Author: John Minchillo
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Buried in opioids, sickened community eyes drugmakers’ role
JACKSON, Ohio • 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 from…
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1 dead, 130 injured as tornadoes rip through Ohio and Indiana
BROOKVILLE, Ohio • A swarm of tornadoes so tightly packed that one may have crossed the path carved by another tore across Indiana and Ohio overnight, smashing homes, blowing out windows and ending the school year early for some students because of damage to buildings. One person was killed and at least 130 were injured.…
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1 dead, 15 injured in Cincinnati nightclub gunfight
CINCINNATI — A gun fight broke out inside a crowded Cincinnati nightclub early Sunday, leaving one man dead and 15 others wounded after a dispute among several patrons escalated into a shootout, authorities said. No suspects were in custody by late afternoon in the shooting at the Cameo club, which has a history of gun…