In between moans, sighs and a hoarse throat, the result of days of tears, Jennifer Reid spoke of her late son, Dr Brandon Dixon, as a high achiever. A former Spelling Bee standout and top Blue Cross Scholarship recipient, Dixon was killed when...

Fitzroy Haniford and Morena Taylor are struggling to come to terms with the death of their 13-year-old son Omarion, who was reportedly stabbed by his mentally challenged uncle on Sunday morning in Crofts Hill, Clarendon. The police say about 8:45....

Residents in Maverley, St Andrew, are renewing a year-long call for power to be restored to several streetlights following last Thursday's deadly drive-by shooting on West Main Drive. Six people were shot, three fatally, during the incident which....

Following the event's of Sunday's 94th Academy Awards where Will Smith assaulted comedian Chris Rock for jokes he made about his wife's hair loss, local trichologist Karl Richmond says alopecia awareness is no joke. Alopecia is the medical term.....

The Kingston Central police are continuing their appeal to the public for assistance in identifying the body of a man who was shot dead by unknown assailants on Vincent Street in Allman Town, Kingston, on February 27. The deceased is of brown...

A St Catherine businessman is facing arson charges. Almondo Lindo, 38, of Gango Lane, Commodore district in Linstead, was arrested and charged following an incident in his community on March 21. Reports from the police are that about 4:45 p.m.,.....

The Manchester Municipal Corporation will be undertaking further improvements to the recently refurbished Melrose Yam Park in the parish. Mayor of Mandeville, Councillor Donovan Mitchell, said that the work will include providing electricity to......

A 24-year-old man who the police said admitted to driving two gunmen to kill a man on Third Street in Greenwich Town, Kingston 11, was charged after the Toyota Mark X which he allegedly drove to the scene was captured on camera. Police charged...

Twenty-three-year-old Jordan Gregory, unemployed of Independence City, Gregory Park, St Catherine, was arrested and charged with robbery with aggravation and illegal possession of firearm, following an incident that occurred on Cedar Avenue,...

------- Treasure chest found on beach A woman discovered a treasure chest filled with coins on a beach. Jennie Fitzgerald travelled to north Norfolk to take part in a beach clean earlier this month and made the remarkable discovery of a chest.....

Registered entities will be able to submit applications to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries for chicken back and chicken neck importation come April 1. In December 2020, the Integrity Commission had recommended that with immediate effect,....

As the dwellings of persons across the island improve, learning is expected to advance and more young people will resist anti-social behaviours, said Prime Minister Andrew Holness. The Prime Minister who was delivering the keynote address at the...

Amid the pain from losing their son last Wednesday, lovebirds Kenute Williams Sr and Carroline Robinson on Saturday exchanged wedding vows, with a commitment to make their union stronger than ever. The couple said their 'I dos' at the God's...

Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in the face on stage at the Oscars. The 57-year-old comedian was on stage at Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre to present the Best Documentary Feature prize last night when he mocked some of the famous faces in the crowd,......

The Jamaica Dairy Development Board (JDDB) has donated a mobile milking machine to the Sydney Pagon Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Academy in St Elizabeth. The equipment was handed over during a ceremony at the school...

A woman who used a stone to burst the head of a 14-year-old girl who was engaged in a fight with her daughter is to know her fate on May 10. The woman, whose name is being withheld to protect the identity of the minors involved, also gave her......

President of the Jamaican Association of Employment and Cultural Exchange (JAECE), Mark Foster, said that the crisis in Ukraine may lead to more spaces opening up for Jamaicans to participate in the overseas work and travel programme this year....

Relieved! That is how Roseanne Nembhard feels following the well-needed assistance from the school family at Stony Hill Primary and Junior High, which hosted a fundraiser for her eight-year-old daughter, Abriella Weasley, on Friday. Weasley, a......

Last Tuesday, Elvis Pollack, a farmer who was paralysed after falling from a coconut tree, spoke with THE STAR expressing his desire to have his life returned to normal. "I want to get back on my feet because I don't want to lay down and let...

Mother didn't know she was pregnant until she gave birth Nicola Thomas, 36, said she experienced a small amount of discomfort prior to giving birth, but claimed to have known nothing about the pregnancy until she "felt the [baby's] head"...