The father and stepmother of Oaklynn Vazquez were charged with neglect of a dependent following her death in February.

BLAIR, Wis. (WXOW) – A Blair woman is in custody following multiple reports of child abuse involving a five-year-old. Arianna Jonsgaard faces two felony counts of child abuse and child neglect.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Murder in the alleged starvation death of a Boone County teenager and human trafficking in Kanawha County -- they’re among more serious charges being used by prosecutors to ...

On March 9, Sen. Beth Mizell introduced Bill 329 to push Louisiana toward greater transparency when children die due to suspected abuse or neglect.

On Friday, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced the the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board will be ...

The arrest of a North Charleston couple accused of neglecting a vulnerable adult is drawing renewed attention to elder care ...

The first of two people charged in an animal abuse case was sentenced to jail Thursday.

Abuse or neglect was the official cause of death for 59 children in Indiana in 2024, including two in Allen County, according to a report issued Monday. The Annual Report of Child Abuse and Neglect ...

The first warning sign that all was not well with Miranda Malone’s mom was that she had lost a lot of weight. It was June 2020, and Malone, of St. Charles County, hadn’t been able to visit the ...

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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 ...