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JOLIET, Ill. - Will County in northern Illinois has seenthe highest number of fatal opioid overdoses in its history. The county coroner's office reports…
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A woman from Rockford, Illinois, is accused of causing the death of a man in South Dakota by selling him heroin.U.S. Attorney Ron Parsons says 26-year-old…
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Investigators say a 14-year-old boy found dead last year in his suburban Chicago home died from an overdose of the powerful painkiller fentanyl.Maywood…
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The Chicago Police Department is planning to expand a pilot program that gives detainees arrested for drugs the option of treatment or jail time.The…
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Two medical universities are teaming up to study how the opioid epidemic is affecting southern Illinois.Southern Illinois School of Medicine and the…
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A suburban Chicago woman accused of using a pizzeria as a front for drug-trafficking has been convicted of multiple drug charges. 43-year-old Maria Garza…
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Law enforcement agencies and health centers in central Illinois are scrambling to address the opioid epidemic. DeWitt County Sheriff Jered Shofner says…
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois county coroner has found a tranquilizer used on elephants and other large animals in the blood of two recent…
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The coroner in Will County in northern Illinois says heroin overdose deaths in his jurisdiction were up more than 40 percent in 2016 over 2015. Coroner…
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Heroin was -- and continues to be -- a major topic of concern in 2016, both nationally and in Peoria. In July, Mayor Jim Ardis announced the creation of…