Drug overdose

The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office said it has used the opioid reversal drug Narcan more than a dozen times so far this year.The County has one of the…

The Illinois General Assembly has approved legislation intended to make it easier to hold drug dealers accountable when their customers overdose.After…

Law enforcement agencies and health centers in central Illinois are working together to address the opioid epidemic affecting their area as well as the…

Illinois and federal health officials are seeking penalties totaling over $100,000 from a Chicago nursing home after five residents overdosed on heroin…

Families touched by overdose deaths are encouraged to remember this time of year as a time to break down stigma. Aug. 31 is International Overdose…

Courtney Griffin was addicted to heroin and ready to get help. She packed up her things and her mom drove her to a residential treatment facility about an…