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Beth Hundsdorfer

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 29, 2026
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Jul 17, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Beth Hundsdorfer

    Abuse was caught on camera at Choate Developmental Center. The prosecutor offered plea deals (opens the original)

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    Union County State’s Attorney Tyler Tripp cut a deal with a worker caught on tape beating a resident, allowing the worker to walk free — seven weeks before he filed a federal lawsuit to stop the removal of people with developmental disabilities from a state-operated facility in southern Illinois. After numerous news reports of residents being whipped, beaten, neglected and abused at the Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center, Gov. JB Pritzker announced a plan in March 2023 to improve resi

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Beth Hundsdorfer

    Illinois lawmakers give big boost to movie industry while academics claim the Hollywood giveaway is a bad deal for taxpayers (opens the original)

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    This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story. When developer Christopher Breakwell came to Wood River last year, he was selling a glittery dream to a gritty, blue-collar southwestern Illinois town in search of a renaissance — a Hollywood-style studio that would thrive in the shadows of aging refineries. He envisions building a $95 million development that would provide sound stages to film production companies lured to the state by new legislation that allows th

  3. Article · Sep 4, 2026 · Beth Hundsdorfer

    State audit finds child protection agency made progress, but was still noncompliant with 2020 law (opens the original)

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    Two-year-old Ta'Naja Barnes’ 2019 death was so horrific that legislators passed a law in her honor to ensure the Department of Children and Family Services would provide abused and neglected kids with continued support services once they’re returned to their parents. When she died, Ta’Naja was filthy and had a body temperature too low to measure. Just months before her death, DCFS returned Ta'Naja’s care to her mother and her mother's boyfriend, who pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to

  4. Article · Jul 17, 2026 · Beth Hundsdorfer

    Woman’s death was first fatal shooting by Illinois State Police this year. Were trooper’s actions justified? (opens the original)

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    On a Sunday night in early January, Rachel Tarrence stopped in the drive-thru lane of an East St. Louis liquor store to buy cigarettes for a friend who sat beside her. Her 4-year-old son was strapped in his car seat in the back. Those few moments, caught on police and surveillance video, captured a chaotic scene as four Illinois State Police troopers surrounded Tarrence’s vehicle. She put the car in reverse, hitting the squad car behind her. Troopers emerged from their vehicles and surrounded a

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