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The state is moving ahead with its plan to shift an estimated 18,000 children from the child welfare system into a health care coverage plan despite…
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The father of a murdered 8-year-old girl is now under arrest.Normal Police took Richard Rountree into custody Tuesday for allegedly endangering the life…
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Opening statements are set for Wednesday in the murder trial of Cynthia Baker of Normal, though several of the charges against her were dismissed just…
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A Central Illinois lawmaker said he’s encouraged by first steps taken by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and the its…
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The doctor who performed Rica Rountree’s autopsy started by counting the scars on her body.Her 8-year-old body had 67 marks from head to toe, signs of…
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A child welfare expert at Illinois State University said she’s encouraged by the latest attempts to better fund and reform the state’s troubled Department…
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An audit released Tuesday paints a damning picture of Illinois’ child-welfare agency.
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Nearly 100 Illinois children who died within the last two years were involved with the state’s Department of Children and Family Services, according to a…
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The state has cleared a 33-year-old Normal woman of child abuse allegations connected to her dispute with a child care center that spilled into public…