From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, here is your news for Friday, October 20th, on Mix 104-1 and Talk 101-3 The Buzz. From the Cleveland
From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, here is your news for Friday, October 20th, on Mix 104-1 and Talk 101-3 The Buzz.
From the Cleveland Daily Banner…
The issue of widespread addiction to opioids got the spotlight with a joint event between local organization The Bridge and Lee University’s Department of Behavioral & Social Sciences.
The event featured 10th Judicial District Attorney Steve Crump, The Bridge board chairman Scott Elam and Angie Meyers Taylor, who lost her son to an accidental drug overdose.
Taylor said this was her first time speaking publicly about the loss of her son, Jace Taylor, who became part of the opioid statistic.
He would have been a senior in high school this year, and because of an accidental drug overdose, the family is now “having to stand on the field without him” for the football team’s Senior Night.
She said her son had decided to take a pill someone else had given him. She told the tearful story of what it was like to find her son struggling to breathe in the middle of the night and to see him succumb to the overdose.
Crump told the audience that he received his very first call about a drug overdose in his four-county district within 45 minutes of him being sworn into office.
While the DA can prosecute drug-related crimes, he stressed doing so will not make the problem of widespread substance abuse go away.
Elam said it can be tempting to look at drug statistics and dismiss them. However, one must remember that each number represents real people who have been affected by opioids.
Both Crump and Elam urged people to dispose of any prescription medications they no longer need and to lock up what they need to keep. Local law enforcement can assist with drug disposal.
From WRCB Channel 3…
Tennessee House Speaker Beth Harwell is calling for a special hearing on the state’s testing issues. Nearly 10,000 TNReady tests were incorrectly scored.
It’s the fifth glitch in the testing system in two years.
Beth Harwell said it’s time for the state to step in. This week we learned around eight thousand tests were scored too low, another 1,400 scored too high.
Incorrectly scored tests have teachers, parents, and legislators wanting answers. Harwell said the incorrectly graded tests make up a very small portion of the 1.9 million tests taken during the 2016-17 school year. The latest issue is one of five mistakes over the last two years. Tests were delayed three times in 2016. Then, last June, results were delayed, never making it on to student’s report cards. Harwell wants steps in place to prevent this from happening again.
Beth Harwell said the hearing is expected within the next two weeks. If legislation is needed, Harwell will address the issue in January when Tennessee lawmakers return to Nashville.
From News Channel 9….
Traffic was backed up for hours on Interstate 75 northbound just south of the Georgia state line Thursday morning.
The Georgia State Patrol says an SUV hit a tractor-trailer, causing it to overturn, and creating a chain-reaction crash that affected several other vehicles.
We’re told the driver of the SUV fled the scene.
Investigators later revealed that the SUV was stolen from Signal Mountain.
Drivers were detoured onto Highway 41 during the crash cleanup and investigation.
No one was hurt in the crash, but the driver of the truck was shaken up.
This has been your local and state news. You can get news anytime by visiting our website, mymix1041.com, powered by Pioneer Credit. From the Tennova Healthcare Cleveland News Desk, this is Jeremy Gault reporting.
