The stories all sounded so familiar. They involved people who started using drugs and found themselves trapped in a nightmare of needing narcotics not just to get high but to survive. Arrests soon followed, and then came a choice. Either enter a drug treatment program, or go to jail.Those ...
Recently, I鈥檝e received a number of calls from people trying to determine whether they own mineral rights to land they inherited.In analyzing their inquiry, one must ask: 1) Did your ancestor own the land in fee simple? 鈥淔ee simple鈥� means ownership of real estate from the 鈥渃enter of the ...
Well, the fun and games are over. Republicans and Democrats certainly had a a time of it at their recent national conventions, but now we all have to gear up for the serious business of electing the next president of the United States.While the Nov. 8 election is a little over three months ...
Elie Wiesel died on Monday. He was one of the last great living authors of the Holocaust. His book 鈥淣ight鈥� was one I read as a boy. It was a bit of literature that left its mark on my psyche.Another great Jewish author, Rabbi Richard Rubenstein, wrote about the corporate interests and ...
As president of the Pennsylvania Sheriff鈥檚 Association, I would be remiss if I did not address the tragic and cowardly killing of five brave Dallas Texas area law enforcement officers.As a sheriff, as a law enforcement leader, as an American, my heart is broken and my prayers go out to the ...
As most people in this area know, when July and August comes around it鈥檚 fair time. Southwest Pennsylvania has a number of the best fairs in Pennsylvania. In fact, there are four fairs in Greene County and Washington County alone.Our local fair season starts off with the Jacktown Fair, in the ...
