A look at overnight crime in the Puget Sound region on the morning of June 22; $400,000 stolen from a storage unit and a hit and run turned kidnapping.
The number of drug and alcohol overdoses continues to climb in Reno County, with the county this week eclipsing an average of one overdose per day for the first time since officials began tracking cases in real-time.
A group of stakeholders and community partners who’ve been meeting since 2015 to figure out ways to address substance misuse in the community have scheduled several events over the next three months to try to engage the public at large on the issue.
Their purpose is to remove the stigma associated with substance misuse, said Reno County Health Department Substance Misuse Health Educator Seth Dewey.
Texas County Seeks Morgue Overflow Refrigerators amid Winter Freeze
17 Feb 2021
Galveston County, Texas, officials called for a refrigerated truck to hold an expected influx of winter-storm-related deaths. The county judge said they expect to receive “a couple dozen bodies” from people who died during subfreezing conditions and power outages.
Galveston County Medical Examiners Office told reporters they are expecting to receive a couple dozen bodies of people who died during this week’s freezing temperatures, Click2Houston reported. The official said they are not able to transfer the bodies to funeral homes because of power outages in those facilities.
An update from Galveston County Judge Mark Henry regarding the sustained power outages in the county over the past 2 days. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear the transmission companies or ERCOT are placing any priority on getting @GalvCoTx customers back online with power today. pic.twitter.com/GeRz7Zi9gc