The 4-year-old girl told her mother he had put her in the dryer and turned it on because she had peed her pants. more ›

The couple left their 9-year-old and 12-year-old at home alone in Uptown for nearly two days while they took a trip to Las Vegas last month. more ›

Wisconsin state Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) has introduced a bill demonizing single and unmarried parents by requiring "the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board to emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect." more ›

Oh, that doesn't sound so awful? Well, it was Christmas Eve. more ›

The father who posted a photo to Facebook of his 22-month-old daughter bound in painters tape has been indicted on abuse charges and could face up to seven years in prison. more ›

This is the second story this year about folks in Lake County, Ind., keeping their sons in cages. more ›

Child protective services officials paint a picture of not doing enough to protect Christian Choate. more ›

Kimberly Choate, the former stepmother of Christian Choate, also pleaded not guilty to charges in connection with the boy's death in 2009. Kimberly Choate, aka Kimberly Kubina, is charged with murder, battery, neglect and criminal confinement, along with her ex-husband and Christian's father, Riley Choate. more ›

Lake County (IN) authorities have filed multiple charges against Riley Choate in the 2009 death of his son Christian and we get a chill in our spine with every new detail that emerges from this case. more ›

Chicago firefighter Jose Moreno has been charged with sexually abusing three children. Not many details are known other than the alleged abuse was reported on December 12 and Moreno is alleged to have abused three children under the age of 10. Fire Media Affairs Director Larry Langford said, "The department is saddened that such charges are necessary. We will cooperate completely in any way we can with the Chicago Police Department as the process develops." more ›

Kevin Johnson, 12, died this weekend, and police are investigating whether his death was a result of abuse. more ›

We’re usually level-headed about other people’s opinions even if they don’t correlate with ours, and normally hold a live and let live attitude. But then something like this comes along so foam-at-the-mouth-inducing that our fingers tremble with all the rage we must type out. more ›

We like to consider ourselves educated about the situation in Iraq and up to date about what's going on. We scour the news each day for the latest developments, and we've even done a fair share of background reading to try and understand why things are the way they are. Then we saw Iraq in Fragments, a new documentary which opens tomorrow. And suddenly we realized that we don't have a clue. more ›

First Governor Blagojevich irritated his political opponents with his All Kids Insurance program, and now he is back at it with his Preschool for All program, which would allow all three and four year olds in the state to attend state-funded preschools. Blago estimates Preschool for All will cost $135 million over the next three years and would enroll around 140,000 students. Blago estimates closing corporate tax loopholes and money from Illinois’ special purpose... more ›