More than a year ago, voters in Wheeling Township approved a new property tax to fund mental health services. But due to a legal dispute with political overtones, advocates likely will have to go through another referendum and wait a couple more years before they could get funding. Township officials are refusing to impose taxes for the program, saying it didn’t meet legal requirements, .
Wheeling Township blocks taxes for mental health program OK'd in referendum chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Will County Board votes 12-4 to continue courthouse demolition chicagotribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chicagotribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Will County Circuit Court Judge David Carlson is calling for a special prosecutor to look into why a defendant released from custody in error wasn’t taken into custody Dec. 1 after the judge ordered him held. Leroy Devine, 34, was arraigned Dec. 1 for two cases against him: one for aggravated fleeing; and one for aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, armed habitual criminal and possession or .