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Individuals and families who have been affected by cancer will soon have a valuable, new resource available to them at Carroll County Memorial Hospital.

The American Cancer Society Cancer Resource Center will offer information about programs and services offered through ACS and will be giving away items such as wigs, scarves, turbans and prosthetics to patients and their families. The grand opening is tentatively scheduled for Feb. 3. 

Carroll County Sheriff Ben Smith remains listed in stable condition at University Hospital in Louisville.

On Friday, Chief Deputy Jim Hamilton said family members have told him Smith is sitting up and eating and says he's ready to come home. He said Smith is no longer in the hospital's ICU unit.

Hamilton said doctors have told the sheriff's family that they “expect him to make a full recovery.”

Carroll County Sheriff Ben Smith was injured in a one-vehicle accident while responding to a domestic violence call Tuesday.

Smith, 59, was traveling south on M&T Road when the accident occurred. It appeared his Chevrolet Tahoe police vehicle left the roadway, swapped ends and came to rest against some trees over a hillside.

Carrollton Police have been doing their part to take prescription drugs off the streets in town. The department’s pharmaceutical recovery program, which began in August 2009, has collected 30,624 pills, 107 ounces of liquid, 35 inhalers/nasal sprayers and 39 pain patches through Dec. 31.