Improving West Virginia's troubled child welfare system was a big topic during this years legislative session. One bill that has made it to the finish line aims ...

A couple accused of starving, beating and severely neglecting a 7-year-old boy to death has been sentenced to 30 years behind bars. Kevin Gavarrete, 27, and his on-again, off-again girlfriend, Julia ...

Community residents are invited to help give young child abuse and neglect victims a voice at Thursday's Ray of Hope luncheon ...

On Tuesday, the Glenpool Police Department arrested Jeremy VanWoudenberg regarding an April 2018 child abuse and neglect case ...

Husband, wife get probation in case sheriff's official described as 'some of the most appalling examples of child neglect ...

The child maltreatment rate across the commonwealth in 2024 reached 14.1 per 1,000 children, according to new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data. The executive director of Child ...

A woman pleaded not guilty Monday in Outagamie County Court in a child neglect case involving a 14-year-old girl found weighing 35 pounds.

A 5-year-old boy in Louisiana died weighing just 19 pounds, a weight more typical of an infant than a kindergartner, after what investigators describe as prolonged and extreme neglect. Authorities say ...

Oklahoma City police say a welfare check turned into a child-neglect case after officers found two toddlers standing in the street in cold weather on Feb. 20, one dressed only in pajamas and the other ...

Editor’s note: This article contains descriptions of child abuse. If you suspect a child is being abused or neglected, call the Indiana Department of Child Services' Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline at ...