Overcomers In Christ program
MIDDLESBORO – “There is hope” for individuals and families affected by substance abuse, said Middlesboro Pastor Mitch Bradshaw. “You don’t have to give up.” A new faith-based substance abuse program initiated earlier this spring will be explained during a Community Awareness Service to be held 2 p.m. Sunday, June 26, at East Cumberland Avenue Baptist Church. The keynote speaker is the...
Read More‘Dragon’ consumes 6,661 pills in Wolfe
CAMPTON – A “Clean Your Medicine Cabinet Out Day” program resulted in the destruction of 6,661 pills in Campton Thursday, June 16. Operation UNITE’s “Pill Dragon” – a mobile incinerator provided in cooperation with Eastern Kentucky PRIDE and the Kentucky Army National Guard – was sponsored by the Wolfe UNITE Coalition. The county judge-executive and county attorney assisted with...
Read MoreRogers Fights for More Drug Ed Requirements
WASHINGTON, DC (June 17, 2011) – U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers (KY-05) has joined his colleagues in the Congressional Caucus on Prescription Drug Abuse in introducing bipartisan legislation to strengthen the battle against the nation’s fastest growing drug problem. The legislation is the first of its kind requiring prescribers to receive a minimum standard of education before...
Read MoreNational Summit on Rx Drug Abuse
Communities across the United States continue to be ravaged by the abuse of prescription drugs. It is time to bring all parties together to find data-driven solutions to this problem. Operation UNITE will coordinate the first national summit focusing only on the issue of prescription drug abuse. The National Summit on Rx Drug Abuse will be held April 10-12, 2012, at the Walt Disney World Swan...
Read MoreHaving fun means avoiding drugs
JACKSON – High-5s and chest bumps were exchanged liberally after each completed skill. “You have to try and you have to have fun,” explained Jeff Sheppard, a former University of Kentucky basketball standout who conducted UNITE’s Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball camp June 14 at Breathitt County High School. “If you do drugs, you’re doing neither.” Sheppard emphasized “walking the...
Read MoreGolf scramble raises nearly $3,000
LONDON – Lana Cornett stepped up to the practice green at Crooked Creek Golf Course Monday morning and sank a 20-foot putt with a precision typically reserved for the club’s professional. Cornett, who doesn’t play golf, reacted with astonishment to the cheers of the 55 golfers gathered for a scramble named in honor of her late husband, Charles L. Cornett, a former Kentucky State Police...
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