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Buried in Opioids, Sickened Community Eyes Drugmakers’ Role
By: Angie Wang | John Minchillo | Associated Press
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JACKSON, Ohio (AP) — The numbers are staggering: An average yearly total of 107 opioid pills per resident were distributed over a seven-year period in this rural Appalachian county. The newly released federal data is shocking even to people who live here in Jackson County, where nearly everyone seems to have known someone who died… Read More
3 More Police Departments Latest to Meet State Standards
By: Associated Press
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state says the latest law enforcement agencies to be certified on standards governing the use of deadly force and other policies are a sheriff’s office and two village police departments. The standards were created after a series of fatal police shootings in Ohio and nationally. Agencies that don’t meet the… Read More
Athens Man Killed In Jackson County Crash
By: Sarah Hawley | Athens Messenger staff reporter
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An Athens man was killed early Thursday morning in a two-vehicle crash on Route 35 in Jackson County. Richard W. Cartwright II, 21, of Athens was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at Route 35 and Twp. Road 213 (Cain Road) in Jackson Twp., Jackson County. According to a news release from the… Read More