UIC logs Riveredge flaws
Administrators at west suburban Riveredge Hospital failed to protect young patients from sexual assault and did not properly report the attacks to authorities, according to an analysis by the University...
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Troubled company loses city contracts
City Hall has canceled supply contracts worth tens of millions of dollars with a Chicago company after an investigation concluded the firm failed to hire minority and women-owned businesses listed...
Riveredge owner served U.S. subpoena
After a Tribune investigation that showed children were assaulted at the state's largest psychiatric hospital, the Justice Department has subpoenaed records from the facility's owner and from state child welfare...
Hospital thwarts police inquiries
Illinois' largest psychiatric hospital left sexual predators unguarded despite allegations that at least 10 mentally disabled children were assaulted during the last three years. The youngest victim was an 8-year-old...
Riveredge case files: unheeded allegations of harm
Riveredge Hospital and its corporate owner, Psychiatric Solutions Inc., say they quickly correct deficiencies that threaten patient safety. But repeated problems were disclosed in Forest Park police reports, inspections by...
A mother mourns 2 lost futures
When a 15-year-old repeatedly raped his 12-year-old roommate at Illinois' largest psychiatric hospital, Annette Stacey saw two victims. First was the 12-year-old -- a west suburban 7th grader whose single...
At hospital, violence festered in silence
Illinois' largest psychiatric hospital left sexual predators unguarded despite allegations that at least 10 mentally disabled children were assaulted during the last three years. The youngest victim was an 8-year-old...
Obama has long backed faith charities
As a state senator from the South Side, Barack Obama once arranged for a $200,000 state grant to jump-start an urban venture capital fund for a non-profit group run by...
House to probe grant switch
As Gov. Rod Blagojevich's administration was steering $1 million to a private, family-run school, state and federal authorities were trying to collect thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes from the...
Showing transparency, Obama releases papers
Sen. Barack Obama's campaign released a new set of documents Saturday in its ongoing effort to try to paint the Illinois Democrat as more open and transparent in his dealings...