The Department of Justice has announced the results of Operation Relentless Justice, a coordinated enforcement effort to ...

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EXCLUSIVE - A Mexican man who illegally entered the United States at least five times was arrested following his conviction for abducting and enticing a child. Leonardo Ignot-Osto, 40, was in the ...

Greg Bishop shares the latest numbers on youth in care missing provided by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and gets reaction from Statehouse candidate Bailey Templeton, who is ...

(The Center Square) – So far this calendar year, Illinois’ child welfare agency reports 193 missing youth in care, an increase from the total number from the prior year. On Oct. 21, The Center Square ...

(The Center Square) – The number of missing foster children on the radar of the state’s child welfare agency will be clarified this week as a potential Illinois Statehouse candidate looks for answers.

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Picture this: you have an errand to run, or maybe you just want to get out of the house for a couple of hours, and you're thinking of leaving your child home alone. Is it legal to do so? Here's what ...

A lone politician and a single parent joined forces to take on one of the most powerful agencies in Illinois: the Department of Children and Family Services. The two of them are publicly questioning ...

McLean County fares better than much of the state providing resources for public defense, child welfare and juvenile justice, all of which stand to change in the wake of the FAIR Act being signed into ...