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Her fight expands access to child abuse registry A mother is on a mission to prevent child abuse. LANSING, Mich. – For seven and a half years, Erica Hammel has been trying to get a law passed to give parents and guardians the information she didn’t have back in 2013. That’s when her son Wyatt suffered permanent brain damage at the hands of his father’s girlfriend, who’d been convicted of chil...

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) -Gathered in prayer, hand in hand, conservative religious groups met at the State Capitol to promote the pro-life movement Friday. “When we pray to God when we seek him on behalf of these children who have no voice God hears us so continue to pray,” one woman told the crowd. The conservative, Christian advocates are hoping the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v Wade and ou...

Southeast Texas retired and current law enforcement officers meet with a state representative to discuss the challenge of recruiting new law enforcement officers. KOUNTZE — Southeast Texas retired and current law enforcement officers held a meeting with Texas state representatives to discuss the challenge of recruiting officers. Retired Texas game warden Rod Ousley says it's been hard to recr...

Barring a judge’s order, a new law is set to take effect Sunday in Alabama that would outlaw the use of puberty blockers and hormones to treat transgender minors. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Barring a judge’s order, a new law is set to take effect Sunday in Alabama that would outlaw the use of puberty blockers and hormones to treat transgender minors. The U.S. Department of Justice and parents wi...

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The Western Michigan University Thomas M. Cooley Law School’s Innocence Project Team has helped 10 people be released from prison. Gilbert Poole was one of many at Friday’s gala to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the WMU-Cooley Law Innocence Project. Poole was convicted of first-degree murder more than 30 years ago and was released in 2021, making him of on the Innoc...

Nico and Isaac Upegui (WJAR) Until last year, doctors could use a Rhode Islander’s disability to deny them an organ transplant. “They could have been discriminated against and denied an organ transplant just because they have a disability,” said Nico Upegui, a junior on the North Providence Unified Basketball team. “It was really shocking, and just outrageous to me.” Nico, inspired by his old...

WAUKEE, Iowa — The Waukee Community School District continues to investigate a racist presentation made Thursday inside a classroom at Timberline School. KCCI first told you about the incident late Thursday evening. The Waukee school district confirms the presentation did happen and the wording in the presentation was not appropriate for school. In addition to wording found in KCCI's article ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — State leaders, family members and fellow law enforcement officers paid tribute to the 12 Alabama officers lost in the line of duty in 2021. One by one, each member of law enforcement was recognized. Loved ones pinned flowers on a display in memory, and state leaders spoke about their sacrifice. “They dedicated themselves to the idea of service above self, and in the ...

Dozens of people Thursday walked across Browning to commemorate a national day of awareness for missing and murdered indigenous persons. The walk comes as the local college is launching a database that aims to help resolve unsolved cases. Dozens of Blackfeet Nation residents whose loved ones were murdered or are missing walked across Browning as a drum circle played. Rhonda Grant-Connelly’s n...

Protestors in support of transgender rights rally outside the Alabama State House in Montgomery, Ala., on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (Jake Crandall/The Montgomery Advertiser via AP) MONTGOMERY, Ala. — A federal judge left the door open that Alabama's controversial law banning transgender medical treatment for children could go into effect despite an effort by a group of parents and the U.S. Dep...