The death of 2-year-old Conner Bacchus led to the passage of Conner's Law in Kentucky, signed by then-Gov. Steve Beshear in 2015.

A new report finds child abuse costs the state of Tennessee between $3 billion and $5 billion a year.

Illinois’ Attorney General Kwame Raoul released a nearly 700-page-long report Tuesday morning detailing child sexual abuse by members of the Catholic clergy in Illinois, stretching back to 1950.

A Williamson County pastor was indicted after investigators found he used his church’s internet connection to upload images of child sex abuse online, according to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office.

Police say three of the couple's four young children have tested positive for illegal drugs. The investigation began when their 2-year-old daughter was hospitalized and tested positive for cocaine. 

UPDATE: The Paducah Police Department says 27-year-old Chrishell Burns turned herself in at the McCracken County Jail on March 31, and 27-year-old Jakyron Burnside was arrested on April 5.

A 61-year-old man is facing a maximum sentence of 20 years after threatening the mother of a girl he was convicted of sexually abusing, the Graves County Attorney's Office says. 

A daycare worker at Little's 2 Big Daycare in Murray is facing a child abuse charge after a parent said their four-year-old came home with a large bite mark on her right arm. 

Police say the infant died after sustaining severe head trauma.