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Ashland City authorities arrested two young parents who were found passed out in their vehicle with drugs and an infant in the backseat Sunday. Ashland City Police Department (ACPD) responded to a welfare check at the Circle K gas station on Main Street after people reported a car had been at the pumps for 90 minutes. Police discovered 21-year-old Brooke Osborne reportedly slumped over in the driver’s seat while her 22-year-old boyfriend, Elijah Mixon, was passed out in the passenger seat. Police also found the couple’s 9-month-old baby in the backseat. When police searched the vehicle, they found narcotics including marijuana, ecstasy pills, and a powdery substance that officers opened away from the baby in the backseat. According to officials, the substance later tested positive for fentanyl. The couple was arrested, and the infant was released into the custody of other family members.

The fight to prevent a rehabilitation and recovery facility from being built in Cookeville was shot down Wednesday night. The sheriff called the clinic, “A safety and hazard concern for the citizens of Putnam County,” and said he has written letters, signed petitions, and even reached out to Nashville officials to stop the clinic from moving forward. Paul Trivette, the chief strategy officer for Cedar Recovery, said Putnam County is considered a “treatment desert,” meaning there are very few opioid addiction treatment centers nearby and no methadone clinics in the county.

Labor Day is considered the unofficial end of summer and millions of Americans will be trying to squeeze the most out of it with one last trip. AAA expects 17 million people to travel this Labor Day weekend, which is about a nine percent increase from last year. AAA says gas prices are down almost 40 cents a gallon from last year which will motivate many travelers to go for road trips.