child abuse

Boone County commissioners discussed a contract to build a new child advocacy center after the closure of Rainbow House in late September.

Missouri’s backlog of unresolved child abuse and neglect cases has fallen by more than 80% since January, with officials anticipating it will be eliminated by the end of the year.

Members of the Missouri House this week plan to boost the pay of child abuse investigators. But Gov. Mike Parson has expressed wariness about increasing state employee salaries in a piecemeal fashion. Instead, he prefers across-the-board pay boosts.

The Missouri legislation would give victims “more time to work through their own pain and suffering” before facing an abuser in court.

The Missouri Department of Social Services has reported an alarming drop in calls to the child abuse hotline. In mid-March, calls plummeted about…

The Catholic Church isn’t alone in facing widespread child sex abuse allegations. Islamic schools internationally are also confronting a history of…

Almost 680,000 children in the United States were victims of abuse in 2013. And state and local governments aren't doing enough to report abuse and investigate it, according to an independent study.

For the past year, KBIA has been working on a special long-form story about a place in Northeast Missouri called Heartland. It’s a story with threads of…

U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt says the passage of federal legislation should provide assistance to Missouri centers that aid child victims of violent crimes. The…

Legislation to reorganize Missouri's criminal laws also would give longer prison stints to people who sexually abuse or abandon children.Under the bill,…