Baby Dies While in Foster Care

A four-month-old boy taken from his parents in July and put in foster care has died in Springfield. An autopsy indicates Christopher Henry Cryderman died from a rapidly spreading infection. The medical examiner says there’s no evidence of abuse. The boy’s...

New Standards for Foster Parents In Effect

New standards for foster parents are now the state law. The state is requiring more information to be gathered about people who want to become foster parents. The Children’s Division of the Social Services Department has run background checks by name for...

Kiddie Porn Possession To Become Crime

Possession of child pornography becomes a felony on Saturday. At present, child porn possession is only a misdemeanor. Representative Mark Bruns of Jefferson City sponsors the bill that makes possession a felony and he says a child porn case in Jefferson City this...