Suspected Dealers Face Murder Charges in Fatal Fentanyl Overdoses
SUMNER COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) - Law enforcement in Sumner County is upping the ante when it comes to suspected drug dealers and now working...
Belmont Student Shares Journey from Overdose to Recovery
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - Life with opioid addiction: It's not what Patrick Walthall had ever imagined growing up in North Carolina....
The F Word: Fentanyl Emerging as a Scourge across Tennessee
MIDDLE TENNESSEE (WKRN) - Danny Schaeffer is in the business of dealing with bad things. Fentanyl is one of them. Schaeffer is the EMS...
Feds Halt 2 Tennessee Pharmacies' Opioid Dispensing for Now
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - Two Clay County pharmacies have been ordered to stop dispensing opioids by a federal judge. The request was...
Tennessee Lawmaker Proposes Bill to Legalize Recreational Marijuana
One state lawmaker said it's time to legalize recreational marijuana in Tennessee. Recreational, let alone medical marijuana, are not yet...
Opioid Overdoses in Montgomery Co. Putting Strain on EMS Workers
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) - Opioid-related overdoses have more than doubled compared to the same time last year. Jan. 5 and 6,...
As Tenn. Cracks Down on Drugged Driving, Parents Who Lost Son in Crash Warn of Dangers
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) - For Sondra and Norbert Braunwalder, April 10, 2014, is a day they wish they could forget. "I thought to...
Bredesen Wants Blackburn-Backed Opioid Law Repealed
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Democratic former Gov. Phil Bredesen said Friday that his first action in the U.S. Senate would be to file or...
Bredesen Wants Blackburn-Backed Opioid Law Repealed
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Democratic former Gov. Phil Bredesen said Friday that his first action in the U.S. Senate would be to file or...
Dozens of Pain Clinics across Tennessee Slated to Shut Down
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) - Vanderbilt said it and other pain management clinics in Tennessee are seeing an influx of patients. The largest...