Coroner: Franklin County overdose deaths through March up from 2018

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The coroner for the county that includes Ohio's capital city says the number of fatal overdoses during the first three months of 2019 grew from the total for the same period last year.Franklin County Coroner Anahi Ortiz on Thursday reported preliminary figures of 120 overdoses from Jan. 1 through March 31.Ortiz says that's an 8% increase from the same three months in 2018. She says the deaths continue to be driven by opioids, including fentanyl, a powerful synthetic p