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4 days ago | 
nbcwashington.com | Bennett Haeberle |Nathan Halder |Rich Moy |Katy Smyser
In 2018, President Donald Trump came to southeast Wisconsin to proclaim the coming of "the eighth wonder of the world."He was standing on a plot of land near Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin - a mostly-rural village of 27,000 people nestled between Racine to the east, and Interstate 94 to the west.
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4 days ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Bennett Haeberle |Nathan Halder |Rich Moy |Katy Smyser
In 2018, President Donald Trump came to southeast Wisconsin to proclaim the coming of “the eighth wonder of the world.”He was standing on a plot of land near Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin – a mostly-rural village of 27,000 people nestled between Racine to the east, and Interstate 94 to the west.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Bennett Haeberle |Lisa Capitanini |Katy Smyser |Nathan Halder
Elgin Schools District U-46 has confirmed a third teacher was removed from the classroom and placed on administrative leave in the wake of an NBC 5 Investigates report. All this week, NBC 5 Investigates reported its series "Lessons in Betrayal," which detailed allegations of grooming and teacher misconduct tied to one Chicago public high school: Little Village Lawndale High School.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Bennett Haeberle |Lisa Capitanini |Katy Smyser |Nathan Halder
Elgin's school district removed two educators from their positions this week, placing them on administrative leave while an internal review is being conducted in wake of an NBC 5 Investigates report. The two educators – assistant principal Charles Smith and music teacher Hans Krueger – had previously resigned from Chicago Public Schools' Little Village Lawndale High School years ago and were placed on a temporary "Do Not Hire" list while a CPS investigation looks into allegations of misconduct.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Bennett Haeberle |Lisa Capitanini |Katy Smyser |Nathan Halder
A former investigator who worked for more than 18 months looking into allegations of teacher misconduct inside Little Village Lawndale High School says she's concerned about how long it's taken Chicago Public Schools' inspector general to investigate.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Bennett Haeberle |Lisa Capitanini |Katy Smyser |Nathan Halder
Several former students form Little Village Lawndale High School say theirs include teachers and predatory behavior:“… We’ve been hiding for years,” one former student said. “…This was part of a scheme,” said another. “He would say things like ‘you have to try different flavors of ice cream,’” according to a 2013 graduate. “He had asked me to do oral sex,” said a 2019 graduate.
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1 month ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Bennett Haeberle |Nathan Halder |Rich Moy |Katy Smyser
When the Chicago Board of Education made the decision to close 50 public schools in 2013, it set a goal to sell or tear down all the closed buildings by 2017. But today, 21 of the 50 abandoned buildings remain -- proverbial beached whales in the middle of often-struggling residential communities -- on Chicago’s West and South Sides. Several of the schools are deteriorating and often vandalized, with no real future in sight.
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1 month ago | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Bennett Haeberle |Nathan Halder |Rich Moy |Katy Smyser
David Greising, president of the Better Government Association, is a former Chicago newspaper reporter who once ventured below ground to see the structure. “Have you ever been to a cavern?” Greising. said. “There are not stalagmites and stalactites, but it has the feeling of spelunking.
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1 month ago | 
nbcchicago.com | Bennett Haeberle |Nathan Halder |Rich Moy |Katy Smyser
Next time you’re walking through Chicago’s Loop, make your way over to the corner of Randolph and State Streets. If you look up, you’ll see a high-rise that houses both apartments and retail stores, called “Block 37.”Now look down. If somehow you could see through the sidewalk below, you would see that you’re standing atop a vast underground government structure, which is roughly the size of a football field.
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Feb 18, 2025 | 
nbcchicago.com | Bennett Haeberle |Nathan Halder |Katy Smyser
When 17-year-old Laquan McDonald was shot and killed by Chicago police in 2014, some officers there reported that McDonald had “lunged” at them with a knife, and other officers reported that they had been “victims” of McDonald’s aggression. The only way for the public to know what really happened, was to see the police officers’ dashcam video of the scene. That video was public property, recorded by a public agency with public employees who work for taxpayers. That video belonged to the public.
