CHARLESTON — A suspect in a Pittsburgh double-murder case died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Kanawha County Monday morning. Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Joe Crawford said authorities learned at around 6 a.m. that Dennis Rahuba, 50, was driving toward Kanawha ...
by Megan N. Wilmoth If you thought you could save your teenager or young adult loved one from taking their own life, wouldn’t you do just about anything? If we make it easier for the younger generation to share their feelings and feel validated, would the mental health crisis be a ...
BY CHRIS LAWRENCE CHARLESTON — A Lewis County man, a suspect in a deadly arson fire that claimed multiple lives, took his own life in eastern Kanawha County Monday morning, a few hours after the blaze was reported. The Kanawha County Sheriff’s Department said Luke Wilson, 45, of ...
We’ve almost become numb to the horror of mass shootings as their frequency has increased in the last several years. But the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, should hold particular resonance with West Virginians: Maine has a deep-rooted gun culture built around hunting and sport shooting. ...
by Robin Abcarian I wasn’t sure exactly what to expect when I opened philosophy professor Clancy Martin’s new book, “How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind.” I’d been meaning to read it ever since I heard his interview in April with Terry Gross on ...
Another day, another mass shooting: 208 in 130 days. Likely more by the time you read this. Seven, in fact, on Sunday alone, with 12 total over the weekend. One of the shootings on Saturday qualified as a mass murder: eight dead — including three children, ages 3, 8 and 11 — and ...