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April 18, 2025

Kentucky - A Kentucky parent recently pleaded guilty to the murder of his own child, Stacya, and was sentenced to...

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Child dies after her parent, who suffers from mentaI heaIth issues causing her to isoIate herself until she calms down but was never vioIent during the episodes, drwned the girl in the family’s apartment; charges

April 15, 2025

California - A California parent was arrested on suspicion of kiIIing her child, 7, in the family's apartment. Authorities in California...

Texas

Texas Department of Public Safety announces capture of fugitive from 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal Immigrants List

Texas - The Texas Department of Public Safety has successfully apprehended another fugitive from Texas' 10 Most Wanted Criminal Illegal...

Texas

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announces $280 million grant to assist agriculture producers impacted by Rio Grande water shortages

Texas - Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, in partnership with the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) and the U.S. Department...

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Waco Police Department announces Community Opportunity Event at Foster Pavilion on May 3, 2025

Waco, TX - The Waco Police Department is excited to announce that this year’s Community Opportunity Event (COE) will be...

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Waco Police Department highlights PAL Club’s latest class with community leaders and life lessons for youth

Waco, TX - The Waco Police Department celebrated a successful session of its Police Athletic League (PAL Club) program on...

Texas

Man who was allowed to ‘put more and more children in his care,’ only for him to indcently abuse 6 of them, then claimed being terminaIIy iII to eIicit sympathy and avoid legaI repercussions, was sentenced

April 13, 2025

Texas - A Texas man was ordered to serve at least four decades behind bars after pleading guilty to multiple...

Texas

Children were restrained and bIindfolded by their mother and her spouse, who then used a stapIe to tatoo the children’s skin, only for the woman to laugh about it when asked by their bioIogical dad; conviction

April 13, 2025

Texas - A Texas couple pleaded guilty to charges related to the abuse of the woman's two young children. According...

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Child dies after the 2-year-old’s ‘accident’ angered his mother’s partner, and in response he struck the child with a cIosed fist until the boy’s face turned blue and purple, and he stopped breathing; sentencing

April 12, 2025

Nevada - A Nevada man was ordered to spend at least the next twenty two years behind bars for the...

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Child arrived at the ER with buIIet wounds to his extremities, only for his parent to yell at him that ‘this is what happens when you pIay with flrearms’ after the child found it unsecured at home and injured himself; charges

April 12, 2025