Robert Herguth

Mayor Brandon Johnson takes campaign cash from attorney whose Loop law firm has pending (and recently settled) lawsuits against City Hall, including one accusing Chicago cops of framing murder suspect. Latest fundraising questions that mayor won't answer. https://t.co/LRB8fWc5Ic

How the Catholic church turns its back on transparency over child sex abuse by military chaplains ... and how one of the top bishops in the U.S. (while taking on the Trump administration over immigration) is silent on abusers in the ranks past/present. https://t.co/mmpkMoacm1

Chicago Sun-Times staff reporter Bob Herguth talks to WGN Morning News about sea lampreys in the Great Lakes. https://t.co/mE4XggbCbs

3 Roman Catholic cardinals with Chicago-area ties will likely be part of the mix in choosing the next pope . . . one of them, Robert Prevost, was in charge of the Augustinian religious order as it was mired in secrecy over child sex abuse by its clergy. https://t.co/FBLnAHFSfS

Days after Catholic bishop announces parish closings in Chicago's suburbs in part because of financial troubles, he speaks of 'growing and vibrant' churches and hits up congregations for donations. But he won't say where all the money is going. https://t.co/S5J5OdBP6Y

Jesus said he is 'the truth' ... in Oak Park, a top-tier Catholic HS is aggressively hiding the truth about lawsuits and what transpired with a teacher accused of sexually assaulting female students. Fenwick High School and secret legal settlements. https://t.co/zGWFYcvu4O

When I was doing my Face to Faith podcast for the Chicago Sun-Times, I had the privilege of interviewing Lutheran scholar Martin Marty ... a pillar of interfaith dialogue, a Chicagoan, a gentleman. Story is below. Just seeing coverage that he's died. https://t.co/a7KGx4xuYe

Fenwick High School, a top-tier Catholic institution in Oak Park, is keeping secrets about teacher's alleged sex abuse of female students. Latest story on a scandal of silence in the church in the Chicago area and beyond. https://t.co/zGWFYcvu4O

There's a reason why Chicagoans may not recognize this creature. https://t.co/Od54A2Fina

O'Hare Airport has been the site of numerous harrowing incidents in recent years, including a 2019 incident shown in the photo here snapped by a passerby; air traffic control has taken heat lately, but they prevented many of our near-catastrophes. https://t.co/AYZ1i7Rocm

DDT, lead poisoning and now bird flu - bald eagles have had a rough go of it in the U.S., evidenced by one of the raptors being found dead in the northwest suburbs just recently, likely killed by the avian virus terrorizing barnyard and wild birds. https://t.co/TeKqdNSlVU

Illinois Supreme Court justice's campaign took $40k contribution from crooked/imprisoned ex-Chicago Ald. Ed Burke . . . and nobody will say a word. https://t.co/xXDt6WAuyA

More suburban Catholic congregations slated for closure by Bishop Ron Hicks, an acolyte of Cardinal Cupich ... church leaders often portray parish/school closings dishonestly, as detached from the sex abuse scandal, when it actually permeates everything. https://t.co/xPlut6hB0I

After inquiries from Sun-Times, Tara Stamps (a CTU employee who's on leave from CPS, and a Cook County commissioner) says she’ll step down as Mayor Brandon Johnson’s campaign chair ... Friends of Brandon Johnson has raised $14 million+ during her tenure. https://t.co/TeaZVWZGeq

Censorship attempt by Mayor Brandon Johnson's office? https://t.co/PFdvk3xxOx via @BlockClubChi

Harry Stewart Jr. Dies at 100; One of Last Tuskegee Airmen to See Combat https://t.co/K29F1ezTFH

Legendary saxophone player Gene 'Daddy G' Barge dies at 98 ... South Sider played with, and produced, some of the greats https://t.co/oIjnF6LzeG