain attorney John Mitchell suggested that the defense teams were not planning to call additional witnesses in connection with forfeiture issues if the defendants are convicted by the jury.

In it, Madigan can be heard laughing as he told his ally, Michael McClain, that certain ComEd contractors had “made out like bandits.” “That’s you laughing there, isn’t it, sir?” ...

Former lobbyist Michael McClain exits after his and former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s corruption trial at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, Jan. 8, 2025. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune ...

For Madigan, a call to the stand was an apparent opportunity to distance himself from long-time confidant Michael McClain and inform a jury of eight women and four men, who will ultimately decide ...

Michael McClain (left) and former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan leave the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. Anthony Vazquez and Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file Share Former Illinois House ...

Michael Madigan, who is charged alongside his longtime right-hand man Michael McClain, is alleged to have orchestrated multiple corruption schemes, wielding his political power to reward loyal ...

(The Center Square) – Closing arguments are scheduled to begin next Wednesday at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain. U.S ...