The entryway to the now-closed Agape Boarding School, also known as Agape Ranch, in southwest Missouri is seen in this image from Feb. 6, 2024. Federal prosecutors said the teenager was driven in ...

STOCKTON, Mo. — A California mother was sentenced to three years in federal prison after prosecutors say she violated a protection order by arranging for her estranged teenage son to be taken against ...

Maggie Drew’s dad sent her to Circle of Hope Girls’ Ranch in Missouri in 2007, hoping strict Christian teachings would stop his 14-year-old daughter’s teenage rebellion. Instead, Drew said, she found ...

A Christian boarding school in southwestern Missouri can remain open despite the state attorney general alleging a “dark pattern of behavior," a judge ruled Monday. Judge David Munton's ruling allows ...

The speaker of the Missouri House is urging the U.S. attorney in Kansas City to shut down Agape Boarding School, accusing the Christian school of “what amounts to organized crime against children.” ...

Julio Sandoval was dean of students at Agape Boarding School in Cedar County before leaving to become director of ABM Ministries’ Lighthouse Christian Academy near Piedmont. Agape Boarding School ...

A Missouri boarding school already under scrutiny amid physical and sexual abuse allegations may soon be shut down, following a judge's ruling. Cedar County Circuit Judge David Munton signed an order ...

A California woman will spend three years in federal prison for plotting to have her estranged son kidnapped and taken to the now-shuttered Agape Boarding School in southwest Missouri. Despite her son ...