Mickel Cherry News Today

Local firefighters took some time to spruce up a make-shift memorial to a murdered Topeka girl on Memorial Day.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – A team of lawyers representing Mickel Cherry, who is accused of raping and murdering five-year-old Zoey Felix, says they need more time to move forward in the case. Cherry made an appearance today for a status conference in Shawnee County. He is accused of Capital murder. Cherry’s defense attorney Mark Manna told […]

Republican lawmakers are seeking to have the Kansas Division of the Child Advocate overseen by an independent board instead of the governor's office.

About a month before Zoey Felix was killed, police found her to be "in good spirits." Topeka is now denying a KORA request for the body camera video.

Topeka officials previously said police sent information on Zoey Felix to DCF in September. Now they admit the report wasn't forwarded.

Dharwad: Underlining the need to focus on effective implementation of child rights, Karnataka State Child Rights Protection Commission member Shekharg.

Recent Topeka homicide victim Zoey Felix, 5, was injured last year in the DUI crash of a vehicle driven by her mother, Holly Felix, court records say.

“I see her smile, her look – I got that picture, you know,” said a neighbor of Zoey’s. “ ... I just want them to do something about this broken system. I want them to fix this broken system.”

Child welfare officials investigated the family of a 5-year-old Kansas girl five times in the 13 months before she was raped and killed, but couldn't confirm allegations of neglect or drug use by her mother, and the family repeatedly declined offers of help, a report released Tuesday showed. The report by the state Department of Children and Families said in one case, the agency confirmed that the mother wasn't properly supervising Zoey Felix, but the girl was placed with her father a...

GOP legislative leadership point to death in renewing push for independent oversight of child welfare system