'One Summer Chicago' plan promises jobs for young people, but does it deliver?
"There is a tremendous demand there. So when people speak ill of our young people, that's why I defend them because they want opportunities."
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Megan De Mar is a member of the CBS News Chicago Investigators team, focusing on topical investigative stories.
De Mar came to CBS News Chicago in October 2018 from ABC7 Eyewitness News. Prior to Chicago, she worked at WEWS-TV in Cleveland and WNDU-TV in South Bend, Indiana.
De Mar won a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award in 2015 for her investigative reporting on a woman who was severely burned when her car's fuel tank caught fire. De Mar also won a Regional Emmy Award in 2017 for her reporting on a now-convicted serial killer who confessed his crimes to De Mar in a series of letters from prison.
De Mar earned a Master of Science in Journalism degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. De Mar also earned a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University. De Mar is a graduate of Fenwick High School in Oak Park.
A Hinsdale native, De Mar enjoys spending time with her large Chicago-area family. Her hobbies include singing and playing music, competing in triathlons and sampling the best sushi spots in the area.
"There is a tremendous demand there. So when people speak ill of our young people, that's why I defend them because they want opportunities."
Gunfire claimed the life of Reginald Meadows – a 31-year-old father from Willowbrook – and left at least 22 others hurt early Sunday morning.
One person was killed and 22 others were hurt in the mass shooting during a Juneteenth celebration.
When the owner of the house passed away, she owed $107 to the Water Department. But four years later, no one had turned off the water – and the pipes had burst.
"I think we've seen that the current administration has been back peddling quite a bit."
Local officials helped secure the $2.2 million in funding to start replacing old pipes.
The free course will be taught at Malcolm X College by faculty at the University of Chicago and City Colleges of Chicago.
"It's been a few minutes. The train is gone. Are we waiting for another train?"
The addition of new officers comes after another violent weekend in Chicago with 46 people shot and 10 killed.
Police said the 38-year-old officer was arrested coming out of a Norwood Park neighborhood bar early Friday morning.
CBS 2 Investigator Megan Hickey went jogging with the run club as they prepared for a race one year in the making.
It is unclear whether either of the two people charged in each shooting actually fired a weapon.
"His mom moved out and he stayed here, because he didn't want to go to Chicago, because he was afraid of getting shot," the boy's grandmother said.
The report found, in all six dioceses in Illinois, there were 451 Catholic clerics and religious brothers who abused nearly 2,000 children.
The USPS released surveillance footage of the incident and is offering a reward for information on the suspects.