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Apr 17, 2021 WHEELING — Since 2010, the Ohio County Partners in Prevention Team has recognized three Champions of Children in April as part of National Child Abuse Prevention Month. Although COVID-19 derailed last year’s awards, the team has adapted this year’s ceremony to be held remotely on the Ohio County Family Resource Network Facebook page at 2 p.m. Friday, April 23. The 2021 Deborah Doleski Allen Champion of Children Award recipients are: Margie Ball, longtime Steenrod Elementary School kindergarten teacher and Ohio County 4-H leader Jill Eddy, Youth Services System director of C...

2:54      Apologizing again for the Roman Catholic Church’s failures to protect children, the bishop of the Springfield Diocese is marking national Child Abuse Prevention Month.       In officially observing Child Abuse Prevention Month as a diocese, Bishop William Byrne called for church members to join him in “prayer and action.”       "In marking this month, we acknowledge our past failures and recommit ourselves to improving our efforts," Byrne said.       Standing next to the Children’s Memorial Flag displayed in front of Saint Michael’s Cathedral – the mot...