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First SHND camps draw 351 youth
LONDON – At some point, there will be a temptation to take drugs, Fifth District Congressman Harold “Hal” Rogers told participants at the start of Operation UNITE’s Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball camp in Laurel County Monday evening. “You need to stay away from...
SHND camps conclude July 7-10
The last of Operation UNITE’s regional Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball camps this summer will be held the second week of July. Conducted by former University of Kentucky all-star Jeff Sheppard, the camps are free to any school-aged youth. Three camps will be...
SHND camps begin June 30
The clock is ticking down to the tip-off of Operation UNITE’s first two regional Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball camps of the summer. Conducted by former University of Kentucky all-star Jeff Sheppard, the camps are free to any school-aged youth. Fifth District...
Hope Wall in Carter County
GRAYSON – Prescription drugs touch every family regardless of socio-economic status. Pictures on the UNITE Hope Wall, now on display in the lobby of the Carter County Judicial Center in Grayson, yield little hint of the continuing struggles each person faces each day...
Meth bust in Cumberland
CUMBERLAND – A Harlan County man was arrested Saturday, June 7, by Operation UNITE detectives shortly after he retrieved a methamphetamine lab from a remote mountain location used as a cook site. Larry Lucas, 31, of Cumberland, was charged with manufacturing...
Hope Wall in Morgan County
WEST LIBERTY – A first glance, the photos lining a display in the Morgan County Judicial Center lobby could be portraits of loved ones or friends hanging on a wall in your home. But the descriptions under each picture reveal a common element – they all once abused...
Hope Wall coming to West Liberty
WEST LIBERTY – The UNITE Hope Wall will be on display in the Morgan County Judicial Center in West Liberty starting 1 p.m. Friday afternoon, June 6, and continuing for at least two weeks. Celebrating a person’s ability to overcome an addiction, the display gives hope...
5 Shoot Hoops camps offered
Five free regional Shoot Hoops Not Drugs basketball camps conducted by former University of Kentucky all-star Jeff Sheppard will be offered by Operation UNITE this summer. All school-age youth are invited to participate in any of the camps, to be held at the following...
Service Corps members honored
PRESTONSBURG – Members of Operation UNITE’s Service Corps (AmeriCorps) program were lauded for their exceptional work to keep youth on a drug-free path during an end-of-the-year celebration on Friday, May 23. “The brilliance of the UNITE Service Corps is (that they...