drug court

A $900,000 grant from U.S. Department of Justice will fund the launch of a new adult drug court in three rural north-central Illinois counties.

Peoria County will receive nearly $4.2 million in opioid settlement money over the next 14 years, and State’s Attorney Jodi Hoos is seeking community input on how those dollars should be spent.

The governor’s new Opioid Prevention and Intervention Task Force made a stop in Urbana Thursday, to hear ways to curtail drug abuse in the state. The task…