CLEVELAND — A federal judge Monday declined to declare a mistrial in the opioid crisis responsibility trial filed against several pharmacies by Trumbull and Lake counties. But a juror was thrown off the jury for the ongoing trial after she conducted an investigation on her own in regards to ...

When it comes to reducing the adverse effects of substance-use disorders, an alert system developed in an initiative led by a Boardman High School graduate aims to save lives by reducing fatal overdoses. The SOAR Initiative is a student-run nonprofit created in 2019 by executive director ...

Defense attorneys at the federal civil trial against drugstore chains involving opioid prescriptions are trying to limit the testimony of two officials on the front lines of the opioid war in Trumbull and Lake counties. Jurors in the downtown Cleveland courtroom of U.S. District Judge Daniel ...

The lawyers representing Trumbull and Lake counties arguing a civil case about the roots of a deadly opiate epidemic could be turning to testimony from two Trumbull County individuals closely tied to fighting drug abuse in the Mahoning Valley. Appearing on a witness list in the jury trial ...

CLEVELAND — National pharmacies like Walmart, Walgreens and CVS and a regional pharmacy in Giant Eagle colluded with pharmaceutical companies in flooding opioid drugs throughout Trumbull and Lake counties and throughout the rest of the country, according to Dr. Anna Lembke, a psychiatrist and ...

WARREN — Dennis J. McGee hopes Warren city leaders pause to consider what residents may want it to do with the nearly $500,000 it could receive in a possible opioid lawsuit settlement announced earlier this month. McGee, 72, tragically lost two sons four years ago. One son, Brian, to a ...