In less than three days, police from various local and regional agencies have arrested three people and confiscated more than 7,500 grams of synthetic cannabis in connection to the…
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is warning people about the dangers of synthetic cannabinoids, often called fake weed, K2, and spice, after six people who used synthetic…
A 36-year heroin addiction led to Angalia Bianca being arrested more than 120 times, placed in prison seven times and separated from her family. “My rap sheet is more than 100 pages…
Gov. Bruce Rauner on Sept. 7 signed an Executive Order creating the governor’s Opioid Overdose Prevention and Intervention Task Force. The task force will be co-chaired by Lt….
An awareness and educational program to prevent opioid abuse in the schools was one aspect of a presentation that Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s School of Nursing (SON)…
While outreach efforts and unorthodox programs are helping, officials across Central Illinois say more work still needs to be done in the battle against abuse of opioids and other dangerous,…
Organizers brought out the big guns of medical policy for a West Side Heroin Task Force town meeting at Malcolm X College April 18, because the opioid crisis in the state is exploding,…
McHenry man charged with residential ...A McHenry man was charged with three felonies and two misdemeanors involving ...
Pritzker defends Illinois’ immigration lawsGov. J.B. Pritzker spent hours Thursday defending his governing record and Illinois’ ...
Man charged in Chicago officer’s ...A Freeport man is being held in Cook County Jail in connection ...
Food Bank fills gap with ...With schools closed for the summer, the Geneva-based Northern Illinois Food Bank ...
