Recent News
$500,000 pledged to Foundation
HAZARD – Kentucky River Properties, LLC, has pledged $500,000 to the Operation UNITE Foundation over the next five years to provide substance abuse treatment. The first $100,000 installment was formally presented to UNITE Director Karen Engle and Fifth District...
Dispute leads to meth arrest
MONTICELLO – An investigation into a domestic dispute has resulted in the arrest of a Wayne County man on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine. Ronnie Dale Guffey, age 47, of Monticello Village Apartments, was also charged with assault by the Monticello Police...
Town hall forum set for Hazard
HAZARD – The first of four town hall-style public forums to solicit input on combating the state’s substance abuse problems will be held 5 p.m. Monday, January 11, at the new Perry County Library, 289 Black Gold Blvd., in Hazard. A major focus of the four forums is to...
Family mentoring program offered
SOMERSET – A program designed to assist Pulaski County families overcome issues such as poverty, addiction and conflict is still in need of additional volunteers. To help reach its goal of mobilizing 100 families/individuals who would be willing to serve as mentors to...
Tennessee 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...
14 wanted for Suboxone sale
MANCHESTER – Fourteen Clay County residents have been identified for arrest following a 10-month undercover investigation by Operation UNITE centering on the illegal sale and distribution of the drug Suboxone. In conjunction with the Manchester Police Department,...
Chad’s Hope speaks at Sand Gap
By Neal Broadus, Title 1 Parent Involvement Coordinator MANCHESTER (11-23-09) -- Chad’s Hope is a faith-based substance abuse treatment center located across the Clay County line, just off of Highway 421, going toward Manchester. It was built, in large part, due to a...
12 indicted in Wayne
MONTICELLO – An investigation by Operation UNITE into illegal drug trafficking in Wayne County has resulted in the indictment of a dozen people. Law enforcement officers from UNITE and the Monticello Police Department – which had additional cases from separate...
‘Thriving Families’ program begins
SOMERSET - The Pulaski County Transformation Team, Pulaski County UNITE Coalition and the Pulaski Ministerial Association collaborated on a the first step of a community wide endeavor - the Pulaski County Thriving Families Program. The program's goal is to mobilize...