1 dead in West Chester house fire
1 person dead in West Chester fire By Jennifer Edwards Baker | May 14, 2021 at 5:20 AM EDT - Updated May 14 at 9:03 AM
WEST CHESTER TWP., Ohio (FOX19) - One person is dead in a West Chester house fire, a township fire spokeswoman said.
Barb Wilson and Fire Chief RIck Prinz said a man was found dead in the home in the 6900 block of Forestview Court shortly after fire crews arrived about 3 a.m. Friday.
He was found in the front room of the home, just on the other side of a big front window, the fire chief said.
Fairfield students wearing purple after 10-year-old dies in ATV accident
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FAIRFIELD, Ohio â Today students at a Butler County elementary school are wearing purple, the favorite color of a classmate who died this week in an ATV accident.
Reagan Vanoss , 10, a fifth-grader at Fairfield West Elementary School, died Tuesday night while riding an ATV with her father, Brad. They had just completed dragging a diamond at Mitch and Lois Rhodus Field of Dreams in Fairfield when the ATV flipped and landed on Reagan.
Victims IDâd in fatal 2-vehicle crash in Fairfield Twp.
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Fairfield Twp. officers are investigating a double fatal, two-vehicle crash on Ohio 4 that happened Friday morning, the Journal-News reported.
A 2003 Toyota Corolla was headed south on Ohio 4/Hamilton-Middletown Road and driven by Terri Alcorn, 67, of Cincinnati, when it crossed the center of the road and struck a 2002 Toyota Sienna headed north, said Fairfield Twp. Police Sgt. Brandon McCroskey. The Sienna was driven by Janice King, 65, of Monroe.
Emergency crews were dispatched at 9:56 a.m. to Ohio 4 in front of Butler Tech in Fairfield Twp.
The coroner’s office says potent mixes of dangerous drugs is contributing to the rise in overdoses.
Butler Co. sees 11 percent increase in overdose deaths after two-year decline By Kody Fisher | April 8, 2021 at 10:15 PM EDT - Updated April 8 at 11:08 PM
BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio (FOX19) - The Butler County Coroner’s Office says it saw an 11 percent increase in overdose deaths in 2020.
That reflects an increase of 18 deaths from 2019, when the coroner’s office recorded 159. The spike is doubly significant after at least two years of declining overdose deaths.
Martin Schneider with the coroner’s office says it’s unlikely to be one cause driving the increase, though he notes mixing drug is particularly dangerous for users.
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