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Thursday, April 04, 2013  Parents have been arrested on charges they locked thier nine-year-old son in wooden box.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Child abuse has continued to be an issue in the Texas Panhandle. According to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, the Texas Panhandle had some of the highest reported cases of child abuse in the state last year.

Thursday, December 06, 2012  In Borger, there's a group of volunteers that came together in 2002 to create the rainbow room...and there's more than just a pot of gold that can be found for people in need.

Thursday, June 16, 2011  The state agency charged with investigating child abuse allegations is top-heaving, and caseworkers are carrying "dangerously high" caseloads.

Sunday, June 05, 2011  Mom and dad... two words that not all children get to say.

Friday, May 20, 2011  'Botox mom' recants story she injected daughter, says newspaper helped her to fabricate it

Monday, April 11, 2011  Amarillo police were dispatched to a local hospital Saturday afternoon after a six-month-old Hispanic baby was admitted with symptoms of seizures.

Tuesday, December 28, 2010  Houston police are investigating the disappearance of a 12-year-old boy last seen on Christmas Eve.

Friday, August 20, 2010  A 22-month old baby girl was shot in the head Thursday evening.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010  A trial began in Dallas Wednesday for a man accused of locking his girlfriend's children in a hotel bathroom and starving them for up to nine months.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010  Child Protective Services has taken custody of three brothers after one, who is 8, allegedly was forced to stay alone in a small, country church and use a paint can for a toilet.

Friday, May 14, 2010  More children are ending up in foster care in Texas.

Tuesday, May 04, 2010  Last year, Child Protective Services investigated 167 co-sleeping deaths. Those happened when babies slept in the same beds with adults or older children. To help prevent these deaths the Texas Department of Family & Protective Services or (DFPS) has launched a new awareness campaign "Give Babies Room to Breathe".

Thursday, October 22, 2009  Nearly half of all Texas children killed by abuse belonged to families previously investigated by Texas Child Protective Services — a statistic that has shown no improvement since 2004, despite efforts to save more children, records show.

Thursday, October 22, 2009  Records show that about 42 percent of at least 1,227 Texas children dead of abuse or neglect since 2004 were parts of families that had been investigated by Texas Child Protective Services.