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In addition to seven deputies, three Virginia hospital employees also face second-degree murder charges in the death of a patient, prosecutors say.

Green Mountain Support Services, a Morrisville service agency that helps elderly folks and people with disabilities live fuller lives has been granted a reprieve after the state threatened to pull

A prosecutor said that the Henrico County Sheriff’s Office deputies got on top of a handcuffed and shackled Irvo Otieno, causing him to die from asphyxiation. His family says he had a mental illness.

As human service agencies in the Pioneer Valley and across the state continue to deal with pandemic-induced staffing woes, Gov. Maura Healey’s proposed budget could help ease those challenges, according to local administrators.Healey’s recommended...

The funding will go towards expanding behavioral health training for primary care providers treating kids, adolescents and young adults across the state.

Seven Henrico County sheriffs deputies were charged Tuesday with second-degree murder in last weeks death of a 28-year-old mental health patient from Henrico who who apparently was asphyxiated during a

News and events of interest from the North San Diego County business community, including from Escondido, Oceanside, San Marcos and Fallbrook

Times are tough, and that makes life for those already struggling even harder. People who are depressed, have lost a job, are being evicted, enduring domestic stress, grieving a loss or undergoing any...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- Sure, Apollos sitting, shaking, leash walking and fetching skills have improved since he started living in a group home with four men with developmental disabilities.

Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Mental Health and Developmental Services kicked off Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month on Saturday with ‘Creativity at the Courthouse,’ an inclusive art show in the Luzerne County Courthouse rotunda