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Dee Ann Miller is a Lawrence, Kansas based author of both fiction and non-fiction books dealing topics such as justice, gender issues, children’s issues, health and well-being. Her writing is informed by decades of experience working in psycho-social nursing. She joins me to talk about her latest book, Enlarging Boston’s Spotlight: A Call for Courage, Integrity, and Institutional Transformation. 00000184-7fa9-d6f8-a1cf-7fad032c0000

Human sexual trafficking takes place all across America, even here in Kansas. As part of Child Abuse Prevention Month, KPR News spoke to U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom about this modern form of human slavery.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press as compiled by the KPR news staff.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press as compiled by the KPR news staff.

A Topeka couple was arrested for allegedly abusing their adopted child. A same-sex couple had also tried to adopt the child but was denied. Now, the same sex couple is claiming discrimination in the adoption case.

A 10-year-old girl weighed just 32 pounds when she was found locked inside a filthy closet in 2012. Today (MON), the girl's mother goes on trial in Kansas City.

Seven people from Topeka have been indicted for allegedly running a multi-state, sex trafficking ring involving homeless women and at least one minor.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press as compiled by the KPR news staff.

A Shawnee, Kansas, man has pleaded guilty to killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old girl by repeatedly hitting her and throwing her to the ground.

A truck driver from St. Joseph, Missouri, will spend the next 21 years in prison for repeatedly having sex with a minor.