County reports significant increase in opioid deaths A significant increase in suspected fatal overdoses that occurred over a four weeks between May 12 and June 9, the McHenry County Department of Health reported. Based on provisional date from the county coroner, overdoses were up 2.5 times in that period compared to the preceding four weeks. […]
As Beau Zeis talked to a crowd about his decade-long drug addiction, almost-4-year-old Charlee and 2-year-old Layla played at his feet on the bandstand at Woodstock’s Park in the Square. About 75 people attended the rally where he and his daughters appeared in late August, an event sponsored by the McHenry County Substance Abuse Coalition. […]
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