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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Oakland County to Host Teen Suicide Forum Monday in Birmingham

The evening will include a panel of local experts at Birmingham's Holy Name Catholic Church.

This Monday, learn a little more about teen suicide at a special panel hosted by Oakland County in Birmingham. The panel of experts from the Rose Hill Center, Common Ground, Oakland County Health Department and the Oakland County Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force will discuss the signs, symptoms and other risk factors of suicide. The panel, which lasts from 7-9 p.m., will take place at the Holy Name Catholic Church, in the parish hall, in Birmingham. The panel is free and according to organizers, open to all county residents but especially appropriate for parents and students in junior high and high school. According to the panel's organizers, the forum is being held in response from several requests from area families whose communities …

Monday, November 12, 2012

Authorities Say Fatal Train Accident at Big Beaver, Adams was a Suicide

The 18-year-old Bloomfield Township resident died after being struck by the Amtrak train Saturday night.

The death of a young Bloomfield Township man who was stuck by a train in the area south of Big Beaver Road Saturday was ruled a suicide, according to the Oakland County Medical Examiner's Office. The incident remains under investigation by both the Bloomfield Township Police Department and authorities with Canadian National Railway, but police department's initial investigation shows the victim ran in front of an oncoming northbound Amtrak passenger train, Capt. Scott McCanham said Monday. Authorities identified the man, who died at the scene, but are not releasing his name at the request of his family, McCanham said. Officers and Bloomfield Township firefighters responded to the tracks in the area of Kensington Road and Iron Gate Road and…

Laura Houser

10:01 pm on Tuesday, November 13, 2012

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