It was an unmerry Christmas for three Wetaskiwin-area suspects who were snared in a Dec. 20 police raid that netted drugs and guns. According to a Dec. 31 press release from Wetaskiwin RCMP spokesperson Cst. Christine Hepburn, “On...
The country's opioid overdose epidemic "continues to worsen" due to the "continuing increase in deaths involving synthetic opioids," according to a multi-year review of state data by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The analysis of drug...
The rate of opioid overdose deaths began to plateau in early 2018, notching a victory for public health officials — but like water seeking the path of least resistance, adaptive drug cartels are turning back to the previous moneymakers of cocaine and methamphetamine. Mexican cartels have...
James Steidl | Shutterstock As the partial government shutdown continues into 2019, too much of the media is focused on the political winners and losers of the budget funding stalemate and not enough on the reason for the shutdown. Democrat opposition to border wall funding is rooted...
Narcan nasal kits to help people who are overdosing. (WCIV)CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — On Saturday, the Mount Pleasant Police Department, Wake up Carolina, and the Charleston Center came together for an urgent need: teaching people how to detect an overdose and how to ...
The CDC recently reported a decrease in the life expectancy of Americans for the third consecutive year, a trend not seen in more than a century. People of other western nations are living longer; Americans are dying younger. Why? Experts point to the “Disease of...
Forever in her heart. Ariana Grande continues to mourn the death of her ex-boyfriend, Mac Miller. Over the weekend, the 25-year-old pop...
Adam B. Thomas, 29, of South Main Street, Batavia, is charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance in the seventh degree and public appearance under the influence of a narcotic drug. At 10:19 a.m. on Dec. 28, the Genesee County Emergency Dispatch Center received...
PLAINVILLE — A Bristol man faces charges after police said he was found with 111 bags of fentanyl along with crack cocaine and marijuana during a traffic stop early Monday. Nicholas Pugh-Williams, 27, of 403 West St., Bristol, was arrested on Monday and charged with possession with intent...
Yarmouth Police/CWN Michael C. Dietrick YARMOUTH – From Yarmouth Police: On Monday, December 31, 2018 at approximately 11:00 AM, the Yarmouth Police Department Proactive Anti-Crime Unit (PACU) conducted a motor vehicle stop on Long Pond Drive in South Yarmouth for traveling at 47 miles per hour in...