Jeffersontown mayor-elect Carol Pike will take office in January.
Family friends of the man police found bloodied and holding a machete at Clarksville's Walmart say he didn't deserve to die.
The Syringe Service Program was created in 2015 in response to the HIV outbreak.
In the voluntary program, non-violent drug offenders can avoid jail if they enter the treatment process, which takes 12 to 24 months to complete.
A new study has found that more than 5 years after the FDA implemented mandates related to opioid prescriptions, the agency cannot assess whether those steps have been successful.
Former addict Nikki Jarrell said she wants the community to also know the side of Baker that saved her life.
The therapist will come to the jail to set up and teach classes for the office’s Jail Chemical Addiction Program, which offers intensive therapy for people struggling with drug addiction.
The center will be located in Manchester, Kentucky, and will be devoted to helping women in recovery.
The Ladies of Promise addiction recovery center for women on west Market Street in Louisville celebrated its grand re-opening on June 11.
The nation's drug czar says it takes more than just arresting people to combat the opioid crisis.