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Round 1
A Murfreesboro nurse practitioner just got convicted for basically turning a rural Tennessee pain clinic into a one-stop shop for Pill Poppers Anonymous
Heather Marks, 43, worked at Lifeforce Pain and Wellness in Carthage, a “small, rural clinic” that supposedly treated pain—but from 2016 to 2018, she helped pump out nearly one million opioid pills to almost 1,000 patients, many of whom were already addicted or traveling hundreds of miles just to get their fix.
She ignored obvious signs of illegal drug use and kept writing scripts anyway, and even prescribed opioids to people she knew were likely selling them on the street.
A federal jury convicted Marks of conspiracy to illegally distribute controlled substances and eight counts of illegal distribution and she faces up to 20 years in prison on each count.
So while Tennessee is fighting cartel activity in the streets, the feds just nailed a white-coat dealer running a pill pipeline out of a “wellness” clinic.
When people cross three state lines to see you, that’s not continuity of care, that’s a distribution route.
Round 2
TVA says the Tennessee Valley is somehow in both “it rained” and “we’re still in trouble” mode at the same time.
Believe it or not, despite a few good showers since Memorial Day, much of the Valley is still in severe to extreme drought, and the real problem is runoff—the water that actually makes it into streams, rivers, and lakes.
Across the eastern Tennessee Valley, runoff is the fourth lowest in 152 years of recorded history.
On average, the region’s seen about 3½ inches of rain since Memorial Day, but only about half an inch has made it into the river system.
So most of that rain basically showed up, took a selfie, and left.
And when the water does finally move, it doesn’t always behave.
TWRA shut down Holston Mountain Road at North Cumberland WMA after a major washout made it “no longer safe for public travel,” with the road literally collapsing out from under vehicle tracks
So we’ve got lakes sitting low like it’s late August, parched ground that won’t absorb right until it’s too late, and backroads that are turning into surprise gullies
T2rd1tg… how many inches would it take for you to be happy? Let me know in the comments.
Rnd 3
Lebanon PD’s SafeNet system pinged on a black Volvo XC90 today, flagging it as tied to a man with active warrants in both Tennessee and Texas.
officers spotted the SUV on Lebanon Road, pulled it over, and took the lone occupant into custody without incident.
Jail records list him as a 23-year-old Lebanon man with local charges including driving on a revoked or suspended license, theft of merchandise under $1,000, and failure to be booked, plus the Lebanon PD post notes Texas warrants related to terroristic threats.
He sounds like a swell guy.
I can only imagine what this guy's dating profile looks like:
“Age 23, loves road trips in a black Volvo, bad at commitments—especially court dates—and wanted in at least two states.”
However, seems Lebanon PD was the lucky lady who finally swiped right, thanks to a license-plate reader who flagged his vehicle.
That was your daily Tennessee news roundup.
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