Man tells his story of abuse by a priest who served in the Columbus area
John Long will be 83 in April and confesses there are things he cannot remember from his childhood.
Such is the erosive nature of time.
Caregiver arrested for abusing vulnerable adult
A woman from Bruce is in jail after Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office investigators arrested her for abusing a vulnerable adult.
Detective: Abuse victims covered in excrement
A Starkville woman arrested earlier this week on abuse and neglect charges allegedly allowed a toddler and an elderly woman, both relatives, to lay in their own excrement possibly for hours, according to testimony in a Starkville Municipal Court hearing on Wednesday.
Woman arrested for abuse of juvenile, vulnerable adult
A Starkville woman is in jail after officers arrested her for suspected abuse in the negligence of a child and vulnerable adult.
APNewsBreak: Abuse in nursing homes unreported despite law
WASHINGTON — More than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients apparently went unreported to police, says a
Starkville man charged with abusing a vulnerable person
A Starkville man will be arraigned this summer in the Mississippi First Circuit Court District this summer after he was arrested for allegedly striking a vulnerable patient in Tupelo.
Twitter broadens its campaign against hate and abuse
Twitter announced Tuesday that it is expanding efforts to protect its users from abuse and harassment, the latest milestone in a broader, growing corporate campaign to crack down on online hate.
Obama turns attention to growing opioid abuse problem
The trajectory of opioid deaths in the United States is trending in the wrong direction and should be atop the federal government’s radar screen along with the threat of terrorism, responding to natural disasters and promoting a strong economy, President Barack Obama said Tuesday.
Obama says US will tackle prescription drug abuse
Traveling to a region in the throes of a drug abuse crisis, President Barack Obama promised Wednesday to use his bully pulpit and federal programs to try to combat the “epidemic” of heroin use and prescription painkiller abuse that is upending communities across the country.
New abuse program funding in place
Safe Haven, a Columbus shelter for domestic violence victims, has received a $2,550 grant to implement a domestic abuse intervention program in Lowndes County.
AP: Abused kids die as officials fail to protect
At least 786 children died of abuse or neglect in the U.S. in a six-year span in plain view of child protection authorities.
Twitter tries to make it easier to report abuse
Twitter is trying to make it easier for victims and witnesses of online harassment to report it.
Report: IS group abused captive Kurdish children
Islamic State militants tortured and abused Kurdish children captured earlier this year near the northern Syrian town of Kobani, beating them with hoses and electric cables, an international rights group said Tuesday.
New survey details vast scope of teen dating abuse
From violence to verbal taunts, abusive dating behavior is pervasive among America’s adolescents, according to a new, federally funded survey.
No review of appeal over Lowndes elder abuse
The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to review the case of a Columbus nurse convicted of abusing an elderly person left in her care.
Groups fight deposit delay for abuse victims
Water utilities said Tuesday that the Mississippi Public Service Commission doesn’t have the power to force them to allow victims of domestic abuse to hook up utilities without immediately paying deposits.
Pope: Bishops must be held accountable for abuse
Pope Francis begged forgiveness Monday in his first meeting with Catholics sexually abused by members of the clergy and went further than any of his predecessors by vowing to hold bishops accountable for their handling of pedophile priests.
Animal rights group alleges mistreatment in Mississippi
An animal rights group said that it is filing complaints in courts in Forrest and Pontotoc counties against two livestock auctions sites where it alleges cows, sheep and other animals are being mistreated.
Pope to meet sex abuse victims at Vatican
Pope Francis announced Monday he would meet soon with a group of sex abuse victims at the Vatican and declared “zero tolerance” for any member of the clergy who would violate a child.
UN panel slams Vatican on priest sex-abuse scandal
In a report that could expose the Catholic Church to new legal arguments by clerical sex abuse victims, a U.N. committee found Friday that the Vatican does exercise worldwide control over its bishops and priests and must comply with the U.N.’s anti-torture treaty.