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A state medical examiner said today that a Mount Pleasant man shot himself at a home southwest of Crawfordsville in early November. Investigators say 37-year-old Ryan Scarff and his girlfriend had a suicide pact. They believe after Scarff shot himself Nov. 3, his girlfriend then also shot him. Investigators say she shot him while in a “state of [...]
An employee at a local pet store is urging area residents to take appropriate measures in safely dealing with unwanted pets after discovering someone who clearly didn't this weekend.
WASHINGTON COUNTY- The state medical examiner says a Mount Pleasant man shot himself as part of a suicide pact. Investigators say Ryan Scarff, 37, and his girlfriend tried to take their own lives through carbon monoxide poisoning.
The single drug Ohio is preparing to use for its new execution method has a storied history in psychiatry, criminal interrogation and war.
Mandatory pet-sterilization laws do work to combat pet overpopulation, although it may take a few years, according to officials in other California counties that have implemented such programs.
Garland Animal Services officials say they're on target to meet a goal of shifting the euthanization of 3,000 animals from gas to lethal injection next year.
Odds and ends . . . Sheriff's deputies used a Taser, an electric stun gun attached to wires with barbs, on a 10-year-old boy this week.
Barring a successful legal challenge, sodium pentothal will be used Tuesday on Kenneth Biros, who would become the first person in the United States put to death with a single drug.
COLUMBUS (AP) - The single drug Ohio is preparing to use for its new execution method has a storied history in psychiatry, criminal interrogation and war. Barring a successful legal challenge, sodium pentothal will be used Tuesday on Kenneth Biros, who would become the first person in the United States put to death with a single drug.
The Chieftain would like to clarify an article in Friday's newspaper about health care providers and assisted suicide, which is illegal in the state.
WASHINGTON — Some people can’t stand prosperity, my father used to say. Today, he might be talking about Republicans, who, in the midst of declining support for President Barack Obama’s hope-and-change agenda, are considering a “purity” pledge to weed out undesirables from their ever-shrinking party.
The Netherlands has become the first nation since Hitler’s Germany to legalize euthanasia — the direct killing of patients by physicians. There are restrictions.
The issue of assisted suicide surfaced in Pueblo this week when an 18-year-old man was arrested for allegedly supplying the gun his father used to kill himself.
Looking back over this past year, it is heartening to learn that our Ventura County animal shelter successfully adopted out over 4,000 animals to new homes.
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness: From Rousseau to Locke, the foundational thinkers of our society have had their disagreements concerning our inalienable rights, but one has remained a centerpiece in the modern era - life.
You can give the gift of an animal this season, but make sure your gift is in the form of a certificate. As Volunteer TVs Rebecca Solomon found out, it's a bad idea to adopt an animal for someone else, especially as the euthanasia rates rise.
