No volunteer opportunity is more important than being the person who looks out for the best interests of a child who has been abused, abandoned or neglected. As a volunteer in the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program, you are appointed by a judge to advocate on behalf of an infant living in foster care in Maricopa County.

A 27-year-old Chandler man who teaches at a Scottsdale charter school has been charged with one count of felony child abuse after police say he knocked the head of his roommate’s 6-year-old daughter into the wall because she woke him up from a nap.

A jury on Thursday returned a child abuse conviction against a Chandler woman whose toddler son suffered two broken arms, broken ankles and bleeding on his brain in 2007.

Cold-sufferers hail Sudafed for its ability to dry up stuffy sinuses, while politicians worry the drug will be used to make methamphetamine. But what isn’t well known is that the over-the-counter medicine and others that contain pseudoephedrine are often consumed in large quantities to get high — without mixing it into meth.

Cold-sufferers hail Sudafed for its ability to dry up stuffy sinuses, while politicians worry the drug will be used to make methamphetamine. But what isn’t well known is that the over-the-counter medicine and others that contain pseudoephedrine are often consumed in large quantities to get high — without mixing it into meth.

Arizona policymakers and national experts vow to leave the methamphetamine horror stories at home as they spend two days sharing strategies on how to beat the scourge responsible for about one-fourth of all substance abuse treatment in the state, including onein-10 children.

Arizona policymakers and national experts vow to leave the methamphetamine horror stories at home as they spend two days sharing strategies on how to beat the scourge responsible for about one-fourth of all substance abuse treatment in the state, including onein-10 children.

The upscale houses of Carefree and Cave Creek are not immune to domestic violence that plagues other communities.

The upscale houses of Carefree and Cave Creek are not immune to domestic violence that plagues other communities.

February 16, 2005

The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has dropped a child abuse charge against a Tempe man accused of screwing doors shut and boarding up windows to keep his daughter inside their apartment while he was away at work.

The sexual abuse described by the three women was nearly identical.

January 8, 2005

Police and prosecutors are abusing asset forfeiture laws as a means of enriching their agencies, paying their salaries and buying their equipment, according to a new study from the Phoenix-based Goldwater Institute.

October 27, 2004

Her mind was made up. Her suitcase was packed. Her goodbye note written.

An internal investigation has confirmed that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services threatened to fire Medicare’s chief actuary if he told Congress that the estimated cost of the prescription drug bill was far higher than the White House was letting on.

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted said Friday that church officials know of 73 victims of sexual abuse at the hands of 19 priests in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix dating back decades, a trend borne out in a study that found thousands of such claims nationally since 1950.

A 42-year-old Chandler woman running a child care facility out of her home has been arrested on suspicion of child abuse in connection with a 17-month-old boy injured in her care, police said.

A Tempe park ranger rescued a dog Sunday that had been dumped and apparently left for dead in a trash bin — its mouth and legs bound with stereo wire, police said.