When a child is abducted, Amber Alerts are projected on your phone screen, highway signs and local broadcasts. The emergency alert is issued when a certain criterion is met in a child abduction.

Your phone sounds an alarm and alerts you to an Amber Alert. You know it means a child is missing, but how does an alert get issued? The Amber Alert System began in 1996 when Dallas-Fort Worth ...

The notice, a 2-year-old is missing. The earsplitting sound came after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation issued an Amber Alert on behalf of the Kingsport Police Department letting people know ...

Editor's note: The Amber Alert for 4-year-old Seraphina Gingles was canceled Feb. 17, 2025, a day after it was issued in Florida. Authorities said the child is safe. For more information ...

Some mobile phone users run into a snag when trying to access information tied to Amber Alerts sent out in Tennessee when a child goes missing. The alerts, which are sent to mobile phones with ...