Steve Warmbir joined the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board in March 2008 after working eight years at the newspaper as a reporter.

Warmbir started as a general assignment reporter and later went on to cover the federal court system in Chicago.

He was one of two Sun-Times reporters who broke the story of the Hired Truck scandal, one of the biggest such scandals in Chicago history. Warmbir went on to write numerous stories regarding municipal corruption and organized crime.

His work has won many state and national awards, including a George Polk prize and two gold medals from the Investigative Reporters and Editors group.

He lives in Chicago with his wife.