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PEORIA, Ill. - Community leaders are speaking out about a recent string of overdose deaths in Peoria from a drug that's being sold as heroin. The drug...
As opioid deaths across the country surged by 30% during the pandemic, Peoria County saw a decrease of 50%.
Instead of a decaying building on Main Street in downtown Butler, imagine the marquee of the Penn Theater blazing brightly once again. Instead of row upon row of chairs on an incline, picture three le...
A Peoria-based nonprofit aimed at overdose prevention, called JOLT Harm Reduction, is expanding its services to McLean County.
PEORIA, Ill. - There's a newer component of overdose deaths locally involving fentanyl. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the animal tranquiliz...