
Michele Youngerman
Investigative News Producer at CBS News
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1 week ago |
cbsnews.com | Michele Youngerman |Tara Molina
On Sunday, the CBS News Chicago Investigators told you about the significant industrial pollution in Northwest Indiana and the health impact on the people living in Gary. Now, the federal government is working out a deal for a Japanese company to invest in U.S. Steel. Gary Mayor Eddie Melton said Nippon Steel plans to pump $1 billion in the Gary Works U.S. Steel facility — the largest steel plant in the country.
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cbsnews.com | Michele Youngerman |Tara Molina
Doctors, environmental groups and residents are trying to figure out if there is a causal connection between pollutants from the steel industry and rates of cancer in Gary, Indiana. Pollutants you can see, and tiny particulates you can't, come from different types of industry in the Gary region. But according to Environmental Protection Agency records, steel production plants release the most toxins of all the industries in the region. Beryl Fitzpatrick is one of the residents affected.
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kesq.com | Dave Savini |Michele Youngerman
By Dave Savini, Michele YoungermanClick here for updates on this story CHICAGO ( WBBM) - An Indiana man's mother's remains spent months languishing in a south suburban crematory that has been shut down by Illinois officials amid reports of body mishandling. Daniel Spanley had a hard time watching his mother Lisa's decline and then dealing with the pain of her death on Oct. 27, 2024. But what happened next made it all worse. Lisa's body went missing for more than six months.
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kesq.com | Dave Savini |Michele Youngerman
By Dave Savini, Michele YoungermanClick here for updates on this story CHICAGO ( WBBM) - A suburban woman was forced to wait over two years to get her mother's remains from a south suburban crematory that has since been shut down by the State of Illinois for allegations of mishandled bodies. All that Wren Williams has left of her mother and father, Paul and Betty Williams of Highland Park are two plastic bags of ashes. Both were supposed to be cremated at Heights Crematory in Chicago Heights.
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2 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Michele Youngerman |Dave Savini
A suburban woman was forced to wait over two years to get her mother's remains from a south suburban crematory that has since been shut down by the State of Illinois for allegations of mishandled bodies. All that Wren Williams has left of her mother and father, Paul and Betty Williams of Highland Park are two plastic bags of ashes. Both were supposed to be cremated at Heights Crematory in Chicago Heights.
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