PITTSBURGH (AP) — For Winnie Evans, the spate of gun violence that has swept Pittsburgh in recent months struck close to home and shattered a generation of her family. The 79-year-old woman lost two great-grandsons, both 18, within one day of each other to shootings — one of the attacks…

The man accused of fatally shooting two teenagers who were on a date at a Corona movie theater in July is scheduled to enter pleas to two counts of murder on Monday, Sept. 27. The hearing for Joseph Jimenez, 20, will take place at 8:30 a.m. at the Riverside Hall…

The Duncan High School (DHS) Leadership Class of 2021-22 launched their podcast debut with balloons and confetti on Friday morning. Savanah Bowers, DHS Leadership teacher, said for the past three years she wanted to incorporate a podcast into her curriculum. “I really felt like my students needed to practice doing…

Two juveniles have been charged in connection to the beating of a student at Houston ISD’s Sterling High School, authorities said Friday. The charges arrived a week after the father of the freshman who was beaten spoke at a news conference, seeking answers from the district. A video of part…

Salt Lake City, Sept. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — When a teen is struggling with mental health issues or addiction, parents often feel at a loss about what they should do. Elevations RTC is a residential treatment center that focuses on helping teens get better using methods within their comfort…

In a recent article by the Wall Street Journal, Facebook, which owns Instagram, acknowledged that they know the platform is toxic for teens, citing over 5% in the United States have thought about suicide based on what they have seen. When social media first started, teens around the world believed it…

The Chicago Police Department announced Thursday a person was arrested, accused of making threats of violence targeting schools after two teens who attended Simeon Career Academy were shot and killed within hours of each other Tuesday. Authorities addressed the social media threats of gun violence, explaining multiple schools have been…

Lewiston Public Library’s Teen Room is scheduled to hold a manga drawing contest this fall. Submissions to the “Teen Manga Battle” can be made online via google form or in person at the Teen Desk on the second floor of the library Oct. 1-31 at 200 Lisbon St. Voting will…

A judge’s order Thursday clears the path for potentially hundreds of former youth basketball players to bring claims for sexual misconduct by former coach Greg Stephen. A longtime coach with the Iowa Barnstormers youth basketball program, Stephen was sentenced to 180 years in prison after he was found to have…

When Casey Lewis was a teen-ager, in the early two-thousands, she would arrive home from school every day eager to find the latest issue of Seventeen or Teen Vogue or Elle Girl waiting on the kitchen counter. It was the era of low-rise jeans, ’NSync centerfolds, and unironic how-to columns…