DCS Case Files Reveal Red Flags, Questions Remain … (Memphis) WREG uncovers new details about children who died in the care of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. A review of files reveals red flags about the children’s care and the agency’s role in it. Homicide by blunt force trauma, drownings, suffocation. That’s the way children died right here in Shelby County. Children who […]
Tennessee DCS Commissioner Resigns (Memphis) After heading up the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services for two years, Commissioner Kate O’Day is calling it quits. Governor Bill Haslam made the announcement saying, O’Day, “…was concerned that she had become more of a focus than the children the department serves.” Legislators and child advocates have been critical of the department and […]
Laundromat To Also Provide Social Services .DCS, the health department, the literacy council and area doctors are interested in setting up shop
DCS Investigating Half-Dressed Toddler Found Wandering … (Memphis) News Channel 3 has learned Memphis police have now turned the case of a a young child found wandering in a hotel parking lot late Tuesday night over to the Department of Children’s Services. The child is still in the custody of her parents as DCS investigates. News Channel 3’s George Brown discovered the […]
Court Orders DCS to Provide Access to Child Fatality … (Nashville) Chancellor Carol McCoy ruled the Department of Children’s Services must provide access to information regarding the fatalities and near fatalities of children in its care. The ruling follows a petition by a dozen media outlets in Tennessee, including WREG, who sued for access to such records. For the last several months, the On Your […]
Woman Who Pleaded Guilty to Aggravated Child Abuse … A Memphis mother whose two young sons died in a house fire while she was shopping had another baby this week.
Advocacy Group Notes “Serious Problems” With DCS … (Nashville) A national advocacy group, Children’s Rights, filed a motion against the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services in federal court in Nashville Thursday. It states the plaintiff believes DCS has “serious problems” with child fatality investigations that could be putting kids at risk. Children’s Rights is asking for all fatality records from 2011 and 2012. […]
DCS Fires Employees, Legislators Call for Hearing (Nashville) Two people are off the job at the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services. The firings come as the agency is under intense scrutiny related to children who died in its care. The department won’t say much about the firings, let alone connect them to the ongoing investigation by dozens of media outlets, including WREG, […]
WREG Sues TN Department of Children’s Services (WREG) News Channel 3 has joined what has become the largest coalition of its kind. A dozen media outlets are suing the Department of Children’s Services for a violation of the state’s public records laws. The suit was filed in Chancery Court in Nashville Wednesday. Read The Lawsuit Despite open records requests, the agency has […]
Report Notes “Significant Problems” in Handling of … (Memphis) A new report just released is questioning whether the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services is doing enough to protect victims of severe child abuse. The Second Look Commission was established for the sole purpose of reviewing the worst child abuse cases across the state. The idea is to examine the cases and come up […]
Attorneys Negotiate Compromise over Municipal Schools Shelby County’s suburbs are planning for their own schools to open next august after overwhelmingly voting to approve independent schools and a tax to pay for them, but negations going on right now could stop suburban schools from opening.
