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HHS says it's freezing child care payments to all states

  • Dec 31, 2025

Lincoln Park, West Loop day cares close abruptly: 'A lot of tears'

  • Oct 9, 2025

Dogs kill 2-year-old boy at Georgia daycare center

  • Oct 8, 2025

Mother takes legal action against day care after child missing braid

  • Apr 11, 2025

Video shows missing dog escape from South Loop day care

  • Feb 20, 2025

Dog missing from South Loop day care since Sunday amid frigid temps

  • Feb 18, 2025

1 charged after putting child in trash can at Homewood day care: cops

  • Jan 24, 2025

Chicago child care advocates demand pay raises from mayor

  • Jan 22, 2025

Latest Videos

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Day care workers charged for hitting, dragging children: Police

  • Feb 24
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Suburban day care teacher charged after giving laxative to toddlers

  • Feb 5
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Lincoln Park, West Loop day cares close abruptly: 'A lot of tears'

  • Oct 9, 2025
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Homewood day care worker caught on camera putting child in garbage can

  • Jan 17, 2025
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Gun goes off in south suburban daycare, brought by child

  • Mar 24, 2023
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Parents react after ELgin day care teacher charged with sex abuse

  • Nov 30, 2022
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Illinois day cares weigh whether to require masks

  • Mar 2, 2022
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Preschool mask mandate offers unexpected benefits

  • Aug 5, 2021

Latest Stories

Homewood day care worker caught on camera putting child in garbage can: 'I had no words'

A south suburban daycare worker was caught on camera putting a child in a garbage can.

  • Jan 18, 2025

4 day care workers in New Hampshire arrested for lacing children's food with melatonin: Police

It is currently unclear how long the day care workers were dosing the children's food with the drug or how much they were giving them.

  • May 17, 2024

Child care facilities put in tough position as COVID funding expires: Cut budget or raise tuition?

Daycare owners are scrambling to find ways to keep serving families, pay their staff, and make child care affordable for those who need it the most.

  • Oct 3, 2023

Day care workers who used horror mask to scare children charged with felony child abuse

According to the Monroe County's Sheriff's Office, five employees of the Lil' Blessings Child Care and Learning Center in Hamilton, Mississippi, were arrested after a video showed them scaring children.

  • Oct 20, 2022

Illinois day cares weigh whether to require masks after mandate lifted

It is now up to individual day care facilities to decide whether or not masks are required.

  • Mar 2, 2022