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#ENDOVERDOSE awareness walk moved to virtual format

The Whitley County Health Department moved its End Overdose Awareness Walk from in-person to a virtual event due to both weather and COVID rates. The walk was scheduled for Aug. 31, on International Overdose Awareness Day. Harm Reduction Case Manager Kelsee Dewees said several...

Corbin woman remembers her two children, who died from fatal overdoses during overdose awareness walk

Dorthy Baker came to NIBROC Park in Corbin Monday night and placed purple ribbons bearing the names of her two children, Aaron Keasler and Pauline Kramer. Baker said Keasler was 20 when he died of a morphine overdose, while Kramer was a week away from her 23rd birthday when she...

Overdose awareness walk set for Monday in downtown Corbin

Free naloxone (Narcan) training and kits will be given away during a planned overdose awareness walk, which will take place from 4 – 6 p.m. Monday at NIBROC Park along First Street in Corbin. Since May, there have been 17 suspected overdoses in Whitley County, two of which were...
Posted On 27 Aug 2020