Gen. Barry McCaffrey comes to Wilmington to talk about drug abuse treatment

All of the panelists at the Wilmington Treatment Center’s National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month ceremony were dressed in suit and tie, except two.

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DETROIT — Mohammed Al-Turaiki left his traditional Saudi Arabian headdress behind in favor of a blazer and sweater as he made the rounds at one of the United States' oldest addiction treatment centers.

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Bigger jails don't mean safer cities: A guest column by Byron Harrell

In the very near future, the New Orleans City Council will be asked to consider the construction of a very large parish prison. I believe that everyone involved in this discussion is acting in good faith and truly seeks a...

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Half marathon profile: Running 1st race to get fit

Editor's note: The 11th running of the Citizen-Times Half Marathon is Sept. 18, with women making up more than half the field of 1,500. The Citizen-Times will be profiling some of these women every day in the Sports section.

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Grand Rapids Oxford Houses are part of nationwide addiction recovery network

Network this year expanded to Michigan when an anonymous donor supplied funding.

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Drugs & money, the latest in Ky's Senate race

Separated by 285 miles and a chasmic ideological difference on the role of government, Kentucky's U.S. Senate candidates on Monday are both set to make a case for the best way to fight drug abuse. The appearances provide an opportunity to practically contrast  Democrat Jack Conway and Republican Rand Paul.  Conway's campaign says his eastern Kentucky roundtable comes after Paul said drug ...

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Accused kidnapper requests new public defender

MICHIGAN CITY — Edward Lee McCaffery on Thursday asked La Porte Superior 1 Judge Kathleen Lang for a new lawyer.

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