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Bridgeport Officials Arrested For Absentee Ballot Mishandling

Learn about a voting scandal in Bridgeport, CT involving absentee ballot manipulation, leading to arrests and an election rerun.

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Brickbat: Running Up the Score

J.D. Bales, a former middle school soccer coach at the Bridgeport Independent School District in Texas has been charged with felony theft after police say he ran up more than $5,000 in charges on a school system credit card at a Houston strip club. Bridgeport Police Chief Steve Stanford told…

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Exonerated after 42 years in prison, two cousins look forward to fresh start in 2024

David Ayala and James Soto, wrongfully convicted of a 1981 double slaying in McKinley Park, get new suits from Project Gentlemen Image & Grooming Studio in Bridgeport.

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Body found in trunk of burning car in Bridgeport

Police have launched a homicide investigation after the body was found early Friday in the in the 3700 block of South Parnell Avenue.

Chicago Sun-Times

Renovated Ramova Theatre in Bridgeport to reopen with New Year’s Eve dance party

The former movie palace is set for its public debut after an upgrade that cost nearly $40 million.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bridgeport mayor says supporters broke law by mishandling ballots but he had nothing to do with it

The mayor of Connecticut’s largest city says he believes his supporters broke the law while handling absentee ballots

The Independent UK

Connecticut judge sets new primary date for mayor's race tainted by alleged ballot box stuffing

A Connecticut judge has set Jan. 23 as the date for a new Democratic primary in the Bridgeport mayor’s race after having tossed out the September election results because of alleged ballot box stuffing

The Independent UK

In crooked Bridgeport bank case, investigators are looking into longtime city contractor

They’re looking at ties between a dumpster company, owned by James W. Bracken III, and a former city official who was on the bank’s board, the Sun-Times has learned.

Chicago Sun-Times

Election might not settle Connecticut mayor's race upended by video of ballot box stuffing

The people of Bridgeport, Connecticut, have cast their ballots for mayor knowing there’s a chance the results won’t actually settle the election

The Independent UK

Client of crooked Bridgeport bank got out of $4 million owed by going bankrupt, then got millions more in loans

A month after Edward H. Gobbo got out of bankruptcy, Washington Federal Bank for Savings CEO John F. Gembara starting giving him loans of millions, records show. When the bank went bust, Gobbo or his immediate family owed more than $3.8 million on 27 residential loans, some of them years…

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Ramova Theatre’s curtain will rise again in Bridgeport

In a city that’s often quick to roll the bulldozer on vacant buildings, the Ramova’s resurrection this fall shows Chicago’s architecture is always worth saving.

Chicago Sun-Times

Some customers are still paying the price for corruption at failed Bridgeport bank

Customers who trusted the crooked bank to do the right thing are still out up to $312,000 each, as the latest story in the Sun-Times investigative series shows.

The Independent UK

As accusations fly over ballot stuffing in mayoral primary, Connecticut Democrat takes the 5th

A local Democratic official in Connecticut’s largest city has invoked her 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination rather than answer questions in court about allegations of illegal ballot box stuffing during a mayoral primary

Chicago Sun-Times

Crooked Bridgeport bank used these people’s CDs to fuel embezzlement scheme — ‘We were all victims’

Washington Federal Bank for Savings customers had no idea the high interest rates that attracted them were feeding the fraud. The bank’s “smooth operators” lured them in, the daughter of one victim says.

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Bridgeport bank failure fallout sees owner of home where bank CEO died found guilty of embezzling $6 million

Marek Matczuk, who said he did odd jobs for Washington Federal Bank for Savings and its employees, was given the money on orders of the late bank chief John F. Gembara.

The Independent UK

Surveillance video prompts Connecticut elections officials to investigate Bridgeport primary

Surveillance video of a woman in Connecticut stuffing papers into an absentee ballot drop box has prompted an investigation into possible election fraud

The Independent UK

AP Election Brief | What to expect in Connecticut's municipal primaries

Republicans in the small Connecticut town of Derby will soon decide whether to unseat their three-term incumbent mayor in favor of a local official who was recently charged in federal court for his involvement in the attack on the U.S. Capitol

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago’s Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders need affordable housing solutions

History has shown that AAPI communities have undeniably been left out of these discussions. Building a stronger, more equitable Chicago requires every community’s voice.

Chicago Sun-Times

Police search for man who tried to lure kids into car in Bridgeport

The kids were playing on the sidewalk about 8 a.m. Sunday in the 3100 block of South Halsted Street when a gray car pulled up and a man tried to get them into the car.

Chicago Sun-Times

Yin He Dance breathes new life into Chinese tradition

Folkloric-based troupe in Bridgeport aims to unify local Chinese American artists, reflect the diversity of dance genres.

Chicago Sun-Times

White Sox moving from Bridgeport would be ‘devastating,’ some businesses say

“Bridgeport and the White Sox just go together, they always did,” Carrie Stegniller, a manager at Turtle’s Bar and Grill said. “The White Sox are our family and we’re their family.” But not everyone in the South Side neighborhood was as concerned about the potential move.

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