Ashley McCarty amccarty@peoplesdefender.com
According to data released earlier this month by Harm Reduction Ohio, Adams County ranked number 16 in Ohio for drug overdoses in 2020.
By Ashley McCarty
People’s Defender
According to data released earlier this month by Harm Reduction Ohio, Adams County ranked number 16 in Ohio for drug overdoses in 2020.
Harm Reduction Ohio is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Granville, Ohio, that supports drug policies based on science, health, compassion and human rights. They are the largest distributor of naloxone (Narcan) in Ohio.
Topping the list for overdoses in 2020 was Scioto County with 140.7 overdoses per 100,000. Adams County was 54.2 per 100,000.
Paragould apartment fire displaces residents
Paragould apartment fire displaces residents By Region 8 Newsdesk | February 26, 2021 at 9:00 PM CST - Updated February 26 at 11:38 PM
PARAGOULD, Ark. (KAIT) - Firefighters and emergency crews spent several hours battling an apartment fire in Paragould that displaced nearly a dozen people from their homes.
Paragould Fire Department Shift Capt. Kimmy Rogers said firefighters went to the blaze in the 700 block of North 2nd Street around 2 p.m. Friday.
No one was injured, and Rogers said there was major damage to the apartments.
However, crews worked to evacuate nearly a dozen people as the fire started.
Also, a group of firefighters, Officer Brian Smith, several Paragould Light Water, and Cable employees and Brad Hoyer with Greene Co. Rescue Squad worked to help two puppies impacted by the fire.
Search continues for missing after building collapses at the Killen Generating Station in Adams County.
The body of one worker was recovered Saturday, and another remained unaccounted for, as crews continue to search through the debris left after a power plant in Ohiocollapsed last week.
Search crews recovered the body of one man Saturday evening beneath rubble left at the Killen Generating Station in Adams County, Manchester Fire Chief Rick Bowman said. Relatives identified him as 42-year-old Clyde Doug Gray, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
He was one of two workers left unaccounted for after the roof of the main building collapsed around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities said another man, identified by family as 47-year-old Jamie Fitzgerald, remains missing.