Controversial language targeting homeless Hoosiers, regulating marijuana-like products and cracking down on illicit massage parlors perished late Thursday — even as Indiana lawmakers crammed changes to a new property tax reform package into an unrelated agency bill to end the session.
Read MoreIndiana lawmakers on Wednesday chose not to strip key provisions from legislation tightening handling of child sex abuse materials — yet — but did add a ban on any government-funded “obscene performance.”
Read MoreCommunity Partners, a family service program of Geminus Corporation, requests grant proposals for child abuse and neglect prevention services.
Read MoreTwo people in Marshall County were arrested after a three-year-old child tested positive for methamphetamine.
Read MoreThe Indiana Department of Child Serviced found hat 61 children in 2022 died as a direct result of caregiver maltreatment, according to a report released late December 2023.
Read MoreFayette Robinette, 60, Etna Green, one of five people charged in connection with the severe neglect and abuse of a Nappanee child in 2018, received a suspended sentence Monday, Oct 5, in Kosciusko Superior Court 1.
Read MoreMISHAWAKA — A Mishawaka man has been arrested on child neglect and criminal confinement charges for allegedly locking one child in a closet and confining others to a homemade cage, according to the probable cause affidavit.
Read MoreLAFAYETTE — A Lafayette mother confessed to child abuse March 7, two days after her 3-month-old infant was hospitalized with burns, according to charges filed Tuesday.
Read MoreHALIFAX, Penn. — Three children were removed from their home in Halifax after being found emaciated and locked in their bedroom for three months, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Read MoreELKHART COUNTY — A horrifying case of alleged child abuse by a babysitter is being investigated in Elkhart County.
Read MorePHILADELPHIA — Authorities in suburban Philadelphia were trying to unravel the mysteries Sunday, June 19, of a local man found living with 12 girls, one of whom was apparently a “gift” from her financially strapped parents.
Read MoreWARSAW — April is Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Month and Beaman Home is celebrating the addition of a new campus where personnel can better care for young victims of domestic violence. The effects of domestic violence on children can be long lasting and perpetuates the vicious cycle of abuse into … Read More
INDIANAPOLIS — Teen pregnancies dip while child maltreatment deaths spike. The Indiana Youth Institute released its annual “Kids Count” health report, highlighting trends impacting youth and adolescents.
Read MoreBENTON HARBOR — Last year alone, more than 150 sex trafficking cases were reported in Indiana and Michigan —some right here in our area.
Read MoreCLERMONT, FLA. — A video recording by a day care worker shows the facility’s director hitting a four-year-old boy and dropping him on a mat, police in Clermont said.
Read MoreNEW PARIS — This month a year ago, a New Paris mother dropped her 19-month-old son off to daycare, unaware it would be the last time she saw him alive. Today, nearly a year after his death, the family is seeking justice through the filing of a wrongful … Read More
