Gun Violence In Rural America is rising fast. Black Star News explores causes, impact, and urgent solutions to this growing crisis.

In Leland, Miss., on Oct. 11, authorities say multiple people opened fire on a crowd and killed six people and shot or injured 26. (MSNBC Illustration / AP; Getty Images) UPDATE (Oct. 21, 2025, 1:20 p ...

Gun violence in rural towns is more prevalent – and growing faster -- than many people realize, gun control advocates say. (Getty Images) The wedding reception of Corey Parker and Bethany Lowe ended ...

BURKESVILLE, Ky. (AP) – As Stephanie Sparks cleaned the kitchen, her 5-year-old son, Kristian, began playing with a rifle he was given last year. She stepped out onto the front porch, poured grease ...

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Rep. Jared Golden's about-face on gun laws is not surprising. He is a Democrat representing Lewiston, Maine, still convulsed by a mass shooting that took 18 lives. Formerly against tightening the laws ...

I appreciated Karen Tolkkinen’s good-faith effort to bridge the divide between rural and urban attitudes toward guns (“Shooting sounds different in rural Minnesota than in the city,” Sept. 2), ...

Rural American communities are facing a growing crisis involving gun homicides and suicides that has long been ignored as ...

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — The wedding reception of Corey Parker and Bethany Lowe ended in a drunken brawl with a guest wounded from a gunshot outside Cornerstone Hall, advertised as “the perfect ...

(INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE) — The wedding reception of Corey Parker and Bethany Lowe ended in a drunken brawl with a guest wounded from a gunshot outside Cornerstone Hall, advertised as "the perfect ...