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TED, the Trolley of Evansville Districts, will launch this Friday.  WIKY's Jordan Rowe talked with Amy Word-Smith, the founder of the Franklin Street Events Association.

Sgt. Todd Ringle of Indiana State Police said it's a good idea to dispose of unwanted or expired medication.

It's been a slow start to the planting season for local farmers.  WIKY's Jordan Rowe talks to Hans Schmitz, Agriculture & Natural Resources Educator with Purdue Extension.

An Evansville sociologist claims there's a chemical in many of the foods Americans eat that almost forces us to overeat

Laureen Cates, Tournament Director, provides an overview of the event.  A pub crawl will benefit local charities through the Golf Gives Back program.

An in-depth look at how Opioid dependence and addiction works along with a search for an equitable solution to bringing the huge problem under control -- getting help for those who have taken the addictive fork in the road, and training future generations to avoid running headlong into a life of misery.

All this week we've been breaking down the Opioid Epidemic to its basic parts -- how the human body embraces addictive substances -- what makes opioids among the most dangerous, while at the same time most beneficial substances extant -- how people become addicts -- even accidental ones, and what they do to feed their habit.

A look at how perfectly calm people on opioid pain prescriptions can easily become addicts.

A look at what opioids are, why they are so highly prized and yet so damaging when not used as intended.

A WIKY News Special Report, examining the whys and wherefores of what has become a national scourge.  In Part One of the Road to Addiction, reporters Jay Zimmer and Jordan Rowe look sat the mechanics of what makes up an addiction.  Be sure to get all five parts, one for each day this week.