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DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — DeKalb County officials say training for family members and nonprofit groups will be the next step toward preventing heroin and prescription painkiller overdoses with a life-saving antidote. The Daily Chronicle reports the Narcan Overdose Prevention Program has trained most local law enforcement officers since it started in 2014...

Officials with the Winnebago County Coroner's office report a continued string of overdose in the area. According to a press release, there have been ten probable overdose deaths in Winnebago County since January 28. Out of those, nine of them are probable heroin and one is probable cocaine...