Newsviews: Ron Magers

Sunday, May 22, 2016
After 50 years in TV news - much of that here in Chicago - Eyewitness News anchor Ron Magers is about to retire.

During his time at the anchor desk, he's reported on some remarkable events in Chicago and Illinois history: Two governors sent to prison on corruption charges, the end of the Daley era at City Hall and the election of Barack Obama, the country's first black president.
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Now, there's rising violence in the city, the Chicago Public Schools are struggling financially and the state hasn't had a budget since last summer.

Ron talks about what he's seen, and his thoughts for the future.
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