Developers hope East Garfield Park modular home complex will be an affordable housing solution
The Harrison Row Townhomes are a project set to offset rising housing prices for working-class families.
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Charlie De Mar is an Emmy award-winning reporter for CBS News Chicago.
Since joining in 2016, he has covered some of the biggest stories impacting the Chicagoland area. Charlie was instrumental in breaking several stories in the Jussie Smollett investigation. He has also covered the horrific shooting at Mercy Hospital and the fallout from the shooting death of Laquan McDonald.
De Mar came to CBS News Chicago from WTTV and WXIN, the CBS and Fox stations in Indianapolis, where he reported lead stories for the stations' evening newscasts.
De Mar is credited with establishing a local crime reporting franchise series at CBS4/FOX 59. His work has also had a national impact, and a series of reports led to the introduction of a new federal law that would hold all Veterans Affairs hospitals more accountable for their prescribing practices.
A native of the North Side, De Mar graduated Cum Laude from the University of Arizona, where he earned a B.A. in broadcast journalism and minored in marketing.
When he is not chasing down a story, Charlie loves spending time with his family and discovering new things to do in the city he grew up in.
The Harrison Row Townhomes are a project set to offset rising housing prices for working-class families.
"I just have a little Ford Focus. When I seen him coming towards my way like he was following me, I tried to hurry up and move out the way."
According to a lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court, the Cubs "failed to ensure that recent additions and alterations at Wrigley Field are readily accessible to and usable by individuals with disabilities."
"For them to walk out on us – it shows that they don't care about us either," said Angela Gregg, who lost her 4-year-old son to gun violence.
Jabari Edwards, 28, was charged with two counts of attempted murder of a police officer in connection with the incident on Wednesday, June 1, police Supt. David Brown announced.
Demitrius Harrell, Bryant Hayes, and Justen Krismantis are all charged in the shooting that paralyzed Officer Daniel Golden.
CBS 2's Charlie De Mar was stopped by another victim who says his car was also towed away in the middle of the night right nearby.
Banek served not only as the county coroner after the massacre, but she also used her training to try to save lives.
People are determined not to let the center of town in Highland Park be remembered for the horror that unfolded Monday.
For hours on after the Highland Park July 4th parade massacre, some local business owners held frightened paradegoers in her smoothie shop – some of them children.
Highland Park police Chief Lou Jogmen was at the July 4th parade with his family when a gunman opened fire.
"She keeps asking things like, 'Why is that bad guy trying to hurt people?'" Lindsey Hartman said.
"My concern was that he was going to pull some kind of weapon out."
After aggressively searching for the suspected shooter for more than eight hours, police brought Robert Crimo III into custody in Lake Forest.
Police say the thieves pull up in car alongside parked cars, climb underneath, and remove the converters in just a minute or two.