Following the death of a young boy with autism in Hart County, community organizations are raising awareness about resources available for families.

On Tuesday, the first IAN alert was issued for 5-year-old Silas Shearer in Hart County, who went missing from his home.

A heartbreaking loss in Hart County is prompting urgent questions about Kentucky’s new Ian Alert system, designed to help ...

HART COUNTY, Ky. (ABC36 NEWS NOW) — Kentucky’s first-ever Ian Alert was issued Tuesday for a missing 5-year-old boy in Hart ...

An "Ian Alert" covers gaps between other alerts and will use the same system as the AMBER Alert. It’s named for Ian Sousis, a ...

The alert system was used for the first time exactly one year after legislation was passed. What we know about an IAN alert.

Police said 5-year-old Silas, who is autistic, walked away from his home Tuesday at 8 a.m. in Cub Run, Kentucky. Cub Run is just outside of Mammoth Cave National Park, which is about 170 miles from ...

A tragic ending, after many tri-staters received an “IAN Alert” on their phone Tuesday morning. The alert was sent out for a missing juvenile, who police ...

The IAN Alert was named for Ian Sousis, a northern Kentucky boy with autism who escaped a children's home. He was found after ...

The IAN Alert system was created to quickly locate missing vulnerable children, such as those with autism, and was activated when 5-year-old Silas Chearer went missing but was unfortunately found ...

A 5-year-old Hart County boy was found dead Tuesday morning a short time after he was seen walking way from his home.

A 3-year-old boy was located and his father captured after a days-long search after the boy's mother and a teenage girl were ...