18-month-old child dies at daycare
A child has died while attending daycare. The incident happened last Wednesday in Jefferson County.

Richmond daycare center to reopen Monday; Norovirus may be to blame
RICHMOND, VA (NBC12) - A Richmond daycare center is set to reopen Monday, more than one week after nearly two dozen children there suddenly became sick.

Guns, Ammo, Pot Found Above Daycare
The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms joined local police and the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency for a raid on an Eliot apartment located above Little Dino Daycare on Route 236, netting guns, thousands of rounds of ammunition, and a marijuana-growing operation. 25-year-old David Widi, who lives at the apartment, was arrested. (Provided by News 13)

Weapons Found In Same Building As Daycare
ELIOT (AP) -- Police say several weapons and rounds of ammunition were found in an apartment located over a daycare in Eliot friday.    

Daycare center punished after child runs off: Your Stories
A Camillus day care center has been punished by state regulators, after a little boy, left unattended, briefly ran away last spring.

Daycare Provider's Police Statements Tossed
A judge has now ruled prosecutors can not use any of Dierks' statements made during a police interrogation at the January trial.

Officials say sleeping child was locked in Harrisburg daycare
A Harrisburg day care has been shut down by the state amid allegations it locked up last week and left a sleeping child inside, a spokeswoman for the Department of Public Welfare said this morning.

Standoff forces children to take cover in daycare basement
Up to 40 children have taken cover in a daycare basement in the southeast neighbourhood of Radisson Heights, CTV News reports. The daycare is reportedly across the road from a home that is the subject ...

Emergency Closings
Find out if your school, business or daycare center is closed because of a weather emergency. The Emergency Closing Center lists the status of all reported ECC facilities. If you do not see your facility listed it means the facility has not reported a status change to ECC. Click here for a list of emergency closings!

Grading system shows 'good' results
The early results of a new grading system for care services are "encouraging", a report revealed. The Care Commission has been assessing childminders, daycare services, care homes and other services following the introduction of the system.

Gossip Girl's Kelly Rutherford Pregnant!
Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford, 40, and her entrepreneur husband, Daniel Giersch, are expecting their second child in June, her rep said in a statement Monday. The couple are already parents to two-year-old son, Herm??s. See an adorable photo of Kelly and Herm??s picking a pumpkin. Rutherford, who plays Blake Lively's mother Lilly van Der Woodsen, revealed that Herm??s is no stranger to...

Single parents on benefits 'could be forced to work once child is one,' says Government report
Single parents could be forced to prepare to return to work when their youngest child reaches the age of one under explosive plans being unveiled.

Falling stucco closes section of road in Chinatown
Falling stucco from a building in the downtown late Monday afternoon caused some minor headaches for commuters. Fire crews closed down 2nd Avenue south-west between centre street and 1st street around ...

New laws clamp down on sex offenders
North Carolina sex offenders face tough new restrictions under a law that took effect Monday.

Nightclub planning fundraiser for daycare centre
A local nightclub is doing what it can to help Treasure Island Daycare Centre with its move to a new building. Darrin Dunn, general manager [...]

Public assistance needed to help pay for childcare
The state cut back and Monroe County was not able to make up the difference. Now local leaders are asking for the public's help to close the gap...

MURRIETA: Approval of Clinton Keith day-care center to be appealed
MURRIETA ---- A planned daycare center that underwent significant changes to accommodate concerns of residents who live nearby will be challenged again at the behest of at least one neighbor.

Misery, misfortune leave the holidays hollow (Cases 11-20)
All families are feeling the effects of the current economic crunch. For those scraping to make ends meet before, conditions have only worsened.

Monroe County Child Care Funding Help
Thousands of parents in Monroe County can't afford child care. And in light of the state's financial crisis its likely more funding cuts are on the way. On Monday, community leaders kicked off the Save a Child Scholarship Campaign.

Jefferson County Investigating Child Death
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of an 18 month old.