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, […]
Prosecutor Pulls Deal From 15-Year-Old After Victim … Teen testified against co-defendants in exchange for deal
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 […]
Tennessee Leads Nation In Keeping Juveniles Out Of … Kids Count says between 1997 and 2010 the number of kids in jail dropped by 66%
Sovereign Squatter Refuses To Cooperate In Court Gentry was arrested last week after squatting with several people in a multi-million dollar home on Shady Grove
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
