Florence City Council awarded the Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky, known as CHNK, $100,000 to address mental health issues and substance use disorders. CHNK Executive Director Rick Wurth accepted a symbolic oversized check from the council at its Aug. 26 regular business meeting. “There are two fundamental poisons in our groundwater as Kentuckians and these poisons […]
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Newport Police Department considers adding social worker
Newport City Commission has approved the first reading of an ordinance to add a police social worker to the department, funded by the opioid settlement funds, to help limit the number of calls police officers have to respond to situations outside their training.
