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Grundy County Board recognizes police ProActive unit for its service
The Grundy County Board recognized the Grundy County ProActive Unit for its service Tuesday night. A member of the ProActive unit shared it’s accumulated statistics for 2023: The unit had 43 warrant arrests, 39 misdemeanor arrests, and 90 felony arrests for a total of 172 arrests. It also seized 90.6 grams of methamphetamine, 73.5 grams of cocaine, 31.99 grams of fentanyl, 4.2 grams of MDMA, 2,483 grams of cannabis and 372 doses of prescription drugs. It has also seized 24 firearms and $81,223.
1 dead after motorcycle hits school bus in Will County
MINOOKA, Ill. (CBS) -- A motorcycle hit a school bus near Minooka Wednesday afternoon, leaving the operator of the motorcycle dead.At 3:17 p.m., Will County Sheriff's deputies were called to the 24000 block of West Shepley Road in unincorporated Troy Township near Minooka.The sheriff's office said a school bus with 15 kids on board was stopped on Shepley Road, when a two-person motorcycle slammed into the back of the bus after it dropped off a child.The man on the motorcycle died. The woman suffered serious injuries, but was conscious when she was taken to an area hospital.The children on the bus were not injured. They were removed from the scene and their parents and caretakers were contacted, the sheriff's office said.
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