Boom Thompson scored 11 points in the opening frame and then Markell Garner came up big for Towanda in the fourth quarter, ...

Boom Thompson scored 11 points in the opening frame and then Markell Garner came up big for Towanda in the fourth quarter, ...

The Cook County Public Guardian says DCFS is not being transparent about its involvement with Markell Pierce, the 8-year-old boy who died in Round Lake Beach. Pierce’s mother and her boyfriend are ...

Born May 13, 1944, in Ravenna, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Ralph G. and Irene L. (Hoffaker) Fear. She was a 1962 graduate of Kent State University School. On June 13, 1964, she married, ...

CBS News Chicago is tracking what led to the death of an 8-year-old boy in Round Lake Beach, and pressing the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services about whether they were aware of any ...

ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (WGN) — A case in which a mother and her boyfriend have been charged with murder following the death of an 8-year-old boy has shaken up the north suburban community of Round ...

"This horrific death was preventable," Illinois' Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart said Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.

A daycare director says she noticed warning signs while caring for 8-year-old Markell Pierce, including constant hunger and patches of missing hair, and shared those concerns with DCFS. Markell was ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mother Dominique Servant and her boyfriend, Joey L. Ruffin, have been detained on murder charges after Markell Pierce's death.

Prosecutors painted a horrifying picture of conditions they allege led to the death of an 8-year-old boy, including his mother forcing him to hold weights above his head and monitoring his room with ...

Markell Pierce, 8, of Round Lake Beach, was pronounced dead in the hospital Friday afternoon after being found unresponsive at an apartment in the 1900 block of North Cedar Lake Road in Round Lake ...