Statewide there were a record 3,682 suspected opioid overdoses last year, up 38% from 2019 and 25% from the previous record in 2017.
The Adams County Sheriff's Office has requested charges against two men in connection with the drug overdose deaths and near death of several county residents.
A Twin Lakes man is facing a possible reckless homicide charge for the drug overdose death of a 34-year-old man in June.
A 34-year-old Kenosha man, an alleged suspect in several opioid-related overdose deaths, was taken into custody Friday by Kenosha Police and t…
Monarch Health will provide the medications Suboxone and Vivitrol, but not methadone.
Opioid overdoses are up 48% this year statewide, while opioid overdose deaths are up 35% in Madison and reports of alcohol abuse relapses are also on the rise.
Demi Lovato is "a little embarrassed" by some of her past mistakes, but isn't "ashamed" of her battle with substance abuse or her mental health struggles.
Drug users and addicts are finding out more and more that the drugs they buy or share with friends are causing overdoses and death.
Statewide, emergency departments reported 325 suspected opioid overdoses in March through mid-July, more than double the 150 seen during the same period in 2019.
A group of people at a Kenosha party overdosed — and one person died — after taking what they believed was cocaine but appears to have contain…
At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday the Kenosha Fire Department was called to a home on the 5700 block of 4th Avenue — a 29-year-old woman had overdosed.
A recent increase in suspected overdose deaths and overdose calls prompted the Kenosha County Medical Examiner to put out a warning and a remi…
The mental health risks of prolonged isolation or unemployment during the coronavirus pandemic might be rearing their heads in Walworth County.
Living life in quarantine has become the norm during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A South Milwaukee man is being held on $25,000 bond on charges related to drug sales in the area where a teenage girl died of a suspected drug…
LAUREL — To Mike Porcaro, the new manager of the Kenosha Kingfish and only the second skipper in team history. Born and raised in Racine, he i…
The 2019 decline in the number of opioid-related deaths by a surprising 32 percent in Kenosha County is a welcome sign.
The number of people who died to overdoses in Kenosha County declined sharply in 2019.
FORT MEADE, Fla. (AP) — Florida officials say a man who was found partially eaten by an alligator in June actually died of a meth overdose.
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PLEASANT PRAIRIE — Opioid addictions continue to take their toll on Kenosha County families as the number of residents who’ve had their parent…
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee County medical examiner's office reports a rash of fatal overdoses in recent days.