Eldorado News

The head of the Texas department that removed about 440 FLDS children from their homes has announced he is retiring.

ELDORADO, Texas - Teresa Jeffs, the last of seven FLDS witnesses summoned to testify before a Texas grand jury today, left the courthouse this afternoon after spending about 40 minutes in the building.

The women of a polygamous sect are selling their distinctive handmade children's clothing online.

The head of the state agency that removed more than 400 children from a West Texas polygamist sect is retiring.

Church officials knew the sect's similar name and practice of polygamy - part of Mormon church life until it was banned more than a century ago - would cause people to confuse the two.

Women and girls in prairie-style dresses today entered the Schleicher County courthouse as a grand jury opened its investigation of a polygamist sect.

A teenage member of a polygamous sect says she's never been married and doesn't have a baby.

A convicted polygamist leader's teenage daughter, who was among the children removed from her sect's Texas compound during an abuse investigation, is fighting her attorney's attempt to shield her from a church ...

Submitted by SHNS on Fri, 06/20/2008 - 10:28. Utah birth certificates may be playing a significant role in an investigation into possible sexual abuse at a polygamous sect's Texas ranch, The Salt Lake Tribune ...

An attorney for a polygamous sect is accusing Utah police and prosecutors of abusing their authority and slandering sect members by passing on bad information about them to Texas authorities.

The Utah Attorney General's Office said it plans to hold future meetings with representatives of the Fundamentalist LDS Church, something the polygamous sect has said it welcomes.

Texas authorities overreach in FLDS case It's one of the oldest tricks in the book...and also one of the lamest.

A high-ranking member of a polygamist sect met with the Utah Attorney General's Office to discuss the recent raid at a Texas ranch.

Willie Jessop met with Attorney General Mark Shurtleff's chief deputy and other staff members Thursday, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Friday.

Jessop hopes the meeting will "begin to open doors" with Utah authorities. In April, after allegations of abuse, more than 400 children were removed from an Eldorado, Texas, ranch owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

The raid on the polygamist compound in Eldorado, Texas, looks a lot like a fiasco at this point.

The lawyer who regularly stands before TV cameras to defend a polygamous sect gets some praise for speaking up for what many consider an unpopular cause.

Edson Jessop comforts his sons, left to right, Zachery, 9; Ephraim, 7; and Russell, 5; after the family was reunited at the YFZ ranch Tuesday.

At 21, Elissa Wall overcame her fear of losing contact with her family forever and endangering her immortal soul when she decided to help Utah prosecutors in their sexual abuse case against polygamist sect ...

Anne Jessop, 4, hugs her mother, Zavenda, on Tuesday. The family of Edson and Zavenda Jessop has been reunited at the YFZ Ranch.

The members of a polygamist sect raided by authorities two months ago have their children back, but with a criminal investigation looming, the sect's troubles may not be over.

State hurt by rulings returning kids, legal observers say, but still has shot at prosecuting abuse allegations.