A former Tri-Cities coach and his wife have been sentenced for abusing their adopted children. Vernon Vogtman Jr., 45, and Heather Vogtman, 44, were accused of beating their four adopted children with ...

A Fox News guest advocated for schools to institute corporal punishment, specifically the beating of children with paddles. “These parents need to be held accountable,” Brewer said. “Every single one ...

LE MARS, Iowa (AP) -- A man charged with killing his son admitted beating the child with a paddle and overmedicating him with a behavior-modifying drug, a Plymouth County sheriff's deputy testified.

TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - A Toledo grandfather, 48-year-old Larry Brazzel, pleaded not guilty to allegations he abused his 5-year-old grandson by beating him with a wooden paddle. Brazzel is charged with ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Police have arrested a man for allegedly beating a 4-year-old boy with a paddle Friday, leaving the child critically injured. Jason Neal, 29, of Des Moines, was arrested on a ...