Fentanyl, the drug fueling the deadly opioid epidemic, has not spared Summit County. Local advocates and officials are fighting back.

Frisco resident George Gerchow had never heard of fentanyl before the drug took his teenage son’s life two years ago. An avid basketball player and talented musician, 17-year-old Xavier Gerchow died of fentanyl poisoning after...

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