No matter where you are, pick up your pup’s poop. Period. End of story. Seems fairly obvious, and yet we all know dog owners who choose not to exercise this common courtesy. Somewhere in my neighborhood, there is a pup who seems to only find release on my front yard, and his owner consistently skips [...]

Police say neighborhood watch programs have declined by up to 50 percent. Now there's an app called Nextdoor that allows neighbors to interact with one another and law enforcement. "(In order) to promote neighborhood watch, it needs to be moving forward technologically," said Stephany Galbreaith, a Meridian Police Department crime prevention specialist. "That's the only [...]

You come home to an open front door, a ransacked house, and missing valuables. How did a burglar know you’d be gone? How did they get in? In these 10 thank-you notes, your friendly neighborhood burglars share advice on how to stop lending them a helping hand. 1. Thanks for the ladder! Call me a [...]