ABUSE
An eye-opening experience
I guess Ive known for quite a while what the statistics show in regard to child sexual abuse, but never has that figure hit home the way it did after I attended a Poynter Institute seminar in Florida ...
Posted on 7/17/12 at 3:52 AM
Funding available for alcohol-free parties
North Dakota communities and organizations can apply for $1,000 in funding for alcohol-free New Years Eve events. The North Dakota Department of Human Services Division of Mental Health and Substance...
Posted on 11/17/10 at 5:35 PM
Chance to turn in unused or expired medications
This is not necessarily related to finances but I saw an article and thought it was important to write about. Saturday, 9/25 there will be collection sites to turn in unused or expired medications. Th...
Posted on 9/24/10 at 1:47 PM
In first visit to Britain, Pope criticizes church's handling of sexual abuse
In his current visit to Britian Pope Benedict XVI criticized the Catholic Church for its response to sexual abuse by priests. He said it had not been sufficiently vigilant or sufficiently swift and ...
Posted on 9/16/10 at 9:44 AM
Tonya Craft Sues For $25 Million !
Tonya Craft and her attorney/psychologist Dr. Demosthenes Lorandos were on Larry King show tonight. Tonya age 37, has 10 year old son and 7 year old daughter. Trial in Catoosa County, Georgia. Chicka...
Posted on 6/14/10 at 6:37 PM
Catholic religious order opens abuse files
A Roman Catholic religious order based in the Midwest is releasing an unusually candid report admitting it failed victims of clergy sex abuse.By Associated Press , June 18, 2013
Bismarck woman pleads not guilty to child neglect
A Bismarck woman accused of leaving four children home alone in an apartment where a fire started in an oven has pleaded not guilty to abuse or neglect of a child.By Associated Press , June 18, 2013
Fort Yates man indicted for child sex abuse
A grand jury has indicted a Fort Yates man for sexual abuse charges.By Associated Press , June 04, 2013
Catholic religious order abuse files may go public
Less than three months after the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles released the files of priests accused of sex abuse, attorneys for victims are back in court seeking similar records kept by more than a dozen religious orders.By Associated Press , April 16, 2013
ND reservation, abuse focus of 2-part documentary
Robin Poor Bear was reluctant to speak out about the sexual abuse she said she experienced as a child living with an adoptive family.By Associated Press , March 31, 2013
In Russia, teen complains of adoptive US parents
A teenager adopted by an American couple has returned to Russia, claiming that his adoptive family treated him badly and that he lived on the streets of Philadelphia and stole just to survive, Russian state media reported.By Associated Press , March 27, 2013
Former NFL players speak against domestic violence
NFL Hall of Famer Roger Staubach expressed dismay Saturday that public campaigns and rallies must still be held to tamp down the instances of domestic violence that leave women battered and bruised.By Associated Press , March 24, 2013
Senate poised to renew Violence Against Women Act
The Senate is poised to rewrite the federal government's principal anti-domestic abuse law with new protections for gays, lesbians, immigrants and Native American women.February 07, 2013
Mother accused of abuse
PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — A Fargo doctor who examined a Hubbard County toddler in a case of suspected abuse said the 2 1/2 -year-old had 26 separate injuries that were strongly indicative of “non-accidental trauma.”By Associated Press , December 03, 2012
Alcohol recovery film to be shown
As part of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month proclaimed by Gov. Jack Dalrymple, the Governor’s Prevention Advisory Council on Drugs and Alcohol is recognizing a documentary screening that chronicles the life of William G. Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.September 19, 2012
$2 million grant helps initiative against violence to children
It’s a scene you’ve probably witnessed at least once: You’re in a store and not far from you a child launches into a tantrum. But it isn’t the kicking and screaming that startles you as much as the parent’s verbally and even physically abusive response.By Mary Jo Hotzler, Forum Communications , September 11, 2012
Child abuse, neglect common
One child in virtually every classroom in Grand Forks is a possible victim of child abuse or neglect.By Kevin Bonham, Forum Communications , September 11, 2012
Was the sentence too small? Mothers of sexual abuse victims unhappy with attackers’ jail time
He was someone they trusted, someone who became like family. He took their daughters to the park and swimming pool and taught them how to sing, “Jesus Loves Me.”By By Mike Nowatzki , Forum Communications , August 21, 2012
Bismarck man accused of hitting wife with pickup
Bismarck police say that a fight over landscaping led a man to strike his wife with his pickup truck.July 24, 2012
Statue of famed Penn St. coach Paterno taken down
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — The famed statue of Joe Paterno was taken down from outside the Penn State football stadium Sunday as the NCAA announced it would be issuing sanctions against the university whose top officials were accused in a scathing report of burying child sex abuse allegations against a now-convicted retired assistant.By By Marc Levy, Associated Press , July 22, 2012
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