GREEN
Drug film to be shown
GREEN: A drug task force will screen the documentary Chasing the Dragon: The Life of an Opiate Addict at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the auditorium at Green High School, 1474 Boettler Road.
The 45-minute film is produced by the FBI and DEA and follows the story of several people who either have abused opiates or have had family members become addicted, according to a news release.
The evening will begin with a presentation on the Deterra drug deactivation system.
A panel discussion moderated by Jerry Craig, executive director of the Summit County ADM Board, will follow the film, with members of the City Without Drugs — Green Task Force and other drug abuse and prevention experts remaining afterward for small group discussion and support.
The forum is for adults, but teens 14 and older will be permitted if accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Each attendee will receive a Deterra kit.
MEDINA COUNTY
Woman, 30, killed in crash
HINCKLEY TWP.: A 30-year-old Brunswick woman was killed Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle car crash in Hinckley Township.
Tiffany Hauge was driving a 2008 Ford Focus on state Route 303, just west of state Route 94, at about 9:40 a.m. when she lost control of her vehicle, according to the Medina post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The vehicle traveled left of center and struck a 2013 Ford F-150, splitting the Ford Focus in half and ejecting Hauge.
Hauge was transported to the Cleveland Clinic’s Brunswick Campus, where she died of her injuries.
The driver of the Ford F-150, a 31-year-old Hubbard man, suffered minor injuries and also was transported to the hospital.
The crash remains under investigation. Both motorists wore seat belts, according to the highway patrol.
LAKE TOWNSHIP
Trustees amend manual
LAKE TWP.: Township trustees approved an amendment to the Uniontown Police Department Policy and Procedures Manual regarding the “Use of Force” policy, bringing it in line with state approved standards.
STATE NEWS
Death penalty protest
COLUMBUS: Groups opposing the death penalty will gather in Columbus on Thursday to urge Gov. John Kasich not to resume the state’s executions.
The groups — including Ohioans to Stop Executions, the Ohio Council of Churches, the American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International — will gather at the Ohio Statehouse atrium at 10 a.m.
Thursday is when Ronald Phillips of Akron would have been executed prior to a court order to delay his death. Phillips was convicted in 1993 of beating and raping his girlfriend’s 3-year-old daughter, Sheila Marie Evans. He’s now scheduled to die on Feb. 15.
Phillips will be the first person executed by Ohio since January 2014, when condemned inmate Dennis McGuire suffered for 26 minutes after the state injected him with lethal drugs. The drugs had never been used before and caused McGuire to repeatedly gasp, snort and struggle against his restraints.
The state has since put executions on hold while officials reconsider the drugs used for lethal injections.
SUMMIT COUNTY
Human-trafficking event
AKRON: A free event about how to spot and help human-trafficking victims will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Akron-Summit County Main Library auditorium at 60 S. High St.
The event will include a showing of the movie Chosen, a panel discussion on what is being done in Summit County to fight human trafficking, remarks by a survivor and information from local agencies.
For more information, contact Susan Baker Ross at sross@akronohio.gov or 330-375-2912 or visit www.facebook.com/collaborativeagainsthumantraffickingsummitcounty.