Child abuse

May is National Foster Care Month and is a time to raise awareness for the children in foster care and for the people who make up the child welfare system in the state.

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama day care employee is charged with multiple counts of child abuse after allegedly using force to make children behave. News…

COKER, Ala. (AP) — Authorities in Alabama say a man has been charged with capital murder in the death of his girlfriend’s 19-month-old child.The…

FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama lawyer is seeking $100 million in damages for four children who were fostered or adopted by a couple accused of child…

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A former Alabama youth pastor has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing a young girl.The Tuscaloosa News…

PRATTVILLE, Ala. (AP) — The mother of a 13-year-old boy found naked and chained at an Alabama home has been indicted on a charge of aggravated child…