Youth suicides baffle Mo. county
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Four young men from the same rural Missouri county have committed suicide by hanging themselves in a similar fashion in the past five months, and authorities are investigating whether the cases are related.
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. - A bookmark distributed by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services not only teaches teens and children about HIV and AIDS, it provides a phone number that patches them into a hardcore sex hot line. St.
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The bodies of two girls were discovered yesterday in Loudoun County in a car that belongs to the family of one of two Montgomery County teenagers missing for two weeks, law enforcement authorities said. Some officials said the victims apparently committed suicide.
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( KIRKSVILLE ) On Wednesday, KTVO told you about five confirmed cases of whooping cough in the Ottumwa Community School District. And now, we&#39;ve learned there is also a confirmed case in Adair County .
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A report on the suicide of a teenager with a history of depression finds serious failings by the health service.
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Suicides among children and young adults rose by an alarming 8 percent in 2004, a year when concerns about the dangers of antidepressants triggering suicides were widely publicized, federal researchers reported on Thursday.
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American Indian and Alaska Native youth 15 to 24 years old are committing suicide at a rate more than three times the national average for their age group.
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An inquiry into youngsters who hurt themselves on purpose says schools need more help to deal with the problem.
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Authorities in this picturesque coastal town continued searching for clues Saturday in the shooting deaths of a young couple, and some residents said they feared for their own safety.
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By Karen Cimino, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 25--Local teens don't want adults to tell city and county officials what they need and want. They want to do it themselves, and in their own words.
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More young people in Wales are contacting the Samaritans after the Bridgend suicides
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By ERIK ROBINSON, Columbian staff writer  Five polluted sites in Clark and Skamania counties are on the state Department of Ecology's radar, through new listings on the Hazardous Sites List.
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New government figures show a surprising increase in youth suicides after a decade of decline, and some mental health experts think a drop in use of antidepressant drugs may be to blame.
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Five youngsters, including four siblings, drowned during a church outing after one became caught in a river&#039;s undertow and the others jumped in to help, authorities said Monday. A sixth youth was rescued and hospitalized.
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This booking photo released Monday, Dec. 20, 2004, by the Wyandotte County Sheriff&#39;s Department shows Lisa Montgomery. Montgomery of Melvern, Kan.
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13-year old Megan Meier, after being cruelly taunted by a "Josh Evans" on MySpace,   hung herself in her closet with a belt.  Lori Drew, the mother of one of Megan's former friends, admitted in a police report that Josh Evans was really her, but later denied it.    The police investigated, but were unable to find any crime they could charge Mrs. Drew with.  The state of Missouri is proposing to   outlaw internet harassment, but under the US Constitution, such a law could not apply retroactively.    But Federal prosecutors may have found a way to prosecute Mrs. Drew...
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A U.S. report shows a rise in youth suicides after a decade of decline, with no clear explanation