by - January 8, 2016 4:49 pm
Benton County is one of the most family-friendly places to live in the country, with top-rated schools, first class museums and a booming economy. But for more than 790 children…
by - July 16, 2015 2:46 pm
Arkansas should expand intensive home and community-based health services and develop a plan to reduce caseloads to address a rising foster care population and a high rate of child maltreatments….
by - February 6, 2014 7:09 pm
What better place to change the world, saving one child at a time, than Northwest Arkansas. That’s what Michael Johnson, longtime child abuse advocate from Irving, Texas, said while touring…
by - January 9, 2014 7:06 pm
Conner Eldridge, United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, announced Thursday (Jan. 9) that Douglas James Christopher, 60, of Valparaiso, Ind., was sentenced today for knowingly transporting a…
by - October 9, 2013 10:32 pm
It was a saga that captured the interest of people across America two years ago – the arrest and trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky on…
by - July 21, 2013 10:49 am
One in six boys will be abused while they are growing up. To help combat such abuse, 400 people in Northwest Arkansas gathered for a fundraiser. The Dream Big! Gala,…
by - April 28, 2013 3:16 pm
The rain couldn't dampen the spirit of hundreds of supporters on Saturday (April 27) as they gathered on the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith campus for the second annual…
by - April 7, 2013 11:46 am
Like every other community in America, the Fort Smith Region is currently experiencing a silent crisis – CHILD ABUSE. This crisis has been going on for far longer than any…
by - March 28, 2013 5:28 pm
Several members of the Fort Smith Noon Exchange Club worked Thursday (March 28) to install more than 700 blue bulbs on the Ferris Wheel in the Park at West End…
by - June 28, 2012 4:58 pm
BENTONVILLE – Legislators, community leaders and concerned citizens filled Peterson Auditorium at NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville on Thursday (June 28) for Arkansas’ first Legislative Summit on Human Trafficking….
by - June 13, 2012 12:58 pm
BENTONVILLE — You don't need to look far to discover one of the scariest statistics in Benton County. The number is 85. It is significant because that's how many cases…
by - April 11, 2012 10:20 am
Hundreds of abused or neglected children in Arkansas can’t find immediate shelter when the state steps in. Children sleep in caseworkers’ offices when there is no room in foster homes…
by - April 2, 2012 8:58 pm
On Monday (April 2), the Park at West End in downtown Fort Smith went blue, the official color of child abuse awareness and prevention. The Noon Exchange Club of Fort…
by - March 28, 2012 4:29 pm
The Noon Exchange Club of Fort Smith, in conjunction with the upcoming movement “Step Up, Speak Out! A Rally to End Child Abuse,” will host a joint press event at…
by - March 19, 2012 7:15 pm
Kirk Rhoads firmly believes Arkansans must fix weak laws against child sex trafficking. So, the Mountain Home activist began an online petition that garnered about 100 signatures in about a…
by - March 12, 2012 4:41 pm
When the Penn State sex abuse scandal erupted, the world watched as allegations of sodomy came to light involving former Nittany Lions assistant coach Jerry Sandusky and a 10-year old…
by - February 27, 2012 9:52 am
Close to three decades have passed since a San Jose, Calif., six-year old stepped off his school bus, ready to make the short walk back to his home. The child…
by - February 26, 2012 9:34 pm
This week begins an effort by The City Wire to focus on the wholly unpleasant topic of child abuse. We do not do this because it is an engaging topic…
by - February 24, 2012 4:50 pm
BENTONVILLE — The dream of building a state-of-the-art center to train professionals to recognize and stop child abuse is a step closer to reality, said Victor Vieth, executive director of…
by - February 24, 2012 3:13 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — The subject of child abuse and neglect is not normally cocktail-party fodder, but at a gathering Thursday (Feb. 23) at the home of Denise and Dr. Hershey Garner, it…
