As Opioid Death Toll Keeps Growing, New Local Group Offers Support for Those Left Behind
The website of the Office of the District Attorney General has a real-time tracker for suspected overdose deaths in Knox County. “Right...
$100k in Drugs, $80k in Cash Seized after Knox Raid Targets 4 Michigan Men
A six-month investigation culminated Tuesday morning when Knox County authorities searched a home, seized more than $180,000 in drugs and...
Helen Ross McNabb Center Opens Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center
The Helen Ross McNabb Center cut the ribbon on its Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center on Friday. The treatment center will serve as an...
After 'Devastating' Loss of Children to Drugs, Parents Provide Support and Fight Stigma of A
David Huntley would have done anything to save his son. He just didn’t know what to do. Throughout his teen years, Henry Huntley...
Knox Man Charged in Heroin, Food Stamp Fraud Scheme
A Knox County man has been charged in connection with a fraud scheme in which authorities say he accepted payments through food stamp...
Knox Man Charged in Heroin, Food Stamp Fraud Scheme
A Knox County man has been charged in connection with a fraud scheme in which authorities say he accepted payments through food stamp...
The Science of Addiction: How Opioids — and Environment — Change the Brain
In March, Stephen Loyd was scrolling through Google images for a PowerPoint presentation on addiction when a picture of a bottle of...
New Tennessee Law would Aim to Break Link between Gift Cards and Opioids
Several lawmakers were approached by lobbyists from a block of retail giants during the state legislative session last spring. The group,...
Baumgartner Embodied Opioid Crisis in Knoxville; May He Now Rest in Peace
I know I wasn’t alone in feeling an overwhelming sadness at the death of Richard Baumgartner. We weren't close, but we’d crossed paths...
Lenoir City Chiropractor Pays $1.45 Million for Operating Pill Mills
A Lenoir City chiropractor has paid more than $1.45 million for allegedly operating a "pill mill" in which he used Medicare and TennCare...