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- Heroin addiction has caused an unprecedented surge in overdoses, deaths and crime in Sandusky County. Addicts, their families and law enforcement tell stories of lives ripped apart by heroin addiction.
- Diontae "Tae" Smith of Port Clinton had just turned four when he was diagnosed with stage four glioblastoma, a form of aggressive brain cancer with a low survival rate, generally considered incurable.
- From serving on the front lines, to flying fighter planes and being captured by the enemy, history comes to life in the stories of the people who lived it.
- Survivors of suicide attempts and family members hurt by loss tell their stories of the grim and growing problem in Sandusky and Ottawa counties. Hotlines get desperate calls for help every day and emergency responders emotionally deal with people who are threatening to take their own lives. In The News-Messenger's documentary by photojournalist Molly Corfman, suicide and mental health issues are explored through the eyes of the people who have survived it. Go in-depth with first responders who have become the caretakers of people in crisis from a mental illness. Explore the outcome of when someone calls the crisis hotline. Examine suicide from the stigma to the religious perspective.
- 2016–201710mTV EpisodeKayla Davis, 26, of Bellevue tells her story of heroin addiction, interviewed four months before her overdose death of 3-methylfentanyl on July 20, 2016.
- Disguised as heroin, more powerful synthetic painkillers are causing an increase in overdose deaths in Sandusky County.
- 2016–20172mTV EpisodeIn 2016, drug overdose deaths doubled in Sandusky County from the previous year.
- Effective September 2016, Ohio's new Good Samaritan Law provides immunity, with restrictions, from prosecution to people who call for medical assistance.
- 2016–20171mTV EpisodeCapt. John Marcson with Sandusky County EMS explains why putting water on someone overdosing on heroin does not work to revive a person.
- Newly elected Sandusky County Prosecutor Tim Braun explains his hopes for newly formed Sandusky County drug task force now that the 5 year, 0.55-mill levy narrowly passed by 162 votes - 4,472 to 4,310.
- 2016–20175mTV EpisodeNancy Copeland and Shane Durbin remember their son, Martel Copeland, 22, of Fremont who died of a drug overdose on Aug. 27, 2016.
- Recovering heroin addict Richie Webber, 25, of Clyde organizes sober events for recovering addicts through his newly formed nonprofit organization, Fight for Recovery.
- 2016–20173mTV EpisodeDr. Paul Silcox remembers his son, Joey, 25, of Bellevue who died of a drug overdose on Nov. 12, 2016.
- Drug court started in Sandusky County in 2014 by Judge John Kolesar. In addition to probation, the judge helps non-violent offenders in legal trouble because of a drug problem create a better reality for themselves.
- 2015– 52mTV EpisodeRobert Parman, 93, of Fremont witnessed the horrors of a Nazi concentration camp while serving as a truck driver in the U.S. Army's 868th Field Artillery Battalion for 15 months in Europe.
- 2015– 41mTV EpisodeLeo Bundschuh, 92, of Fremont fired double .50 caliber machine guns at Japanese fighters, bombed airfields and ships while serving in WWII. He flew 37 missions in the Pacific as a gunner on a B-24.
- 2015– 29mTV EpisodeMervin Rose, 95, of Port Clinton survived the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. He and 156,000 Allied troops landed on the beach at Normandy, France, in what was considered a turning point of World War II in Europe. Rose served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, maintaining radios, transmitting and receiving code.