Summit County

The agreement removes the drugmaker from the list of defendants in an upcoming federal opioid trial and follows an August settlement in Oklahoma in which it agreed to pay $572 million.

Drug maker Mallinckrodt has reached a $30 million settlement with two Northeast Ohio counties in a federal lawsuit over the opioid crisis. Mallinckrodt has agreed in principle to pay $24 million in cash to Cuyahoga and Summit counties, plus $6 million in product, Cuyahoga County officials said Friday.

Two drug companies have reached agreements in principle with Cuyahoga and Summit counties to settle the local governments’ federal lawsuits over the opioid crisis.

A new hybrid bird species has been spotted around parks in northeast Ohio. The bird is a type of warbler resulting from mating between Cerulean Warblers...

A public health advocate is pleased Summit County has now banned businesses from selling tobacco products to anyone younger than 21 years old. The...

The first medical marijuana dispensary in Summit County is ready to open, in a storefront near Chapel Hill Mall. Herbology – which has more than a dozen…

Overdose deaths are down in Summit County since a public health emergency was declared one year ago.Overdoses killed nearly one person a day in Summit…

A Summit County program that helps veterans who’ve been charged with a felony is getting a big financial boost. Valor Court is a program for non-violent...

Ohio’s foster care system has seen a significant increase in the number of children in protective custody. It’s one of the ripple effects of the opioid crisis. Last year, for example, a one-year-old was revived with Narcan after overdosing on an unknown opioid in Akron. The child and the child's 9-year-old sibling were removed from the home and placed in the custody of Summit County Children's Services.

President Trump visited Ohio on Thursday to pitch Americans on his $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan. In front of a crowd of builders at a training…