The Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court heard yesterday that a Corporate Area man forced three of his stepchildren to kneel on metal bottle corks before beating them in their heads with a knife handle. Ossel Smith pleaded not guilty to one...

Persons with business interests in downtown Kingston say they are looking beyond the traffic congestion associated with the production of the international series Get Millie Black as it will boost the capital city's commercial appeal in the long......

"The love that I have for my craft is what keeps me afloat" these are the passionate words expressed by 29-year-old self-taught sculptor Roxroy Hutchinson. He creates and displays his works of art at his 'man cave' located in Orange Bay in...

The third Jamaican, Seivwright Affleck, who allegedly acted as a money courier in an international narcotics enterprise will be contesting extradition to the US. Oraina Lawrence, who is representing the accused, made the revelation in the...

In February, senior citizen Irene Morgan of Corn Hill in Smithville, Clarendon, was in tears as she told the news team about living in a run-down house with no proper toilet facilities. But standing in front of her newly built two-bedroom house,.....

Prominent attorney-at-law Christopher Townsend, who is representing deejay Skeng, said that neither his client nor any member of his entourage were being disruptive during an altercation at the Norman Manley International Airport on Tuesday which.....

What would you do if you found out that your partner is your blood relative? Many Jamaicans have long argued that cousin and cousin boil good soup, but others view this mixing and stirring as nothing but a dirty pot. The issue of relatives being.....

Sheep jailed after killing woman A sheep has been sentenced to three years in jail after it was found guilty of killing a woman. The ram was arrested by police in South Sudan earlier this month after attacking Adhieu Chaping, who later died of....

Earlier today, a police service vehicle collided with a sport utility vehicle (SUV) driven by entertainer Tarrus Riley on the Mandela Highway in St Catherine. No injuries were sustained, however, the police car was reportedly damaged. ...

The Southern Regional Health Authority has announced that the Little Ochie Seafood Restaurant in Alligator Pond, Manchester has been reopened effective May 21. The popular establishment was ordered closed by the health department on May 3 for...

The Government has unveiled the design of Jamaica’s first National Identification (ID) card, which is engraved with national symbols and has 26 security features.

A man was killed and two others injured when gunmen invaded a bar on Rectory Road, Bucknor in Clarendon last night. The deceased has been identified as 29-year-old Troy Rosewell, a bar operator and security guard of Pearl Boulevard in Bucknor....

Two men, including a 67-year-old motorcyclist, died in a collision along the Llandile main road, Savana-la-mar in Westmoreland yesterday. Deceased is Roy Porter of Big Bridge, Westmoreland, and an unidentified man. According to the Savana-la-mar...

A six-year-old boy died in hospital on May 19, five days after he was admitted to be treated for a broken arm. The boy's mother, Shanique Brown, said that he sustained the injury while playing at home on May 15. Sadly, the child, Neymar Bryan,......

As a group of churchgoers travelled to Somerset Falls in Portland on Sunday, they laughed and sang along to gospel music and told jokes. However, hours later, the atmosphere was quite the opposite when the group was travelling back to Kingston.......

Oceen Campbell-Gray made waves online last weekend as a video surfaced of her on bended knee, seemingly proposing to her beau Christopher. However, she told THE STAR that this was not a proposal as the two had already said their 'I dos' last...

Owen Tapper's life story reads like a series of unfortunate events. Sleeping on the dirt floor of his home in Sangster's Heights, Clarendon, his small shack looks like a strong puff of wind can cause its demise. Tapper said that he is hoping...

Two Jamaicans, who American investigators alleged formed part of a "sophisticated" international narcotic syndicate, both waived their rights to an extradition hearing when they appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court yesterday. They.....

A man who confessed to stealing 10lbs of yellow yam from a farm he worked on, yesterday agreed to make restitution to the owner when he appeared in the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court. It was reported that on April 20 at 8:30 p.m., the...

More than 16 persons, including students, received injuries after a mini bus crashed head-on with a Toyota Corolla motor car along the Shettlewood main road in Hanover yesterday morning. Reports by the Ramble police are that about 6:45 a.m., the.....