I have seven boys, and all of them struggled in high school. None were star athletes or straight-A students. They just wanted to get by, so they could grab their diplomas. They tended to do well in interesting subjects, but in others they just drifted along. My middle son, Josh, struggled with the transition between…

A Riverdale Ga. teen charged in the shooting death of a Clayton County sheriff’s deputy has appeared in Clayton County Superior Court. Investigators say Jonathan Bun has already confessed to killing Clayton County Sheriff’s Deputy Rick Daly. Daly, 55, was shot and killed after he pulled over a Honda Civic that Bun was riding in….

Drugs in this country come in and out of style. Some of them leave the scene pretty quickly, thank goodness. Then there are the ones that always seem to linger unwelcomed, sometimes quiet in the background, sometimes bursting into the open. That’s heroin. Like a drunk at an otherwise pleasant gathering, it’s there around the…

“Some persons will shun crime even if we do nothing to deter them, while others will seek it out even if we do everything to reform them. Wicked people exist. Nothing avails except to set them apart from innocent people.” — James Q. Wilson, Harvard Professor and Crime Expert My youngest sister was the joy…

NEW YORK –There are advantages and difficulties, including legal barriers, to converting prostitution charges into an opportunity to provide services to girls on the street. That was the conclusion of a panel of experts assembled at the 74th annual conference of the National Association of Juvenile and Family Court Judges recently. “There is a conflict…

The Ronald McDonald House Charities try to improve the health and well being of children directly. The charity takes a holistic, family-centered approach to helping bring kids care. The Ronald McDonald House Charity hopes to partner with organizations that take an innovative approach to addressing the health needs of the population of kids. The deadline for…