UNITE/PRIDE helping Pike flood victims
Operation UNITE and PRIDE staff members are accepting donations of items to assist Pike County residents victimized by flash flooding over the weekend. “Everything is needed right now – from baby wipes to furniture,” said Karen Engle, UNITE director. “Several rural communities have been devastated and thousands of families affected. Many people have lost everything they own.” Anyone...
Read MoreBasketball with a message
HINDMAN – Learning how to play and working together as a team to conquer adversity comes in many forms. Winning is much more than merely being the biggest, the fastest, or having the highest score at the end of a game. That message was delivered with the precision of a last-second buzzer-beater during Operation UNITE’s final Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball camp of the year, held Thursday,...
Read More110 attend Perry SHND camp
LEATHERWOOD – Fundamental skills used to play basketball – or any other sport – can be applied to the rest of your life. “The best way to get from where you are today to where you want to be is to set a goal,” Jeff Sheppard told the 110 school-age youth participating in Operation UNITE’s first Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball camp of 2010 at Leatherwood Elementary on Tuesday, June 8....
Read MoreTennessee man arrested
CUMBERLAND – A southern Tennessee resident was arrested last weekend after selling drugs to a police informant. Operation UNITE charged 57-year-old William Leon Walker Jr. with one count of first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance. The arrest took place Saturday, December 19, on Main Street in Cumberland. UNITE detectives, along with Cumberland Police Officer Matt Miles and Kentucky...
Read MoreSchools receive AmeriCorps members
Sixteen elementary schools in eight Eastern Kentucky counties are receiving additional assistance during the 2009-10 school year through Operation UNITE’s Service Corps. Provided in conjunction with the state AmeriCorps program, UNITE Service Corps members teach the “Too Good for Drugs” curriculum, tutor students in mathematics, and help set up and coordinate an anti-drug UNITE Club at...
Read MoreInterstate drug trafficking crackdown
(11-2-09) Operation UNITE detectives targeted more than 100 individuals from 10 Southern and Eastern Kentucky counties as part of last week’s crackdown on interstate drug trafficking. The drug roundup, the largest in state history, was called “Operation Flamingo Road” because of the thousands of prescription pills being obtained in Florida and brought back to the state for distribution. A...
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