There are 6 article(s) tagged Fentanyl:

• May 2025

  • Jail inmate died from fentanyl overdose, autopsy says

    Justin Segerson, 41, was found unresponsive at the jail Jan. 30 and was taken to Methodist University Hospital where he died the next day.

    By Aarron Fleming May 01, 2025

• January 2025

  • Health Department to make opioid-overdose supplies more available

    The vending machine, a pilot project, is part of a larger effort to increase access to harm-reduction supplies across Shelby County, which recorded 910 suspected opioid overdose-related deaths in the last two years. 

    By Aisling Mäki January 21, 2025

• June 2023

  • Health Dept. begins free distribution of overdose-treatment kits

    Known as the overdose harm-reduction program, the Health Department is now providing kits with two doses of naloxone and 10 fentanyl test strips at community events.

    By Aisling Mäki June 14, 2023

• May 2020

  • Drug dealers warned, help offered for those fighting addiction as overdoses spike

    Alisa Haushalter, Amy Weirich, Michael Dunavant and other local officials continue to raise concerns over Shelby County's latest surge in drug overdoses.

    By Linda A. Moore May 19, 2020

• October 2019

  • Blake Owens indicted in federal heroin and fentanyl case

    Blake Owens, the son of one-time topless nightclub kingpin Danny Owens and owner of O's Realty Inc., has been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug conspiracy charges along with four others.

    By Bill Dries October 18, 2019

• August 2019

  • Eleven Shelby County employees exposed to fentanyl in jail intake

    Eleven Shelby County deputies were exposed to fentanyl 
    Thursday, allegedly brought in the jail by a man being processed in the intake area. 

    By Yolanda Jones August 01, 2019