* State sues father, son whose escrow firm owes $1 mil.

* Prosecutors say escrow company endangered homeowners

* Why are you still here?

Crestwood residents have to live with the knowledge that their officials allowed them to unwittingly consume contaminated well water for more than 20 years. They shouldn’t have to live with Stranczek running their town. He should resign.

* Brother of Daley pal quits CTA job

The brother of one of Mayor Daley’s closest friends in politics has quit the $116,000-a-year CTA job created just for him, paving the way for Robert Degnan to simultaneously collect two government pensions.

In 2002, Degnan retired as the city’s $115,260-a-year Fleet Management commissioner to accept a $95,000-a-year job at the CTA. By jumping through an early retirement window, Degnan got a lump-sum bonus of 10 percent of his annual city salary. He was also free to collect both a city pension and a CTA paycheck.

His May 31 retirement from the CTA means Degnan can now collect two local government pensions. His annual retirement check from the city amounts to roughly $92,208 or 80 percent of Degnan’s highest city salary. After just seven years on the CTA job, he’ll collect a $10,997-a-year CTA pension.

* Alderman want answers regarding Vanecko deal

* A way to curb Olympics corruption

* Chicago leads off presentation s to IOC members

* IOC chief: Economics shouldn’t drive 2016 Olympic vote

* Chicago 2016 Olympic Committee Delivers Presentation

* Official gets no-confidence vote for questionable payments, expenses

Cook County commissioners issued a no-confidence vote today against a suburban education official who a state auditor found repeatedly used a government credit card for personal expenses and approved questionable payments to relatives on his payroll.

The County Board’s unanimous vote comes in the wake of a state audit, first reported by the Sun-Times last week, that focused on Regional Supt. Charles A. Flowers and his state-funded office, which has amassed a nearly $1 million deficit.

“This is an example of flagrant corruption at its most heightened,” said Commissioner Liz Doody Gorman, a Republican from Orland Park. She introduced the no-confidence resolution and pressed — as the state’s top auditor has — for a criminal probe.

* Cook County Board calls for probes of regional schools office

* Cook County condemns schools superintendent, wants money back

* Flowers target of criminal investigation

* Cole gets weepy about Stroger

* Fired county worker says officials out to get him

* Putting power in principals’ hands

* Cutting fat is just first step toward healthier schools

* 1968 Chicago riot cops to hold reunion

Predictably, a protest to counter the event is being planned. Chicago Copwatch, a watchdog group, is organizing a march to the FOP hall the same night after a rally at Union Park at Ashland Avenue and Lake Street.

* 1968 Democratic convention riot police planning reunion

* Chicago to Michigan City: Intrepid kayakers open water path along 44 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline

* A Modern Wing and a prayer: Absence of crosswalk, signs and traffic light turns pedestrians into jaywalkers as they approach Art Institute addition