by admin | Nov 6, 2001 | Crime / Courts
Parents of the children who were taken out of northeast Missouri’s Heartland Christian Academy last week are being warned not to take their children back there. Adair County’s chief juvenile officer, Mike Waddle, says Heartland is still considered an...
by admin | Nov 1, 2001 | Education
Parents of more than 100 children removed from a private high-discipline academy for children have been told to pick up their kids and take them home. State and local authorities have taken the children from the Heartland Christian Academy in northeast Missouri after...
by admin | Oct 26, 2001 | Crime / Courts
A young man charged with kidnapping a 10-year-old girl in Kansas City, Kansas, then killing her and leaving her body behind a Grain Valley, Missouri church has pleaded guilty to a federal murder charge. Keith Nelson admits he murdered Pamela Butler in 1999. He denies...
by admin | Jul 30, 2001 | News
Children who come from broken homes, abusive backgrounds, get pulled out of school and wind up “in the system” are still better off in Missouri than they troubled youth in other states. Instead of one large prison-like environment, Missouri has local,...
by admin | Dec 29, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Missouri’s Division of Family Services is defending itself in the wake of a performance audit which found the Division isn’t doing enough to deal with child abuse and neglect. The report concludes the Division fails to adequately investigate cases....
