Eighty-one Chicago police officers lost their badges over the past 20 years, but only after being investigated for 1,706 previous offenses - an average of 21 accusations per officer. One third (28) of these Chicago officers were investigated for domestic altercations or sexual … Read More... about Records show Illinois fails to hold police accountable for misconduct
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Legendary journalist Bill Recktenwald honored with celebration at SIUC
Bill Recktenwald had a list of accolades to his name, including finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. After a storied career in journalism, he went on to teach future journalists as a senior lecturer at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Recktenwald, or Reck as he was known, eventually became president of the Faculty Senate. He did […]
Lost Chicago Sun-Times photos find their way to history museum
For nearly a decade, an archived collection of photographs from the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper seemed lost forever, first to a convicted embezzler and then later to an eBay collector who put them in storage in the boyhood hometown of Ronald Reagan. The photographs, captured by Sun-Times photojournalists over six decades, include a 1991 photo of […]
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Former war reporter steps back into familiar role in helping Afghans evacuate
I was still a relatively young reporter in The Washington Post newsroom when the US launched its longest war in history following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. I came of age as a journalist in the 20 years that followed, becoming part of a generation of reporters who ended up on a battlefield, first in Afghanistan […]