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The parents of a toddler who was found unresponsive at an Island Lake day care earlier this year and later died are suing the center's operators.

Sara Burnett FILE - In this July 26, 2017, file photo, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Timothy Mapes, the longtime chief of staff to former Illinois House Speaker Madigan was indicted Wednesday, May 26, 2021, for lying under oath to a federal grand jury investigating a bribery scheme involving Madigan and the state's largest electric utility, ComEd. Mapes, of Springfield, is charged with making false declarations before a grand jury and attempted obstruction of justice. Mapes has been one of the c...

Madigan's ex-chief of staff indicted for lying to grand jury SARA BURNETT , Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3FILE - In this May 10, 2011, file photo, Timothy Mapes, chief of staff for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, listens to lawmakers debate at the Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Mapes, the longtime chief of staff to former Illinois House Speaker Madigan, was indicted Wednesday, May 26, 2021, for lying under oath to a federal grand jury investigating a bribery scheme involving Madigan and the state's largest electric utility, ComEd. Mapes, of Springfield is cha...

4 hours ago in Local Photo: Saga Communications SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) – The father of a Decatur two-year-old who died of neglect and starvation has filed a civil lawsuit against the City of Springfield and its police department following a traffic stop where he claims officers “desecrated” the ashes of his deceased daughter. In the ten-page complaint filed by Dartavius Barnes, the biological father of Ta’Naja Barnes, officers pulled him over on April 16, 2020 near 16th and Laurel in Springfield. The suit was filed by Barnes attorney, James Pullos of...