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Cook County Commissioner John Daley, left, hugs Patrick Daley Thompson after he is sworn in as  a new commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board.

Brown: One day later, Daleys put on a brave face

Published Dec. 5, 2012 By MARK BROWN Columnist The Daleys, Chicago's royal family of politics, gathered Tuesday to celebrate the…

Judge Michael P. Toomin

Marin: The judge who knows about going bad

Published Dec. 5, 2012 By CAROL MARIN Columnist Back in the days when Judge Michael P. Toomin sat on the bench in…

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The Koschman judge who’s rocking the system

Published Dec. 5, 2012 By TIM NOVAK, CAROL MARIN AND CHRIS FUSCO Staff Reporters As a teenager, Michael P. Toomin - the…

Mayor Daley and his siblings at an exhibit in 2005 at the Daley Center about their late father, Mayor Richard J. Daley, (left to right) Cook County Commissioner John Daley, then-Mayor Richard M. Daley, William Daley, Michael Daley and Mary Carol Vanecko, R.J. Vanecko's mother. | Sun-Times

Daley family breaks silence on Koschman case

Published Dec. 5, 2012 By DAN MIHALOPOULOS Staff Reporter The death of David Koschman was "a tragedy all the way…

Carol Marin

MARIN: NO CHRISTMAS AT KOSCHMAN HOME

Published Dec. 4, 2012 By CAROL MARIN Columnist Christmas come at a very tough time for Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko.…

Reporters Carol Marin, Tim Novak and Chris Fusco.  |  Sun-Times Media

SUN-TIMES BROUGHT KOSCHMAN CASE TO LIGHT

Published Dec. 4, 2012 By DAVID ROEDER Staff Reporter The indictment returned Monday against Richard J. "R.J." Vanecko resulted from…

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Prosecutor well-versed in all things Rush St.

Published Dec. 4, 2012 By CHRIS FUSCO AND TIM NOVAK Staff Reporters Dan K. Webb understands Rush Street, Chicago's legendary…

David Koschman and his late father, Robert Koschman

HE MADE FRIENDS EASILY AND KEPT THEM

Published Dec. 4, 2012 By CHRIS FUSCO, TIM NOVAK AND CAROL MARIN Staff Reporters Having just turned 21, David Koschman was excited…

Nanci Koschman  |  Sun-Times file photo

THE LIGHT IN HER LIFE GONE, A MOM PRESSES ON

Published Dec. 4, 2012 By TIM NOVAK, CHRIS FUSCO AND CAROL MARIN Staff Reporters For years, Nanci Koschman was so…

Mark Brown

BROWN: Vanecko’s indictment not enough

Published Dec. 4, 2012 By MARK BROWN Columnist The indictment of former Mayor Richard M. Daley's nephew Richard J. Vanecko…