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Feds reject school district’s plan for transgender student, locker room

May 23, 2019 at 12:07 a.m.

The battle for equal access for transgender students is pitting Illinois' largest high school district against federal authorities. At issue is locker room access for a transgender high school student...

Young killers who stay in juvenile court take vastly different paths

August 18, 2019 at 7:48 p.m.

In 2009, a 14-year-old boy shot and killed another teenager who was riding a bicycle down a suburban street. The boy told police he committed the crime on orders from...

Clifford Baker, 20, at Menard Correctional Center on April 23, 2015. He was 15 when he killed two neighbors in the downstate town of Loogootee. He was sentenced to life in prison.

With adult prison sentence, ‘my life would have been over’

August 18, 2019 at 7:48 p.m.

He was a skinny 13-year-old who had just transferred from a special education school. "I was really excited," he said. "I was going to graduate from a regular school." But...

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said in a press release the proposed legislation "would reduce by more than half the number of juveniles offenders in Cook County who are automatically sent to adult court."

Legislature OKs bill to keep more juvenile offenders out of adult court

August 18, 2019 at 7:42 p.m.

Illinois' latest effort toward criminal justice reform has been heralded as a return to the state's roots as a pioneer in the treatment of juvenile offenders. State lawmakers on Sunday...

Man accused of leaving daughter in trash can is held on $300K bail

May 10, 2019 at 10:30 p.m.

The man who authorities said abandoned his child in a trash can and fled the state is being held in Cook County Jail following his first local court appearance Wednesday....

Dad accused of kidnapping girl was previously charged with attacking cops

May 10, 2019 at 10:30 p.m.

A man who is accused of kidnapping his 3-year-old daughter in the northwest suburbs was also charged in an alleged attack on police in northwest Indiana last year, authorities confirmed....

DCFS: Father put girl in forest preserve trash can to abandon her

May 22, 2019 at 7:42 p.m.

Preliminary results of a child welfare investigation have led officials to believe that the father of a 3-year-old girl found wandering the streets alone near a suburban forest preserve earlier...

Criminal inquiry launched against parents of girl, 3, found near forest preserve

May 22, 2019 at 7:41 p.m.

Cook County authorities said Wednesday that they have opened a criminal investigation into the parents of a 3-year-old girl who was found wandering the streets alone. Three people stopped to...

At Indian Oaks Academy, Meisha Singleton was attacked by peers, repeatedly bullied and taunted, government records show.

Fixes to residential treatment on the way in Illinois, but budget woes loom

August 18, 2019 at 7:08 p.m.

State officials and child advocates have begun the difficult, deliberate work of revamping Illinois' child welfare system following reports late last year that young state wards were assaulted, raped and...

DCFS late in probing more than 300 child abuse, neglect claims: audit

May 22, 2019 at 7:39 p.m.

A new report released Thursday detailed additional problems at the state's troubled Department of Children and Family Services that could "result in further endangerment" of the children the agency is...

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