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From jail to a new life: Mass. Recovery Court graduates look ahead to sobriety [Video]
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WITH SOME GOOD NEWS. MIKE MARIA OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS ARE DECLINING IN MASSACHUSETTS, BUT THE CRISIS IS STILL IMPACTING THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES ACROSS THE STATE. RECOVERY COURT, ALSO KNOWN AS DRUG COURT, IS A LIFELINE FOR SOME, AS WE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND AT CHARLESTOWN RECOVERY COURT THIS WEEK. ITS GRADUATION DAY AT CHARLESTOWN RECOVERY COURT. DEREK AGASSI COMPLETED THE 18 MONTH PROGRAM. THATS AN ALTERNATIVE TO JAIL FOR PEOPLE WITH OPIOID USE DISORDERS. NO, IM NOT ARGUING. MY MOTHER. I DIDNT WANT TO DO DRUG COURT. ITS AN EMOTIONAL DAY, ESPECIALLY FOR DEREKS MOM. A FEW YEARS BACK, I ALL OF A SUDDEN SAID TO ME, WE NEED TO START PREPARING TO BURY HIM. AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, I CANT DO THAT. WE FIRST MET DEREK LAST YEAR WHEN HE CHECKED IN WITH JUDGE LISA GRANT. YOU ARE AT THE CHELSEA SOBER HOUSE AND THATS GOOD. YEAH, I LIKE IT A LOT. TWICE A MONTH HE SHOWED UP IN COURT FOR THESE CHECK INS AND TO BE DRUG TESTED PARTICIPANTS AGREED TO A SIX MONTH RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM AND A YEAR OF INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT IF THEY RELAPSE, GET ARRESTED OR LEAVE THE PROGRAM. THEIR ORIGINAL SENTENCE IS IMPOSED AND THEY GO TO JAIL. I LOVE YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS HELPED ME A LOT. THANK YOU. AND I CANT FORGET JUDGE GRANT. JUDGE GRANTS THE BEST. THE MORE YOU INCARCERATE SOMEBODY DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR RECOVERY, THE LESS LIKELY THAT RECOVERY IS GOING TO BE SUCCESSFUL. JUDGE GRANT HAS BEEN ON THE BENCH AT CHARLESTOWN RECOVERY COURT FOR FOUR YEARS. IM SO PROUD OF EACH OF THEM AND HOW MUCH WORK THEYVE DONE AND HOW FAR THEYVE COME, AND THE DIFFERENCE THAT THEYVE MADE IN THEIR LIVES. THIS IS ONE OF NEARLY 60 SPECIALTY COURTS AROUND THE STATE. OTHERS FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH, VETERANS AND HOMELESSNESS. ONLY ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATE IN A SPECIALTY COURT PROGRAM ARE ARRESTED AGAIN WITHIN ONE YEAR. COMPARE THAT TO PEOPLE WHO DONT GO THROUGH A PROGRAM WHERE RECIDIVISM RATES CAN BE AS HIGH AS 50% FOR WOMEN AND 69% FOR MEN. SO THINGS GOING THERE? GOOD, GOOD GOOD GOING PRETTY GOOD. THAT WAS JOEL SYLVIA A YEAR AGO. NOW HES ALSO GRADUATING. BASICALLY. YOU THINK OF IM LOOKING AT IT AS A AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO STRAIGHTEN MY LIFE OUT. BUT THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES WHEN WE VISITED LAST YEAR, THERE WERE EIGHT PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE RECOVERY COURT, THREE ARE STILL IN THE PROGRAM AND THREE HAVE GRADUATED, INCLUDING JOEL AND DEREK. THE OTHER TWO ARE BACK IN JAIL. I GREW FROM A BOY TO A MAN. ITS A COMPLETELY NEW LIFE. I REALLY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE BURYING THEM, BUT I DIDNT WANT TO GIVE UP. I COULD JUST A MOTHER AND NOW IM SO PROUD OF THEM. SO IM GOING TO ASK DEREK. AGASSI TELLS US HE OVERDOSED 15 TIMES. 15 TIMES, HE SAYS HE HAD TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE. HIS MESSAGE TO THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS YOURE WORTH IT. THERE IS A WAY OUT. REACH OUT AND GET SOME HELP. WE DO HAVE SOME

Tied Northern California city council race comes down to drawing straws to declare winner [Video]
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Tied Northern California city council race comes down to drawing straws to declare winner [Video]

NEVER HAPPENED. THERE. AS THE SUN SETS ON A BUSY ELECTION SEASON, ONE RACE IN THE CITY OF GALT HAS COME DOWN TO THE WIRE. ITS BEEN A WHIRLWIND. ITS PRETTY CRAZY FOR IT TO COME DOWN TO THIS. MATTHEW PRATTEN AND BONNIE RODRIGUEZ WERE TWO OF THE THREE CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR TWO SEATS ON THE GALT CITY COUNCIL. EACH ONE. IT GOT A LITTLE CLOSER AND GOT A LITTLE CLOSER. I KEPT GAINING AND THEN WAS AHEAD BY TWO. THAT WAS FUN. CANDIDATE TIM REID WAS A CLEAR WINNER WITH NEARLY 6000 VOTES, BUT PRATTEN AND RODRIGUEZ ENDED IN A TIE. THERE ARE. 3882 VOTES EACH. NEVER HAVE WE SEEN AN ELECTION COME DOWN TO WHERE IT WAS LITERALLY A DEAD TIE AT THE END. CITY OFFICIALS SAY ITS SOMETHING THEYVE NEVER SEEN HAPPEN BEFORE. THIS IS ITS NEW TO US. ALSO. AND FOR THE TIE BREAKER. A CITY RESOLUTION CALLS FOR A STRAW DRAWING COMPETITION. I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SURPRISED. YOU KNOW, DEMOCRACY. AND WE ARE GOING DOWN TO DRAWING STRAWS. BUT THE $3 PACKAGE OF STRAWS IS A CHEAPER ALTERNATIVE. CITY LEADERS SAY THAN TAXPAYERS FUNDING A $165,000 SPECIAL ELECTION. THE ONLY RULE IS THE LONGEST STRAW WINS. SO WITH THREE GREEN STRAWS, PRATTEN AND RODRIGUEZ MADE THEIR PICKS. CONGRATULATIONS. WITH THE LONGER STRAW. PRATTEN WON THE FINAL SEAT. SO I DIDNT DO ANYTHING WRONG OTHER THAN SAY HE COULD GO FIRST. NO, IM JUST FINE WITH THAT. MATT WILL BE WONDERFUL. IVE BEEN INVOLVED IN MANY, MANY THINGS IN OUR CITY FOR MANY YEARS AND YEAH, THIS WAS PRETTY INTERESTING. BOTH CANDIDATES SAY THIS SHOULD SERVE AS A RESOUNDING MESSAGE FOR FUTURE ELECTION SEASONS THAT EVERY SINGLE VOTE COUNTS. AND IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT, A COUNCIL MEMBER RESIGNED MID-TERM. SO THAT LEAVES AN OPEN SPOT. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW DECIDE HOW TO FILL THAT VACANT SEAT. BONNEY RODRIGUEZ, WHO LOST THE TIEBREAKER TODAY, TELLS US SHE IS NOW AIMING FOR THAT SEAT. IN THE NEWSROOM, PEYTON

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Where to watch Arkansas high school football championships 2024 [Video]
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Where to watch Arkansas high school football championships 2024 [Video]

PLAYOFFS IN LITTLE ROCK. SPORTS DIRECTOR MERIDITH MULKEY HAS YOUR FRIDAY FRENZY RECAP. THIS WEEK’S EDITION OF FRIDAY FRENZY DEFINITELY LIVED UP TO IT’S NAME AS A HANDFUL OF LOCAL TEAMS WERE VYING FOR A PLAYOFF SPOT DOWN IN LITTLE ROCK… THE BENTONVILLE TIGERS BEING ONE OF THEM….THEY GOT TO STAY IN THE COMFORT OF THEIR HOME STADIUM FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK PLAYING HOST TO CONWAY IN THE 7-A SEMIFINALS… OPENING DRIVE….TIGERS GO MARCHING DOWN THE FIELD… WELL INTO WAMPUS CAT TERRITORY…TREVOR GRANT FINDS A WIDE OPEN BLAIR IRVIN THE THIRD HE SQUEEZES HIS WAY INTO THE ENDZONE FOR THE FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME…. CONWAY HAS A REPLY THOUGH….GRAYSON WILSON THE QUARTERBACK KEEPER… A SHORT RUN FOR THE TYING SCORE… THEN IT BECOMES AN ALL OUT DEFENSIVE BATTLE FOR A BIT. THIS ONE WOULD BE A FIGHT TO THE FINISH…. AS THE TIGERS CLAW THEIR WAY PAST THE CATS AND INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH A 36-34 VICTORY. MOVING OVER TO CLASS 6- A….SHILOH CHRISTIAN HIT THE ROAD TO BENTON…. PANTHERS PUT UP THE FIRST POINTS…. BUT HERE COMES THE SAINTS…. COLE CREIGHTON LAUNCHES ONE 40 YARDS OVER THE MIDDLE TO GRIFFON MASON TO KNOT IT ALL UP AT SIX…. THE SHILOH DEFENSE GOING TO WORK NOW… THEY WOULD FORCE FIVE FIRST HALF TURNOVERS…. IT’S 20-20 AT THE BREAK….BUT THE SAINTS TAKE OVER IN THE SECOND HALF AND WILL GO MARCHING STRAIGHT INTO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP… WITH A 45-32 WIN OVER BENTON. THERE’S WAS STILL ONE LOCAL TEAM ALIVE IN CLASS 5-A…. THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS OF THE WEST….FARMINGTON… THIS MEETING WITH LAKESIDE MARKED THE FIRST EVER SEMIFINAL GAME IN THE CARDINAL’S NEST… A BIG MOMENT FOR THIS TEAM…AND THEY MADE THE MOST OF IT….DOWN 18 TO START THE FOURTH…. THE CARDINALS GOES TO WORK…LUKE ELSICK FORCES HIS WAY INTO THE ENDZONE AND JUST GETS IT…MAKE IT 48-37 LAKESIDE…. AND THEY’LL KEEP CHIPPING AWAY… AYDEN LESTER CONNECTS WITH DAWSON KEATON THIS TIME HE’S IN THE CLEAR AND THAT’S GOOD FOR ANOTHER FARMINGTON T-D….THESE TWO GO BACK AND FORTH AND IT’S A WILD FINISH….AS FARMINGTON PULLS OFF THE SECOND HALF COME BACK AND PUNCHES IT’S TICKET TO THE STATE TITLE GAME….59-55 THE FINAL OVER LAKESIDE. THE MIGHTY ELKS STILL GOING STRONG IN CLASS 4A…. THEY WELCOMED MALVERN TO TOWN FOR SOME QUARTERFINALS PLAY… HOME TEAM STRIKES FIRST….BEN NAPIER GOES OVER THE TOP TO JAQUAE WALDEN HERE NO ONE AROUND TO STOP HIM…TOUCHDOWN ELKINS…. NOW BACK IN SCORING POSITION….HOW ABOUT ANOTHER ONE FROM WALDEN… GETS THE HANDOFF AND WORKS HIS WAY IN FOR SIX MORE…. ELKS GO UP 14-0 BEFORE THE LEOPARDS ARE ABLE TO CUT INTO THE LEAD TO START THE SECOND QUARTER….BUT ELKINS NOT READY FOR THEIR PERFECT SEASON TO COME TO AN END… THEY’RE MOVING ON TO SEMIS WITH A 45-31 WIN. THERE’S ONE OTHER LOCAL TEAM HEADED TO THE ROCK… NO SURPRISE HERE….IT’S THE REIGNING 6-A STATE CHAMPS OF GREENWOOD… BULLDOGS COMPLETE THE SHUTOUT OVER MOUNTAIN HOME AND WILL NOW GET READY TO MEET A FAMILIAR FO