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Kyle Hertter, 21, said his brief encounter with the security guard who touched him inappropriately when he was a teen training to be an EMT had a profound effect on his life. He dropped his professional dream and, he said, spent years struggling to find his way.

Prosecutors charged a security guard with sex abuse. He kept his state license, as Illinois struggles to oversee a growing profession.

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

The encounter happened in an Oak Park hospital four years ago and lasted just a few minutes. A uniformed security guard gave a teen boy directions to the bathroom. The...

There were 10 customers and six salespeople in the C.D. Peacock jewelry store at Oakbrook Center when security guard Doyle Farrell shot Levert Jones on June 23, 2013.

On guard, unchecked: Security guards get little scrutiny, even when they fire their guns

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

At a troubled Chicago liquor store, two security guards fired a barrage of bullets at a moving SUV, killing a 20-year-old woman. The guards said the SUV was headed right...

Una misma ciudad, diferentes niveles de oportunidades por vecindario

December 12, 2018 at 8:14 a.m.

Estados Unidos es conocido como la tierra de las oportunidades. Sin embargo, una nueva investigación sugiere que el Sueño Americano es mucho más difícil de alcanzar para algunos niños, y...

Same city, different opportunities: Study maps life outcomes for children from Chicago neighborhoods

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

America is known as the land of opportunity. But new research suggests that the American Dream is much harder to reach for some kids and that wide differences exist even...

Same city, different opportunities: Study maps life outcomes for children from Chicago neighborhoods

June 14, 2024 at 6:43 p.m.

America is known as the land of opportunity. But new research suggests that the American Dream is much harder to reach for some kids and that wide differences exist even...

More than 150 summer festivals: guide to the music, beer, food and more

May 13, 2019 at 11:45 a.m.

Summer in Chicago means one thing: festival season. RedEye has your ultimate guide for celebrations throughout the warm months, from May to October. So many fests, so little time. Almost...

While the Great Lakes region's leaders have put strict limits on who can access their prized resource, they are not always so disciplined about their own standards.

Rauner signs bill easing private takeover of water utilities, stirring outcry

December 12, 2018 at 6:57 p.m.

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Friday signed an amendment to a state water bill that makes it easier for private water companies to buy large water systems, a move critics say...

Officials, residents urge governor to veto water bill they say would harm communities

May 23, 2019 at 12:59 a.m.

Flanked by state senators and the mayors of Homer Glen and Bolingbrook, the Citizens Utility Board urged Gov. Bruce Rauner to veto an amendment to the Illinois Water Systems Viability...

Encuentran plomo dañino para el cerebro en el agua de hogares de Chicago

December 14, 2018 at 12:59 p.m.

Un análisis del baiduhai mostró que se detectó plomo en el agua de la mayoría de las viviendas examinada en los últimos dos años. El 70% de los 2,797...

Brain-damaging lead found in tap water in hundreds of homes tested across Chicago, results show

June 14, 2024 at 6:41 p.m.

Amid renewed national attention to the dangers of lead poisoning, hundreds of Chicagoans have taken the city up on its offer of free testing kits to determine if they are...

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