This year’s summer reading program at the Knox County Public Library may be drawing to a close, but there’s still plenty of fun to be had, says director Emily Bunyan.
VINCENNES, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) Janet Kitchin has seen problems of homelessness firsthand at the Knox County Public Library. "After the pandemic, and we opened up more hours at the library, it just seems like we had an influx of people who were homeless, or needing all different kinds of assistance," Kitchin, the adult programming manager at [.]
NaloxBox seeing results in Vincennes
The box holds doses of Narcan to help those who are suffering from an opioid overdose.
Posted: May 13, 2021 6:50 PM
Posted By: Gary Brian
VINCENNES, Ind. (WTHI) - The center of Vincennes is a busy hub of activity. Sixth and Hart sees hundreds of cars and dozens of pedestrians a day. According to the state of Indiana, the area is also having a lot of opioid incidents.
Vanessa Phillips with the Knox County Oriented System of Care explains, The library was a central location in Vincennes where we saw a trend of overdoses occurring.
The System of Care had a NaloxBox to provide for Vincennes. A NaloxBox holds doses of Narcan to help those having an overdose survive. With the trend going up the organization reached out to the library.