Jared S. Hopkins

Stepping up their push to increase safeguards for children with disabilities, state officials and local advocates on Tuesday discussed increasing fines and limiting admissions for facilities that repeatedly neglect residents...

In 2004, a 12-year-old boy with cerebral palsy became wedged between the mattress and protective padding of his bed at Alden Village Health Facility in Bloomingdale. Nursing aides didn't immediately...

A Chicago care facility where a high number of disabled children have died in recent years said it has taken numerous steps to improve care, including replacing the top administrator,...

Turning up the heat on a troubled Chicago facility for children with disabilities, a watchdog group said Tuesday it will investigate numerous deaths that have occurred at the home in...

Metra has completed testing the air quality on the first of its train lines in response to a Tribune investigation that found the amount of diesel soot lingering in the...

Leading advocacy groups Monday urged state officials to take aggressive action to prevent the deaths of children with severe disabilities in nursing facilities. Among the proposals: raising fines and sending...

In a rare move, Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday ordered a health monitor be placed at a troubled Chicago facility caring for children with severe developmental disabilities. The governor also...