Opinion Editorial by Jennifer Hancock, President & CEO of Volunteers of America Mid-states
Test strips and a robust education and awareness campaign will bring down numbers
“We’ve never seen one drug this prevalent in the toxicology reports of overdose fatalities.” Those were the words of Van Ingram executive director of the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy.
SOMERSET, KY (March 09, 2023) –The Kentucky State Police (KSP) is reporting that KSP Post 11, London presented evidence to the Pulaski County Grand Jury resulting in the indictment of Michael I. Correll, 44 years old of Somerset, KY on March 8, 2023. Michael Correll retired from the Somerset Police Department as a Captain on November 1, 2022.
PERRYVILLE, MD – The Maryland State Police (MSP) is reporting an investigation into a February incident in which hunters reported the discovery of human skeletal remains in a wooded area in Cecil County.
Shortly before 10:30 A.M. on February 26, 2023, Troopers from the North East Barrack received a call from two hunters in a wooded area off of Mountain Hill Road, near Route 7 in Perryville. They told police that they had located possible human skeletal remains along with a firearm, clothes, and jewelry.
FRANKFORT, KY— The U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Kentucky is reporting that a Lexington, KY man, Isaiah Wimberly, 30, was sentenced to 151 months in federal prison on Wednesday, by U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove, for possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
RICHMOND, KY (March 9, 2023) – The Kentucky State Police would like to offer periodic reminders to drivers who travel our roadways. Our agency strives daily to ensure the safety of the motoring public. Some of these proactive measures include various roadside safety checkpoints and saturating known problematic areas in the district through general patrol tactics.
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FRANKFORT, KY (March 8, 2023) – Senator Adrienne Southworth has filed SB 259 to repeal a law that was denounced by the Kentucky Supreme Court in 1987. As the youngest member of the senate, KRS 532.055 has been operationally functioning, albeit on life support, her whole lifetime.
