“We think about these things when big news comes about like that, especially in our state,” said Chad Kuhlman, a Rochester firefighter. “We think about our other first responders across the state and the area.” Kuhlman says when the Rochester Fire Department gets a call of...
A MUM killed her baby by giving her a sippy cup containing enough opioid painkiller fentanyl “to kill two horses”, say cops. A pink sippy cup with a red liquid was discovered on the bed of Charlette Napper-Talley after officers discovered the 17-month-old girl not breathing...
The chaotic scene at the small house along Bircher Avenue was something not seen before by South St. Paul police and first responders. As they pulled up around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, officers spotted three men lying on the ground outside. The men — between 25 and...
A New Orleans man pleaded guilty Friday to ordering large shipments of fentanyl...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – More than three years later, a Twin Cities family awaits justice after a drug dealer was charged in their son’s death. Nick Petrick, 29, died from fentanyl-laced heroin investigators say his friend bought from Beverly Burrell. She’s already been sentenced in the deaths...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – More than three years after his death, a Twin Cities family awaits justice for the dealer charged with killing their son. Nick Petrick, 29, died from fentanyl-laced heroin investigators say his friend bought from Beverly Burrell. She’s already been sentenced in the deaths...
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Opioid-related overdoses and deaths have been a significant public health crisis in Canada for some time, with the province of British Columbia (B.C.) having declared a public health emergency in 2016. In B.C. life expectancy fell in 2017, for the second year in a row....
Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst with the San Francisco 49ers when he got word his best friend had died.“That shattered my whole life. That changed everything,’’ said Lowe. “I said, ‘I’m going back.’’’The drug overdose death of his high school buddy...
Vermont State Police Colonel Matthew Birmingham. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDiggerBefore Vermont’s public safety commissioner publicly concluded that one of his troopers had collapsed due to an overdose from accidental exposure to fentanyl, he asked whether it might be worth waiting.Thomas Anderson, the commissioner, sent an...