Mix-up leads to Surgical Procedure on Wrong Baby

CBS 58 - Mix-up leads to Surgical Procedure on Wrong Baby:

LEBANON, Tenn. (CBS NEWS) - The happiness of their son's birth was marred for a couple in Tennessee after they learned doctors mixed up their baby with another and mistakenly performed a surgical procedure on their healthy newborn.

Circuit judge arrested on negligent-homicide charge in son's hot-car death

MUG SHOT: Circuit judge arrested on negligent-homicide charge in son's hot-car death:

More than six months after the hot-car death of his toddler son, Garland County Circuit Judge Wade Naramore faces a class A misdemeanor charge of negligent homicide in the case, according to court records. Naramore, 36, was arrested after an investigation into the death his 17-month-old son, Thomas Naramore, who was found July 24 in a vehicle at Fairoaks Place and James Street in Hot Springs.

Proposed Georgia laws could help grandparents raise grandchildren

Proposed Georgia laws could help grandparents raise grandchildren | Columbus Ledger-Enquirer:

Child Protective Services removed Joe Ann Howe's two grandchildren from their mother's home about 16 years ago and placed them in the foster care system.

But Howe, then a resident of Woodland, Ga., didn't want strangers caring for her grandbabies, who were then 4 and almost 5 years old. So she filled out the necessary paperwork to have them placed in her custody

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Klapheke CPS Workers Scheduled to Appear in Court

Klapheke CPS Workers Scheduled to Appear in Court - Story:

(ABILENE, TX) - Two former Child Protective Services workers connected to the Tiffany Klapheke neglect case are scheduled to appear in court on the same day. Gretchen Denny, 42, and Martha 'Bit' Whitaker, 59, are both charged with Tampering With/Fabricating Physical Evidence charge due to allegations that surfaced during the investigation into Klapheke.

Lawmakers eye DCF protections

Lawmakers eye DCF protections  : Rutland Herald Online:

MONTPELIER — Court officials are divided over a proposed law that would enhance the penalties for assaulting a worker with the Department for Children and Families, and would criminalize the act of making threats. 

Youth pastor arrested; foster child described 3 years of abuse

Youth pastor arrested; foster child described 3 years of abuse | News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | WKRC:

INDEPENDENCE, Ky. (Joe Webb) - Joseph Niemeyer,Jr. runs the youth ministry at New Banklick Baptist Church in Walton. But it was what happened in his home in Independence that has landed him in jail.

Lee Co. Foster couple indicted for child abuse

EXCLUSIVE: Lee Co. couple indicted for child abuse - WTVM.com-Columbus, GA News Weather & Sports:

LEE COUNTY, AL (WTVM) – A Lee county couple has been arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse of a child in their care. Sheriff Jay Jones calls the case beyond disturbing and says it underscores the importance of his school resource deputies, who are dedicated to protecting kids in and out of school. A Lee County grand jury indicted Clifford and Dixie Short, couple for aggravated child abuse towards a child in their custody.