Fifteen current or retired Joint Base Lewis-McChord servicemen who say the Army failed to protect them from a military doctor who has been charged with sexual abuse are each seeking $5 million in damages for the emotional distress they say they have suffered. “I have overwhelming feelings of sadness, fear, and anxiety,” one serviceman said […]
Reality Check is a Star series holding those with power to account and shining a light on their decisions. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email our journalists at RealityCheck@kcstar.com. More than a week after a 7-month-old baby died in Kansas City of injuries consistent with serious abuse, police have not yet made an […]
VIRGINIA BEACH — As parents drove through the “drop-off lane” at St. John the Apostle Catholic School one morning last month, they were approached by a woman carrying a stack of flyers. The woman was the mother of a student at the private school, and the paper she passed through their car windows contained a […]
A Stockton man and woman are facing felony child abuse and homicide charges after their infant son suffered multiple fatal injuries, according to police. Officers were called to a local hospital at 2:21 a.m. Wednesday after medical staff became concerned with the circumstances of the infant’s death, according to Stockton Police Department. The one-month-old boy […]
An event that serves as an opportunity to remember lost children while advocating for a safer future for all children will take place Sunday in Greene Township. Join motorcyclists from near and far, along with the Riders Advocating Against Child Abuse, for the Angels Gone Too Soon Pennsylvania Memorial Wall Ride and Dedication from noon […]
After two days of testimony and seven hours of deliberation, a jury has found a former law enforcement officer, Boy Scout leader and foster father guilty on nine counts and not guilty on eight counts. At six hours, the court issued a “hammer instruction,” which directs jurors that it is desirable to reach a decision […]
Over 100,000 North Carolina children wake up to violence, substance abuse and neglect every day, often because their parents are struggling to meet basic needs. Those who catch the attention of Child Protective Services find a system also in crisis, with too little staff to provide urgently needed services and not enough foster homes where […]
Over 100,000 North Carolina children wake up to violence, substance abuse and neglect every day, often because their parents are struggling to meet basic needs. Those who catch the attention of Child Protective Services find a system also in crisis, with too little staff to provide urgently needed services and not enough foster homes where […]
The ex-coach of a cheer team in Barrow County made his first court appearance Wednesday afternoon. Charles Moore, 31, is charged with felony sexual exploitation of children. The alleged victim is a sixteen-year-old girl that Moore coached at the Star Athletics Gym in Winder. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] “He […]
A 37-year-old Colorado man who says he was sexually abused by a director at a Kanakuk Kamps, one of the biggest Christian summer camp operations in the country, has sued the organization and one of the camp’s insurance providers, alleging fraud. Andrew Summersett said that after he revealed to Kanakuk Kamps directors in fall 2009 […]
An accused former school teacher who was in four-hour standoff with sheriff’s deputies Friday has been booked at the Sacramento County Jail and is scheduled to return to court Tuesday. After the standoff with deputies, Steven Richard Kester, 78, was treated for injuries at a hospital over the weekend and booked Sunday evening at the […]
On June 15, Amy Smith had the police called on her as she stood outside Gateway Church in Southlake, protesting the sex abuse scandal involving the church’s founder and then-senior Pastor Robert Morris. A week later — with Morris no longer the pastor after confessing to molesting a girl in Oklahoma starting when she was […]