From a New York Times story by Rebecca Carbello headlined “City Summons Reporter to Court After He Asked Too Many Questions”:

Officials in a Chicago suburb issued citations to a local news reporter in late October after he persistently contacted elected officials about a flooding issue.

The Daily Southtown, a regional newspaper owned by the Chicago Tribune Media Group, the parent company of The Chicago Tribune, published an article by Hank Sanders about consultants informing officials in Calumet City, Ill., that storm water facilities were in “poor condition” before a flood swept through the community in September.