WFHB Local News – May 3rd, 2023

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This is the WFHB Local News for Wednesday, May 3rd, 2023.

Later in the program, we continue our investigation into the opioid crisis on DEEP DIVE: WFHB AND LIMESTONE POST INVESTIGATE – looking into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. More in today’s feature report.

Also coming up in the next half hour, Tracking and Stalking on Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog segment on WFHB.

Feature Reports:

This is DEEP DIVE: WFHB AND LIMESTONE POST INVESTIGATE where we look into issues regarding Health, Housing, and the Environment that directly impact residents of Monroe County. We are looking into the Opioid Settlement Fund, and how the money will be distributed.

We interviewed Dr. Richard Gunderman who is a Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy and Medical Humanities at Indiana University. Gunderman has a background in public health and has taught a couple of courses on the opioid epidemic at IU. Gunderman says he wanted to teach these courses because he became interested in the wide ranging impacts of the opioid epidemic on the American public.

We also talked to Executive Director of the Indiana Recovery Alliance Nick Voyles. In an interview last year last year Voyles said that the key to keeping people who use drugs meaningfully connected in their communities is to treat every person regardless of their circumstances or condition, with dignity and respect.

We will continue to look into the Opioid Crisis., next week on Deep Dive: WFHB and Limestone Post Investigate. Stay tuned.

Up next, we turn to WFHB News Correspondents Kade Young and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider for the Monroe County Primary Election results.

Up next, Tracking and Stalking on Better Beware – your weekly consumer-watchdog segment on WFHB. We turn to host and producer Richard Fish for more.

Credits:
You’ve been listening to the WFHB Local News,
Our feature was produced by Kade Young and Noelle Herhusky-Schneider.
Better Beware is produced by Richard Fish.
Our theme music is provided by Mark Bingham and the Social Climbers.
Engineer and Executive producer is Kade Young.