State of Addiction: KY Opioid Symposium unites efforts to combat crisis, focus on youth prevention
Updated: 6:57 PM EDT Oct 21, 2024
THAT AIMS TO MAKE BUSINESS OPERATIONS A LITTLE EASIER. WELL, THIS IS THE VIEW FROM THE PORTS HERE IN JEFFERSONVILLE AND AS MORE BUSINESSES ARE LOOKING AT SOUTHERN INDIANA TO GROW AND TO DEVELOP, THEY맥스카지노RE LOOKING AT PORTS LIKE THIS AND THE ONE IN EVANSVILLE. SO THE INDIANA RIVER AND RAIL TERMINALS IS UNIFYING THOSE TWO. AND HELPING BASICALLY BUILD A MORE EFFECTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN. WE맥스카지노VE GROWN CARGO HERE OVER 39% IN TWO YEARS, WHICH IS A REALLY HIGH RATE. BUT WE ARE GREAT PARTNERS WITH RIVER RIDGE AND OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS IN THE REGION. THAT맥스카지노S JEFFERSONVILLE PORT DIRECTOR GEORGE OTT, AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE HE맥스카지노S GOING WITH THIS SOUTHERN INDIANA맥스카지노S PORTS HANDLE MORE CARGO THAN ANY OTHER INLAND PORT IN THE COUNTRY, ACCORDING TO THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. THAT IS HELPFUL FOR ANY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING RIVER RIDGE. AND WITH THE GROWTH THEY맥스카지노RE HAVING, WE GOT TO KEEP INVESTING AND PREPARE TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THEIR CUSTOMERS AS WELL. SO I THINK THESE NEW RAIL YARDS AND WATER CAPABILITIES IS REALLY GOING TO BE A SYNERGY. THEY CAN USE SUPERIOR RIVER TERMINALS OF INDIANA IS THE PORTS PARTNER. THEY HANDLE LOADING AND UNLOADING BETWEEN TRAINS AND BARGES. GENERAL MANAGER SHANE DAVENPORT SAYS THE FORMALIZED PARTNERSHIP GIVES BUSINESSES EASIER ACCESS TO PORTS IN BOTH MARKETS. HERE IN JEFF AND MOUNT VERNON IN THE EVANSVILLE AREA. SO IT WILL FURTHER BUILD OUR RELATIONSHIPS ON A WIDER SPAN BECAUSE NOW THOSE CUSTOMERS WILL NOW BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, PUT NAMES TO, YOU KNOW, OUR DYNAMICS HERE. AND OTT SAYS BECAUSE BUSINESSES ARE DOING MORE SHIPPING BY TRAIN, THE PORTS ARE BUILDING NEW RAIL YARDS. THEY맥스카지노LL USE SOME OF THE 140 ACRES HERE IN JEFFERSONVILLE, OFF MIDDLE ROAD AND SOME OF THE 600 AT MOUNT VERNON. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE PORTS READY TO SUPPORT FUTURE ECONOMIC GROWTH. STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AND LET THE FOLKS IN THE REGION REALIZE THEY HAVE A PORT IN THEIR BACKYARD, WHICH IS A HUGE ASSET FOR FOR CUSTOMERS IN JEFFERSONVILLE, NORMAN, SEAWRIGHT, 비바카지노 Viva NEWS. AND THE PORTS TELL NORMAN THAT THEY HANDLE NEARLY 28 MILLION TONS OF CARGO ANNUALLY, AND THE PARTNERSHIP HELPS THEM BETTER MARKET THEIR SERVICES. CRIME SCENE PHOTOS WERE SHOWN DURING THE THIRD DAY OF TESTIMONY FOR THE DELPHI MURDERS TRIAL. RICHARD ALLEN IS ACCUSED OF KILLING 13 YEAR OLD ABBY WILLIAMS AND 14 YEAR OLD LIBBY GERMAN IN FEBRUARY OF 2017. MORE THAN 40 CRIME SCENE PHOTOS WERE SHOWN ON A LARGE MONITOR INSIDE THE COURTROOM THAT TOOK 90 MINUTES BEFORE THE COURT BROKE FOR RECESS. FAMILY JURORS AND THE COURT GALLERY WERE VISIBLY EMOTIONAL AS THE PICTURES WERE SHOWN. IF CONVICTED, ALLEN COULD SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN PRISON. AN INDIANAPOLIS MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING SIX PEOPLE, INCLUDING FOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER, IS ON TRIAL FOR A SECOND TIME. A JUDGE DECLARED A MISTRIAL IN JULY IN THE CASE AGAINST RAYMOND CHILDS, THE THIRD AFTER A WITNESS VIOLATED COURT TESTIMONY PROTOCOL BY DIRECTLY ADDRESSING HIM, ASKING WHY HE DID IT. CHILDS FACES SIX COUNTS OF MURDER FOR THE MASS SHOOTING IN JANUARY OF 2021. POLICE SAY WHEN HE WAS 17, HE SHOT AND KILLED HIS FATHER. STEPMOTHER, 13 YEAR OLD SISTER, 18 YEAR OLD BROTHER AND THE BROTHER맥스카지노S PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND ALONG WITH HER UNBORN SON. CHILDS 15 YEAR OLD BROTHER WAS ALSO SHOT, BUT HE SURVIVED. A 77 YEAR OLD CINCINNATI WOMAN IS NOW CHARGED WITH RECKLESS HOMICIDE FOR A DEADLY SHOOTING. POLICE SAY KATHLEEN GUYGER SHOT AND KILLED 58 YEAR OLD ARTHUR OSBORNE BELOW THE WAIST AFTER HE JOKINGLY TOLD HER TO SHOOT HIM. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS, GUYGER DID NOT KNOW THE GUN WAS LOADED WHEN SHE PULLED THE TRIGGER. AT AN ARRAIGNMENT TODAY, PROSECUTORS SAID THAT WAS NO EXCUSE. EVERYONE WHO POSSESSES A FIREARM HAS A LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY TO DO IT RESPONSIBLY. YOU NEVER POINT A FIREARM AT ANYTHING AND PULL THE TRIGGER UNLESS YOU INTEND TO DESTROY IT. THE DEFENDANT POINTED A FIREARM AT SOMEONE AND PULLED THE TRIGGER, RESULTING IN THEIR DEATH. POLICE SAY GUYGER DID PROVIDE FIRST AID AND CALLED 911. SHE IS BEING HELD ON A $10,000 BOND. AUTHORITIES IN GEORGIA ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED A DEADLY DOCK COLLAPSE OVER THE WEEKEND. SEVEN PEOPLE WERE KILLED WHEN PART OF A FERRY DOCK GAVE WAY SATURDAY IN SAPELO ISLAND. OFFICIALS SAY MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE WERE ON THE GANGWAY AT THE TIME, AND THAT THE STRUCTURE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HOLD THEM. CROWDS HAD GATHERED ON THE ISLAND FOR AN AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CELEBRATION. THE MAYOR AND HISTORIAN SAYS THEY ARE FOCUSED ON HEALING. WE ARE CHILDREN OF ENSLAVEMENT. SO WE ARE BUILT TO KNOW HOW TO MAKE IT THROUGH SUFFERING AND HARD TIMES. SO WE맥스카지노RE GOING TO BOUNCE BACK. THE GANGWAY WAS BUILT JUST THREE YEARS AGO, AND STATE OFFICIALS SAY IT SHOULD HAVE REQUIRED ONLY MINIMAL MAINTENANCE. THE UNVEILING OF A MASSIVE SOLAR FARM IN NORTHERN INDIANA WAS ABRUPTLY CANCELED AFTER REPORTS OF SECURITY THREATS. THE $250 MILLION SOLAR FARM SPANS 1100 ACRES, JUST OUTSIDE OF NEW CARLISLE. THAT맥스카지노S NEAR SOUTH BEND. IT IS SET TO CREATE 188,000,000W OF ENERGY, BUT THE UNVEILING WAS CANCELED BECAUSE POLICE SAY THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH A FORMER EMPLOYEE ON THE PROPERTY. OFFICERS ISSUED THE PERSON A NO TRESPASS ORDER AND HE THEN LEFT THE SITE WITHOUT ANY ISSUES. THE UNVEILING WILL BE RESCHEDULED. OKAY. WEATHER WISE, ANOTHER FANTASTIC DAY ACROSS THE REGION. I MEAN, WALL TO WALL SUNSHINE AGAIN ON THIS MONDAY. THIS COMING ON THE HEELS OF WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A PICTURE PERFECT WEEKEND. LIVE. LOOK OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW. THE TRIMARK CAMERA NETWORK PORTIONS OF GENE SNYDER CLOSE TO THE I-64 INTERCHANGE. MOVING ALONG RATHER NICELY AT THIS POINT IN THE GAME. OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, THOUGH HAVING SOME TRAFFIC ISSUES THERE ARE SOME ACCIDENTS TO REPORT, SO JUST BE ON THE LOOKOUT IF YOU HAVE TO GO OUT AND ABOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS JUST KIND OF CHECK AHEAD. WE HAVE SOME SLOWDOWNS IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW AS WE TYPICALLY DO DURING THIS TIME OF THE DAY. HUMIDITY IS RUNNING ABOUT 30% AND EAST SOUTHEASTERLY BREEZE AT SEVEN CURRENT TEMPERATURES. AS YOU WALK OUT DOORS AROUND 77 DEGREES AROUND THE METRO, IT맥스카지노S A MIX OF MID EVEN UPPER 70S. AS WE PULL OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THE VIEWING AREA. JUST A BEAUTIFUL DAY. MIDDLE 70S ALL ACROSS THE AREA. WILL STAY PUT THE NEXT HOUR AND AGAIN WE WILL BE COOLING OFF ONCE WE MOVE INTO THE DARK HOURS. IF BY CHANCE YOU맥스카지노RE HEADING OUT TO THE JACK O LANTERN SPECTACULAR IROQUOIS PARK, IT맥스카지노S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL. 69 AT SEVEN WILL COOL TO NEAR 60 BY 10:00 TONIGHT. RICK IN THE MORNING BUS STOP WEATHER NOT BAD AT ALL. JUST THAT LIGHT SWEATSHIRT NEEDED FOR THE LITTLE ONES WILL BE IN THE 40S ON YOUR TUESDAY MORNING. WE DO HAVE KIND OF A ROLLER COASTER RIDE ON THE WAY. TEMPERATURE WISE. I MEAN, THAT맥스카지노S TYPICAL THIS TIME OF YEAR. WE맥스카지노LL BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU ON THE SEVEN DAY THAT맥스카지노S COMING UP NEXT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JAY, A FOCUS ON THE OPIOID CRISIS. HOW A SYMPOSIUM IN LOUISVILLE IS CONNECTING LOCAL PROGRAMS TOGETHER TO FIND A SOLUTION. HIGH TECH JERSEY IS LETTING MORE SOCCER FANS GET IN ON THE ACTION, HOW IT맥스카지노S HELPING DEAF FANS FEEL, THE ENERGY OF THE GAME. THAT맥스카지노S NEXT ON 비바카지노 VivaYOU맥스카지노RE WATCHI KICKED OFF THE FIRST DAY OF THE TWO DAY KENTUCKY OPIOID SYMPOSIUM AS 비바카지노 Viva맥스카지노S MEGAN MATTHEWS EXPLAINS, THE GOAL IS TO CONNECT DOZENS OF PROGRAMS IN AN EFFORT TO END THE OPIOID PANDEMIC. WE WILL SAVE LIVES OF OUR FRIENDS AND OUR NEIGHBORS AND THIS COMMONWEALTH. DOZENS OF PROGRAMS FROM AROUND KENTUCKY GATHERED AT THE 2024 KENTUCKY OPIOID SYMPOSIUM TO SPREAD NOT ONLY MESSAGES OF HOPE, BUT ALSO WAYS TO COMBAT ADDICTION ACROSS THE STATE. HELD IN THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION CENTER, THE SECOND ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM FOCUSED ON THE OPIOID CRISIS IN KENTUCKY. WE CAN KIND OF SHARE IDEAS AND LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WE맥스카지노RE SEEING OUT IN OUR PARTS OF THE STATE. DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, WHAT맥스카지노S WORKING, WHAT맥스카지노S NOT WORKING BECAUSE IT맥스카지노S GOING TO TAKE A TEAM EFFORT TO REALLY, REALLY KNOCK DOWN THIS OPIOID PANDEMIC THAT WE맥스카지노RE IN THE MIDDLE OF. IT ALSO ADDRESSED ADDICTIONS OF ALL KINDS AND THOSE IMPACTED BY IT, INCLUDING THE NEWEST ADDITION, BETTER WITHOUT IT, A YOUTH FOCUSED PREVENTION INITIATIVE. WE WANT THEM TO GET TO THAT POINT WHERE THEY맥스카지노RE NOT DOING WHAT THEY맥스카지노RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. WHEN IT COMES TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, BUT THE WAY TO DO THAT IS REALLY FOCUSING ON SHOWING THEM WHAT BEING BETTER WITHOUT DRUGS AND ALCOHOL REALLY LOOKS LIKE. STANLEY BRIGGS WITH BETTER WITHOUT IT, EXPLAINED THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN IS YOUNG ADULTS HAVING ACCESS TO VAPES AND OTHER DEVICES WITH MARIJUANA IN THEM. THE MAJORITY OF THOSE KIDS I WOULD SAY 95% OF THEM WERE THERE FOR VAPING, WHETHER IT BE NICOTINE OR MARIJUANA. SO WE맥스카지노RE REALLY TRYING TO TARGET THAT GROUP. IT맥스카지노S A DIFFERENT FOCUS. I WOULD SAY THAT MAYBE TEN YEARS AGO. THE SYMPOSIUM ALSO HIGHLIGHTED SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT RECEIVED GRANTS FROM THE LOUISVILLE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND, WHILE HELPING OTHER GROUPS WRITE PROPOSALS TO GET GRANT MONEY. MANY SAYING THAT THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN STOPPING THE OPIOID PANDEMIC. AS WELL AS OTHER ADDICTIONS IMPACTING PEOPLE IN THE
State of Addiction: KY Opioid Symposium unites efforts to combat crisis, focus on youth prevention
Updated: 6:57 PM EDT Oct 21, 2024
The Kentucky Opioid Symposium kicked off its two-day event Monday morning. Held at the International Convention Center, the second annual event serves as a platform for sharing and fostering collaboration among different communities to combat the opioid crisis. Billy O'Bryan, the Kentucky program director for Young People in Recovery, emphasized the need for a collective effort, "We can kind of share ideas and let people know what we're seeing in our parts of the state and different communities. 'What's working? What's not working?' because it's really going to take a team effort to knock the opioid pandemic we're a part of."A significant highlight of the symposium was the introduction of "Better Without It," a youth-focused prevention initiative. This program aims to guide young adults toward making healthier choices regarding drugs and alcohol. As explained by Stanley Brizz, with Better Without It, "We want them to get to that point where they're not doing what they're not supposed to be doing when it comes to drugs and alcohol, but the way they do that is really focusing on, showing them what being better without drugs and alcohol really looks like."Brizz also expressed concern over the accessibility of vaping devices among youth. "The majority of those kids, I would say 95% of them were there for vaping, whether it be nicotine or marijuana. So we're really trying to target that group. It's a different focus, I would say, than maybe ten years ago," Brizz said.The symposium also celebrated programs that received grants from the Louisville Opioid Settlement Fund, which are crucial in supporting ongoing efforts to address addiction, while also writing new grants for other programs.Jefferson County is set to receive over $57 million from the opioid settlement over the next 18 years, furthering the support for these initiatives.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky Opioid Symposium kicked off its two-day event Monday morning.
Held at the International Convention Center, the second annual event serves as a platform for sharing and fostering collaboration among different communities to combat the opioid crisis.
Billy O'Bryan, the Kentucky program director for Young People in Recovery, emphasized the need for a collective effort, "We can kind of share ideas and let people know what we're seeing in our parts of the state and different communities. 'What's working? What's not working?' because it's really going to take a team effort to knock the opioid pandemic we're a part of."
A significant highlight of the symposium was the introduction of "Better Without It," a youth-focused prevention initiative.
This program aims to guide young adults toward making healthier choices regarding drugs and alcohol.
As explained by Stanley Brizz, with Better Without It, "We want them to get to that point where they're not doing what they're not supposed to be doing when it comes to drugs and alcohol, but the way they do that is really focusing on, showing them what being better without drugs and alcohol really looks like."
Brizz also expressed concern over the accessibility of vaping devices among youth.
"The majority of those kids, I would say 95% of them were there for vaping, whether it be nicotine or marijuana. So we're really trying to target that group. It's a different focus, I would say, than maybe ten years ago," Brizz said.
The symposium also celebrated programs that received grants from the Louisville Opioid Settlement Fund, which are crucial in supporting ongoing efforts to address addiction, while also writing new grants for other programs.
Jefferson County is set to receive over $57 million from the opioid settlement over the next 18 years, furthering the support for these initiatives.