Report: Family Violence Rates High in Area
Survey: Drug use, drinking up among Franklin County teens
Franklin County teens are not only using drugs and alcohol in greater numbers than teens in most communities across the state, they are driving under the influence of those substances in greater numbers.
Read more on Chambersburg Public Opinion
Proposed alcohol treatment center in Kent worries residents
KENT — Concerned residents have banded together in an attempt to block a residential alcohol and drug treatment facility for adolescent girls from opening in town.
Read more on Greenwich Time
Report: Family violence rates high in area
The area has some of the highest rates in the state for drug- and alcohol-related arrests, child abuse investigations and elder abuse reports, according to a report that provides a locality-by-locality breakdown of measures of family violence, and consolidates information about how violence affects a wide range of people from children to the elderly.
Read more on The Staunton News Leader