Seven-year-old shot dead
WHAT SHOULD HAVE been a normal walk from church for Sherene Fraser and her children turned into a nightmare on Sunday after her daughter was shot dead by gunmen along Grants Pen Avenue, St Andrew.

'Grave' situation in St Thomas
St. Thomas: THE ST. THOMAS PARISH Council and the Public Health Department are jointly working on a programme to exhume and relocate several graves, which were severely damaged in the parish with the passing of Hurricane Dennis...

Students and teacher thankful for new school
THE STUDENTS AND teachers of the Mount Ogle Basic School in St. Andrew are thankful that construction has finally started on their school. According to Michelle Ximines, a teacher at the school...

Senior begs for sentence
spanish town: A 40-YEAR-OLD MAN who begged a Resident Magistrate to sentence him, as he was tired of taking cocaine, was rewarded with a 30-day prison term. Michael Lindo, a labourer from Old Harbour...

Body of fisherman found
ANOTHER BODY, THAT of Larry Stewart, one of the men who attempted to help the family of four who drowned in St. Elizabeth on Saturday night, was found at 8 a.m. yesterday morning.

River poisoning slows in Portland
RIVER POISONING IN Portland has stopped. Well, almost. On THE STAR's second visit to Windsor, Millbank, and Bellvue in Portland, the residents said after the publication in THE STAR on March 22...

Reader-man charged for counterfeit note
western bureau: A SELF-PROFESSED 'reader-man' was himself scammed recently when he tried to tender a counterfeit Canadian $50 bill at a bar in Montego Bay, St. James.

Minor on bail for exporting ganja
A ST. CATHERINE woman and a 15-year-old boy are now before the courts after the youngster was allegedly found with 2.6 kilograms of ganja when he attempted to board a flight to the Bahamas.