State budget sheds 325 jobs
Two dozen state parks and historic sites will close and heavy caseloads for workers who help abused children will increase as Gov. Rod Blagojevich lays off 325 state workers to...
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Records: Woman allowed abuse
A Rosemont woman who has been active in adoption and foster-care issues in Illinois has been charged with failing to prevent repeated sexual assaults of two girls in her home,...
Brother barred from home
With his arm in a cast and bruises on his face, wrists and left elbow, the 16-year-old brother of Kevin Johnson appeared at a custody hearing Thursday in Will County...
Immigrant kids-alone and detained
In 1999 the 9-year-old boy fled the Dominican Republic, where his abusive mother had tried to strangle him, forced him to kneel on a cheese grater and had her name...
Mom held in son’s fatal beating
Neighbors of a Beach Park mother accused of beating her 3-year-old son to death described life at her trailer as violent and intimidating, with adults fighting inside and children rarely...
Day-care blaze kills 22-month-old boy
Every weekday morning, Deborah Green would drop off her 22-month-old son, Darjon Taylor, at Porter's Playhouse, a day-care center on Chicago's South Side. Every afternoon, she would pick up Darjon...
Mom held in son’s death
A South Side mother accused of beating her 2-year-old son to death was ordered held in lieu of $1 million bail Monday as new details emerged about her teen years...
Study: Teens turn to prescription drugs
Though fewer 8th, 10th and 12th graders across the country report illicit drug use, those who do are increasingly turning to prescription drugs, according to a University of Michigan study...
Kucinich: Diminutive lion of the left
On the eve of another grim anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, members of Congress voted on a symbolic resolution to establish an official remembrance, expression of sympathy...
Mom’s drug kills toddler
Kejuan Davis was a welcome sight many mornings at Austin's In the Cut barbershop. The 2-year-old would run down the stairs from his apartment to help open the shop and...