The uptick in youth violence comes amid a jump in homicides across the city, with 26 homicides in the first six months of 2026 compared to 18 at this point in 2025.
The city of Akron has placed a high priority on combating youth gun violence, but Harris is doing her part by going old school: urban farming.
A local nonprofit, Mended Arrows Academy of Barbering, is set to launch its inaugural class on August 11th to provide career training and entrepreneurship skills to young people in underserved .
Veteran youth coach says city rejected his proposal; mayor points to existing park programs.
In 2020, the cost of youth violence in the United States was approximately $122 billion, according to new research in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
IT’S CRAZY TO ME HOW YOU COULD BE SITTING NEXT TO SOMEBODY ONE DAY AND THEY JUST BE GONE THE NEXT, AND IT COULD BE OVER.
Albany County is highlighting its investments in youth violence prevention programming.
Within a few months of returning to in-person classes when the COVID-19 pandemic eased in mid-2021, San Francisco public schools found themselves in serious trouble.
"No one is authorized to take justice into their own hands.
A child born into a community with a history of political unrest is at higher risk of abuse as they grow into a young adult.