Over time, beer drinkers generally shifted to wine, the study found, and the younger generation drank less hard liquor than the older ones. At the same time, more and more adults ...

The alderman, Arenda Troutman, has maintained her innocence. Two former aldermen once convicted of graft wanted their old jobs back — Percy Giles, who was busted in the federal government's ...

It's been a bad week for Alderwoman Arenda Troutman, 20th Ward, who has been fighting allegations that she has friendships with members of the Black Disciples street gang. Troutman held a press ...

The closest race in the Hyde Park-Kenwood-Woodlawn vicinity took place in the 20th ward, where incumbent Arenda Troutman staved off challenger Howard Kenner, winning 56 percent of the vote and ...

Arenda Troutman, 20th Ward alderman Accused of taking thousands of dollars in payoffs and campaign money from developers seeking political favors, Troutman was sentenced to four years in prison in ...

It’s a Chicago tradition. Who can forget Ald. Arenda Troutman, caught on tape by the feds declaring: “Most aldermen, most politicians are hos.” Ald. Virgil Jones accepted bundles of cash in ...

In 2007, Daley picked Beale to lead the council’s Landmarks Committee. Its previous chair, Arenda Troutman, had been charged in federal court with taking a bribe and then lost her reelection bid.

The list dates back to the early 1970s. Cochran is also now the third guilty alderman from the 20th Ward; his predecessors Arenda Troutman and Cliff Kelley are also on the list. That ties the 20th ...

Arenda Troutman, who was facing bribery charges of her own at the time. She later was convicted and sentenced to four years in prison. Another former 20th Ward alderman, Cliff Kelley, was indicted ...

But he died in office, and his successor Arenda Troutman got a four-year prison sentence in 2009 for shaking down developers, despite tearfully insisting, “I am not a criminal ,and I never ...

Arenda Troutman (20 th Ward): Pleaded guilty in 2008 Admitted to soliciting donations from developers. She was convicted on bribery charges and was convicted and sentenced to four years in prison.