KOSCIUSKO — Due to the rising popularity of fentanyl, the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department is taking preventative measures to keep its officers safe. Local jails, including Allen County, have recently had fentanyl exposures causing the hospitalization of employees. The Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Department is educating their officers and changing the way drugs are …read more.

WARSAW — Kosciusko County Sheriff Rocky Goshert championed public safety and rehabilitation for inmates in his address to the Kosciusko County Council Thursday, Feb. 8. The sheriff told the panel he would be looking into the addition of a body scanner, which would detect drugs coming into the Kosciusko County Jail. Goshert said such a …read more.

EAST LIVERPOOL, OHIO — An East Liverpool Police officer, while responding to a drug-involved call Friday night, accidentally touched Fentanyl and overdosed.

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration today issued a nationwide alert about the dangers of fentanyl and fentanyl analogues/compounds. Fentanyl is commonly laced in heroin, causing significant problems across the country, particularly as heroin abuse has increased. This alert was issued through the multi-agency El Paso Intelligence Center to all U.S. law enforcement. “Drug incidents …read more.