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HUNTINGTON ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥” For someone deep in the throes of an addiction to heroin or opioids, it's not that uncommon to end up in the news. What is uncommon is fighting that battle while already being a public figure, which means headlines a regular person might not get.

Bernard Slater Jr., resigned from Charleston City Council in April after a string of bad headlines that followed the length of his career as a public servant.

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