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The Ada County Sheriff's Office is investigating the apparent suicide of an inmate at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution south of Boise.

The worst fears of a Boise woman came true when here daughter, a 5th grader at Grace Jordan Elementary School, attempted suicide after allegedly being bullied at school.

A Twin Falls County Sheriff's deputy has been recognized for saving the life of suicidal person on the Perrine Bridge in December.

Idaho education officials say the percentage of high school students who have seriously considered suicide in the past 12 months is the highest it's been in 10 years.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) A Magic Valley school will join more than 40 statewide in a program to combat youth suicide, among other issues impacting children in the state.

PRESTON, Idaho (AP) — Police in eastern Idaho say a father shot and killed his three children and then fatally shot himself in his home.

MURPHY, Idaho (AP) — Law enforcement officers in southwestern Idaho say a 31-year-old Oregon woman apparently drowned her baby and then killed herself in Owyhee County.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) Twin Falls Police are investigating a murder/suicide that happened early Saturday morning. They say an individual killed a man before taking his own life. The Twin Falls County Coroner Gene Turley says the deceased are Troy Anderson, 36 and Benjamin Day, 42. Both bodies were taken to Boise for autopsy.

BOISE, Idaho (KLIX) The Ada County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of an inmate from Twin Falls.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho is working to reduce suicides in the state with a new $1 million program.

PRESTON, Idaho (AP) — Investigators in eastern Idaho are working with the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force to find cyber-bullies linked to the death of a 17-year-old girl.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX)- On Friday (01/16) the Twin Falls County Sheriffs Office said they had finished the investigation of a 2014 murder suicide.

A 29 year old Oregon woman plans to end her life on November 1, 2014, if her brain cancer doesn't kill her first. Oregon has a "death with dignity" law.  Should it be an option? Sgt. Ken Mencl with TF County Sheriff's Office says be on the lookout for those responsible for a rash of burglaries in the county...

An Oregon woman with brain cancer plans to take her own life if the disease does not take her first. "Death with dignity" is a big issue.  Many argue against it...but it is legal in Oregon. The cops will have the "bad guys" list at 8:30 today ... Read More ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Several Idaho organizations are about to open a state suicide prevention hotline, five years after the previous hotline buckled under a lack of funding. Idaho Suicide Prevention Hotline Director John Reusser told The Idaho Press-Tribune (http://bit...

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KTVB)- Authorities in Twin Falls are working to retrieve a body after a car plunged into the Snake River Canyon near the Perrine Bridge Sunday night. Jerome County Sheriff Doug McFall confirmed to KTVB that a 28-year-old female died in the wreck...

(KLIX)- Delicia Jernigan may be a familiar name to those who follow College of Southern Idaho Athletics. She played for Randy Rodgers between 2003 and 2005. She has come back to the Magic Valley, not to play ball, but to raise awareness about suicide...

Police say a man is dead after jumping from the Old Towne Bridge in the South Park area of Twin Falls.  Police received the call shortly after 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon from witnesses reporting that someone had jumped off the bridge.  Police say the unidentified man parked his vehicle then ran to the middle of the bridge before jumping...

Top Story Podcast 7/29/11: First hour - Idaho suicide rates are climbing.  Tamara Okelberry and Lori Stewart explain what's happening.  Also, Steve Crump from the Times News says we need another bridge and we gotta figure out a way to pay for it ...

Blaine County officials say a jail inmate who was revived after trying to kill himself in his cell on Monday has died at a Boise hospital. The sheriff's office says 35-year-old Matthew Wayne Cherry of Hailey was booked into jail on April 23 for domestic battery and attempted strangulation...