SUICIDE
A Tradegy in Kansas City
Recently former Kansas City Chief linebacker, Jovan Belcher, killed his girlfriend and then took his own life at the Chiefs practice facility in front of some coaches. Since the killings reports have...
Posted on 12/5/12 at 4:22 AM
Suicide: A Preventable Cause of Death
Today is considered suicide awareness day by those who decide those things. In line with that thinking, I have chosen to reblog a post that I published on May 1, 2012. I would love for us all to beco...
Posted on 9/10/12 at 7:30 AM
Speaking of suicide
April has been a cruel month here in southwestern Minnesota, where the lives of four teens were recently lost to suicide. For their families, friends, classmates, teachers and others who knew them, t...
Posted on 4/29/11 at 2:34 PM
UPDATED: Senate kills bill allowing minors to eat in bars
BISMARCKNorth Dakota should not have a law allowing minors to eat in bars, the North Dakota Senate decided Wednesday. The Senate voted 30-17 to defeat a bill that would have allowed this if the bar s...
Posted on 3/23/11 at 5:10 PM
Another Child Dead
Bullies seem to have claimed another victim yesterday. I doubt they meant for Cassidy Joy Andel to take her own life. I hope they didn't mean it. I wouldn't be surprised if one or two of them did; adu...
Posted on 11/5/10 at 11:33 AM
Murder-suicide investigated
BISMARCK (AP) — The Morton County sheriff’s department is investigating an apparent murder-suicide in Hebron.July 26, 2011
NFL star helps NY boy after mom's suicide plunge
May 01, 2011
N.M. governor signs suicide prevention bill
By By Susan Montoya Bryan, The Associated Press , April 01, 2011
AP Enterprise: Indian youth suicide crisis baffles
March 22, 2011
Center aims to boost lives of young Indians
February 28, 2011
Woman sues to overturn assisted suicide law
ving with a fatal degenerative disease, Susan Caldwell relied heavily on the support of a Georgia-based right-to-die group. She had tried to kill herself in 2008 by strapping on a helium-filled hood, and just knowing the group — the Final Exit Network — was there for her gave her peace of mind.December 18, 2010
Suicide task force formed in Cooperstown
Community leaders in Cooperstown, N.D., have created a task force and scheduled a public meeting to address depression and suicide following the self-inflicted death of a 16-year-old girl on Nov. 4. Meanwhile, Griggs County Sheriff Robert Hook said the investigation into whether bullying played a role in Cassidy Andel’s suicide is “pretty much closed.”By By Mike Nowatzki, Forum Communications Co. , December 03, 2010
Wis. hostage taker had more than 200 rounds of ammunition
MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — Emergency officials say a 15-year-old Wisconsin student who took his social studies class hostage at gunpoint had two knives and more than 200 rounds of ammunition with him.December 01, 2010
Campuses educating students about suicide
With suicide the second-highest cause of death for college students, area campuses are working to screen for depression and educate students to recognize the warning signs.By By Amy Dalrymple, Forum Communications Co. , November 20, 2010
Sex abuse linked to 13 suicides
BRUSSELS (AP) — Hundreds of sex abuse victims have come forward in Belgium with harrowing accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy that reportedly led to at least 13 suicides and affected children as young as age 2, an independent Belgian commission said earlier this month.November 19, 2010
Charges unlikely in suicide case
COOPERSTOWN, N.D. (AP) — Authorities believe several factors, besides bullying, contributed to the suicide of a 16-year-old Cooperstown girl. Griggs County Sheriff Robert Hook told Fargo television station KVLY that he doesn’t expect any charges to be filed in connection with Cassidy Joy Andel’s death. Andel hanged herself in her home on Nov. 4.November 16, 2010
Experts fear copycat suicides over bullying
PHILADELPHIA — The experts call it “contagion” when a suicide or rash of suicides inspires others to follow in an attempt at martyrdom or solidarity in death. Most people would call them copycat suicides. Whatever the name, it appears to have been at play in at least one suicide since Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi’s highly publicized jump off the George Washington Bridge. And experts fear that other recent suicides might fit the mold or that more are ahead.By By Geoff Mulvihill, The Associated Press , November 12, 2010
Sheriff: Probe to go slowly
The suicide of a Cooperstown, N.D., teen will be investigated, but Griggs County Sheriff Bob Hook said it will progress slowly and take the wishes of her family into consideration.By By Dave Roepke, Forum Communications Co. , November 11, 2010
Teen’s suicide investigated as possible crime
By By Matthew Von Pinnon, Forum Communications Co. , November 05, 2010
Teens found dead in Lakeland park identified
Lake Elmo, Minn., school officials reached out to students Wednesday after news broke of the apparent suicides of two local ninth grade students. Oak-Land Junior High administrators informed teachers and students of the deaths on Wednesday and allowed students to meet with counselors if they wished, said Derek Berg, the school’s principal.By By Hank Long , Forum Communications Co. , October 14, 2010
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