HIGH POINT, N.C. -- Our nation's opioid epidemic does not discriminate. It even impacts people who aren't using the drugs. The latest victims are recycling workers across the Triad. These men and ...

Health officials at the Ironton City Health Department are getting the word out about a judgement-free and cost-free service to make the community more safe. Red boxes, or sharps containers, are ...

Siblings Crystal Ortiz, 20, and Daniel Ortiz, 18, waived their preliminary hearings Wednesday before District Judge Nancy Matos Gonzalez. Assistant District Attorney Anthony Casola said Crystal Ortiz ...

Vermont State Police are looking for a man they say led officers on a high-speed chase through multiple towns as he flung hypodermic needles out the window. The incident started at midnight Saturday, ...

Bethlehem police investigate July 9, 2015, in an apartment to the rear of 1202 E. Third St. in Bethlehem where children were found covered in feces. (Sarah Cassi | For lehighvalleylive.com) The two ...

KERMIT, WV (WCHS/WVAH) — Mingo County deputies said two men have been arrested after they threw needles from a vehicle within 100 feet of a park where kids play. Bill Spaulding, 42, and Jeff Spaulding ...

Thanks for the great question, Roger, and for taking an interest in disposing of your medical waste properly. Nothing gets the attention of workers handling trash and recyclables quite like a syringe ...

A former employee of a Lincoln tattoo shop is in jail after he threw a handful of used needles at his boss's face and later threatened his boss with a hatchet upon his firing, police said in court ...