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In first conviction of its kind, former Illinois child protection worker found guilty of...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoCHICAGO — In what is believed to be the first successful prosecution of its kind in Illinois, a...
Ex-child welfare workers don’t testify in their trial related to death of 5-year-old AJ Freund;...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCHICAGO — Two former child welfare workers declined to testify Friday in their trial on charges they...
DCFS workers could’ve saved 5-year-old AJ Freund from beating death if they’d acted on abuse...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA former child welfare supervisor expressed surprise when he saw a picture of a large red bruise on 5-year-old AJ Freund, but suggested acceptance of the boy’s explanation that the dog did it ...
Supervisor denies DCFS workers were ‘lazy’ at endangerment trial in death of 5-year-old AJ Freund
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 8 months agoQuestioning by defense attorneys Wednesday led to suggestions that former child welfare workers did more to investigate an abuse allegation involving 5-year-old AJ Freund than was reflected ...
Ex-Illinois child welfare worker guilty of endangerment after boy beaten to death by mom
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA judge convicted a former state child welfare worker Friday of child endangerment in connection with the 2019 beating death of a 5-year-old suburban Chicago boy by his mother, but the judge ...
Judge denies woman's challenge to conviction in son's death
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJoAnn Cunningham, 39, of Crystal Lake, claimed in her March petition for post-conviction relief that she suffered from postpartum depression and psychosis when she killed her son. Cunningham ...
Illinois DCFS director to step down after agency hit with another scathing audit
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 7 months ago“Illinois foster children had been ‘anguishing’ in psychiatric hospitals, staying ‘beyond medical...
South Jersey high school football roundup for Week 0
Courier Post via Yahoo Sports· 8 months agoThe reigning South Jersey Offensive Player of the Year doesn’t look like he’s ready to relinquish the title anytime soon. The junior running back rushed...
Embattled child welfare agency head Marc Smith’s departure leaves Gov. J.B. Pritkzer with a...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe resignation of the head of Illinois’ child welfare agency leaves Gov. J.B. Pritzker with the...