OxyContin Maker Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty To Federal Criminal Charges In $8 billion Settlement
Nationally, the opioid epidemic has killed more than 232,000 Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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SAFETY
FHN Posts Updated Visitor Restrictions For COVID-19
Effective Wednesday, Oct. 14.
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Freeport Park District Hires Park Police Coordinator
The Park Police Coordinator will oversee safety protocols and monitoring of Park District locations, facilities and programs.
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City of Freeport Announces Upcoming Road Closures
September 18, 2020 thru September 22, 2020
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Debunking NPR’s Bizarre ‘In Defense of Looting’ Interview
In a controversial NPR interview that quickly went viral, author Vicky Osterweil attempted to recast property crime as nonviolent and morally good.
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Illinois Legislators Begin Public Discussions On Police Reforms
“Let’s be clear, our 130, 140-year experiment with policing and public safety is not just racist to its core, it’s ineffective,” said attorney Brenden Shiller.
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Illinois Officials Admit Failure In Investigating Nursing Home Complaints During COVID-19
IDPH said federal guidance during the pandemic scaled back regulatory oversight of long-term care facilities to reduce the number of people going in and out of facilities with congregate settings.
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Dwarfing All Other States, FBI Data Show Illinois Had 4.6 Million Background Checks For Guns In First Seven Months
In the first seven months of the year, there have been nearly 4.6 million checks. That dwarfs every other state, with only Kentucky coming close with 2.2 million checks from January through July.
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The Sneaky Trick a Public Health Official Used to Make Mask Mandates Look Super Effective
The efficacy of face masks has been a subject of debate in the health community during the pandemic. Public health officials who use deceiving graphs only make things worse.
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Sweden’s Actual COVID-19 Results Compared to What Modelers Predicted in April
Sweden’s top epidemiologist Anders Tegnell says a massive decline in COVID-19 cases shows “the Swedish strategy is working.” Is he right?
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Milwaukee police chief looks to National Guard for DNC security
Police departments across the state are not comfortable sending their officers to Milwaukee after city leaders there banned the use of tear gas and pepper spray.
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Freeport Police Attempt To Locate Armed And Dangerous Suspects
The offense occurred on 7-29-2020 at approximately 8:10 PM at the Townhouse Motel.
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Chicago Violence Continues With Mass Shooting At A Funeral Tuesday Afternoon
As of mid-July, the city has reported 385 murders, a 48 percent increase from the same period in 2019,.
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Federal Lawsuit Filed Against Illinois State Police Over FOID Card Delay
Citizens are concerned with recent civil unrest that has included looting and violence.
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Another Deadly Cost of COVID-19 Lockdowns: “A Hidden Epidemic” of Drug Overdoses
The Washington Post recently reported that public health officials have witnessed alarming spikes in drug overdoses—”a hidden epidemic within the coronavirus pandemic”—because of continued isolation due to the coronavirus.
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