Sometimes a simple fix is all that's needed. That seems to be the case in the state's effort to clamp down on doctor-hopping for drugs by Medicaid patients.

One question? How many more people can we possibly sqeeze inside the city limits of Fort Mill? It's incredible how congested we are becoming. Although I see growth as positive, it's becoming comical.

As a retired officer in the U.S Air Force, I would like to express publicly my sincere thanks for a job well done by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 2889, the American Legion Post 34 and the city of Rock Hill in providing this beautiful tribute to the veterans in the dedication of the new veterans memorial at Glencairn Garden. It is an outstanding example of cooperation and dedication by all concerned to make this meaningful in the lives of all Rock Hill citizens. I also want to thank the volunteers and others who made the day of the dedication such a pleasure.

Teenagers often know more about what's going on with their peers and what's happening on the street that they willingly divulge. The hard part is getting them to talk frankly and getting adults to listen to them.

WASHINGTON I thought I knew the cost of combat. I recommended plans to spend billions of dollars in Afghanistan from my desk at the White House Office of Management and Budget. But it was not until last month, as I stood on the tarmac at Tweed-New Haven Regional Airport in Connecticut watching my friend's flag-draped coffin come home, that I truly understood the price of war.

There is a profound difference between watchfulness and a witch hunt.

President Obama's daughters were entitled to get the swine flu vaccine from the White House doctor last month. That's one of the perks of being a member of the first family.

Students and parents alike have reason to take heart from the University of South Carolina's No. 1 ranking in students' sexual health.

Joe Harris Sullivan was 13 when he was accused of raping a 72-year-old Florida woman. Later convicted, Sullivan was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

York County and the city of Rock Hill recently took a big step in upgrading pet regulations. Now county animal control officers will have the authority needed to enforce the new rules.