by admin | Sep 4, 2003 | Politics / Govt
A new state division has a director with plenty of experience who says he understands the scrutiny it is under. Children’s Division Director Fred Simmens has spent most of his career with the state, beginning as a socialservices worker for the old Division of...
by admin | Aug 28, 2003 | Politics / Govt
A major change is taking place in the state’s largest department in response to heated criticism over the past year. Today, the Division of Family Services within the Social Services Department is split into two new divisions: the Children’s Division and...
by admin | Aug 27, 2003 | Politics / Govt
A new state agency that will focus on child abuse and neglect, foster care, and adoption will be headed by a man who has spent the last year watching over child abuse investigations and foster care in Jackson County. Fred Simmens is the first Director of the...
by admin | Aug 21, 2003 | Crime / Courts
A Kansas City man has been sentenced to 180 years in prison for sexually assaulting two girls for years. The jury had recommended 555 years. Circuit Judge John O’Malley told Kenneth Fitzwater he would spend the rest of his life in prison for what the judge...
by admin | Jul 12, 2003 | Crime / Courts
Additional child pornography and obscenity charges have been filed against a Fulton man who had previously been charged with possession of child pornography, distribution of child pornography, and distribution of obscene materials. Jack Wayne Rogers faces nine new...
