Boyd Householder died Tuesday, according to reporting by the Kansas City Star citing multiple sources.

In recent days, a Christian boarding school for boys based in southwest Missouri became the target of a new lawsuit with severe child abuse allegations. Defendants include the local county sheriff.

This is a regularly scheduled audit by the Missouri State Auditor's Office.

Ozarks Public Radio has learned that a man once linked to the former Agape Boarding School in Cedar County was booked into the Polk County Jail Wednesday night on suspicion of second-degree sodomy, kidnapping, and three counts of sexual misconduct.

The Cedar County Library branch in Stockton appeared to be closed on Wednesday after staff walked off the job. Meanwhile, the countywide library director said she resigned her position on Tuesday.

Agape Boarding School in Cedar County has been at the center of many lawsuits over allegations of child abuse.

Recently, Agape Boarding School in Cedar County announced it would close. The news came after years of allegations of severe child abuse at the Christian reform school.

A Missouri doctor charged late last year with more than a dozen felonies on suspicion of child sex abuse now faces a civil lawsuit from a 14-year-old boy.