Editor's note: Due to the sensitive nature of this material, the subject's name has been changed at his request to protect his privacy. At age 21, Adam Larson died for the first time. Larson, a Rockford resident, began using drugs at age 16. "I smoked...

DeKalb is seeing an increase in heroin usage, said DeKalb Police Lt. Gary Spangler.Spangler said while there has been an increase in the sale and usage of heroin, the problem comes from overdoses; recently, there have been several deaths due to heroin...

DeKALB | What was once believed to be a primarily metropolitan drug has emerged in the Chicago suburbs. In the past 10 years, heroin has become a common drug in northern Illinois and Cook County.  According to a recent report by Roosevelt University,...

Three individuals were arrested as part of a DeKalb Police investigation into the sale of heroin. Agents purchased heroin at a hotel in the 1100 block of W. Lincoln Highway, according to a DeKalb Police press release. The release stated Craig L. Brock,...