Pills, booze, family and justice: A Tennessee opioid crisis story
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Larry Elmore was high on Percocet and Xanax as he climbed a ladder onto the roof of his mother’s house to clean the...
Campaign to Fight Opioid Addiction Gives Communities across Tennessee Hope
As Tennessee approaches the one-year anniversary of the TNTogether plan — former governor Bill Haslam’s effort to fight the opioid...
It’s Time We Got Serious About Hep C
One of the terrible consequences of Tennessee’s opioid crisis is the rise in hepatitis C infections. Approximately 70,000 of our fellow...
Judge Keeps Indictment in Pill Mill Conspiracy
Negligent? Absolutely. Sinister? Not by a long shot. So ruled U.S. Magistrate Judge Debra C. Poplin on a foul-up by the U.S. Drug...
30 Charged in Tennessee With Selling Drugs in School Zones
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors in Tennessee say 30 people have been charged with selling heroin and the dangerous opioid fentanyl in...
Tennessee 'Rock Doc' Traded Opioids and Fentanyl Patches for Sex, Feds Say
Jeffrey Young wanted to give you a real look inside his clinic. But maybe, just maybe, he showed too much. Young, 43, a Tennessee nurse...
With Addiction and Prison behind Him, This Construction Owner Is Transformed - and Hiring
From part of the problem to part of the solution. All Aaron Keisler wants to do is pay it forward. It used to be that when Keisler’s name...
Former Addict Shares Recovery Story
Taylor Furlough was in high school when he became addicted to the opioid "Opana." He remembers trying it for the first time and calls it,...
218 Pounds of Marijuana Found in Donelson Hotel After Man Shot, Killed
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) —Metro police identified the man shot and killed at a Donelson hotel Saturday as a Houston man after more than...
Officials: 21 Overdose Deaths in Middle Tenn. Now Potentially Linked to Fentanyl-Laced Drugs
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - A warning tonight from law enforcement and health officials after 21 people around Middle Tennessee have died...
