Toward the end of perhaps the worst of its 120 years of caring for children, Maryville Academy has turned the corner, state officials said Monday.

Toward the end of perhaps the worst of its 120 years of caring for children, Maryville Academy has turned the corner, state officials said Monday. Officials with the Department of Children and Family Services said the Catholic institution’s Des Plaines campus can continue to house about 90 remaining wards of the state until their scheduled discharges throughout next year.