I normally like to inject some humor into this column but, occasionally, there are topics that need to be discussed that are very serious. Such is the case with Internet predators, cyber-bullying and other commonplace occurrences on social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace.

For some parents, a new cell phone service offered by Sprint represents peace of mind for them and independence for their children. But others see it as a potential breach of trust.

For some East Valley parents, a new cell phone service offered by Sprint represents peace of mind for them and independence for their children. But others see it as a potential breach of trust.

A child-protection statute known as "Haley's Law" could continue to expand more than two years after the death of 4-year-old Haley Gray of Scottsdale under a bill recently introduced in the Arizona Legislature.

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.

Knowing all the while that it’s impossible to prevent child abuse and neglect, hundreds of the state’s top child welfare experts have spent the better part of four months trying.

April is National Childhood Abuse Awareness Month and thinking about childhood abuse makes my blood pressure rise. I am a mother of two boys and even on days when they drive me absolutely crazy, I can’t imagine ever striking them. Seeing their reaction after raising my voice is enough for me to realize the impact I have on them as a mother.

Moderate House Republicans are beating back a proposal from East Valley legislative leaders to cut the state child care subsidy program and leave more than 16,000 children of the working poor without care.

State senators took the first steps Friday to protect businesses from winding up in legal trouble for failing to provide translators for their customers who do not speak English.

PHOENIX - Poisoned by lead, California condor No. 134 was severely dehydrated and unable to stand or swallow food by the time it reached Kathy Orr, staff veterinarian at the Phoenix Zoo.

Stuffy head, mild aches, a low-grade fever, thunderous sneezes. Think you’re sick now? Wait until flu season arrives.

Hayley Elliot, 3, sat on a large leather couch Friday morning at Phoenix Children’s Hospital, coloring in a sticker book.

Mesa police on Thursday continued to investigate the case of a Mesa woman accused of prostituting her 13-year-old daughter. That includes looking for men who may have been involved in some of the sexual encounters.

The list of injuries 3-yearold Angeline Plummer suffered before she died grew Thursday. Stab wounds, bites and more burns were added to head-to-toe cuts and bruises, plus possible sexual abuse, according to Maricopa County Superior Court records.

February 11, 2005

A Scottsdale man accused of starving his three young children to the point where they were severely malnourished in 2005 could face probation or up to 16 years in prison.

A Mesa woman’s suspicions led to the arrest Tuesday of her 34-year-old husband in a child pornography investigation.

The mother shuffled into the courtroom and slumped into a chair. She rarely spoke, mumbling her replies to Maricopa County Juvenile Court Judge Andrew Klein.

The number of babies and small children waiting in Arizona shelters and group homes for a permanent solution to their disrupted lives is declining, but it may not be fast enough to forestall a lawsuit against the state’s child welfare system.

The number of babies and small children waiting in Arizona shelters and group homes for a permanent solution to their disrupted lives is declining, but it may not be fast enough to forestall a lawsuit against the state’s child welfare system.

State Child Protective Services received nine reports of abuse and neglect about Isaac Loubriel and his family since 1999, the last one just days before Phoenix police found the emaciated 7-year-old boy locked in a closet.

August 11, 2004

A Queen Creek charter school plopped a 5-year-old in a folding chair outdoors Monday during a heat advisory when he wouldn’t stop crying, and now school officials are being investigated for child abuse.

An annual report on Arizona child fatalities for the first time identifies children who died because they were not properly supervised or cared for, including 23 children whose deaths were attributed to neglect.