DCFS reported suspected child abuse in the 100 block of Swanson Rd. in Sycamore and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office began ...

A St. Clair County judge detained a Belleville man accused of grabbing a gun from a sheriff’s deputy’s holster and firing it ...

A 28-year-old Belleville man faces six felony charges, including attempted murder, after a confrontation with St. Clair ...

A Sycamore woman has been charged with child abuse. According to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, authorities began an ...

The Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services identified a child who was brought into DCFS Friday afternoon.

A woman is facing a felony child abuse charge after she was accused of giving her children horse pills and putting Borax in their water to help them lose weight ...

A child and the 32-year-old woman accused of unlawfully taking herA child's life is in danger, according to a Salt Lake City ...

This spotlight is part of a Q&A series focusing on UChicago Law alumni whose career paths have taken them into public service.  Heidi Mueller, ’07, director of the Illinois Department of Children and ...

"We want to put everything we have into helping kids find homes … so they can be safe, and be with loved ones, and grow and thrive in a family," DCFS director Heidi Mueller said. Currently ...

Mueller will become the agency’s 13th director, either acting or interim, in 14 years. Since 1964, DCFS has had 29 directors. In 2020, Mueller launched the 21st Century Illinois Transformation ...

The first flight carrying "high-threat" migrants to Guantanamo Bay arrived Tuesday evening, part of the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. The C-17 plane took off from El ...

A Belleville man has been charged in connection with a shooting during a DCFS well-being check of a child. Charles Powers, 28 ...