Missouri Department of Social Services Director Jessica Bax detailed a plan that could help child abuse investigators make ...

Missouri Senate Majority Leader Cindy O’Laughlin, R-Shelbina, listens to business on May 16 during the waning days of the legislative session at the state Capitol in Jefferson City. O'Laughlin will ...

The head of Missouri's child welfare division will resign effective Nov. 1, a spokesperson for the agency told the Independent on Monday. Darrell Missey has served as director of the Children's ...

There is a new director for the Missouri Children's Division. A longtime children's division employee, and recent deputy director, Sara Smith, assumed the role Thursday. "I've worked in the child ...

The Missouri Children’s Division is the main state agency tasked with handling cases of alleged child abuse. It operates a well-known hotline to field complaints. When abuse is substantiated, action ...

FOR AN HOUR SO SPIRE COULD DO THEIR WORK. A NEW MEMORIAL IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, DEDICATED TO CHILDREN WHO HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF VIOLENCE. KMBC NINE S ANDY ALCOCK IS LIVE AT HIBS PARK TONIGHT.

Incoming Missouri Senate leader Cindy O’Laughlin wants to overhaul the state’s Children’s Division, contending the agency tasked with protecting children from abuse and neglect and placing kids in ...