CRIME & SAFETY
Violence is traumatizing Haitian kids. Now the country’s breaking a taboo on mental health services
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Students often throw up or wet themselves when gunfire erupts outside their school in northern Port-au-Prince. When they do, school director Roseline Ceragui Louis finds there’s only one way to try to calm the children and keep them safe: getting them to lie on the classroom floor while she sings softly.
Beckley man pleads guilty to federal drug crime
BECKLEY, WV (WVNS) — A Raleigh County man pleaded guilty to a federal drug crime. 24-year-old Davon Jamir Linder, of Beckley, pleaded guilty to distribution of methamphetamine on Monday, May 13, 2024. According to statements made in court, Linder not only sold a controlled substance that contained methamphetamine to a confidential informant on February 27, […]
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