{"id":561016,"date":"2026-05-01T18:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/561016\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T18:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T18:26:08","slug":"fritts-to-host-medication-drop-off-drive-may-14-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/561016\/","title":{"rendered":"Fritts to host medication drop-off drive May 14 \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/brad-fritts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/brad-fritts\/\">State Rep. Brad Fritts<\/a>, R-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/dixon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/dixon\/\">Dixon<\/a>, is hosting an upcoming drop-off to collect residential sharps and prescription medications, alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/lee-county\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/lee-county\/\">Lee County<\/a> Health Department, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/lee-county-sheriff-s-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/lee-county-sheriff-s-office\/\">Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/dixon-police-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/tags\/dixon-police-department\/\">Dixon Police Department<\/a>, and Dixon Township. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">The drive will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday, May 14, at the Dixon Township Building, 315 Highland Ave. in Dixon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">\u201cWe invite all local residents to safely dispose of their residential sharps and unused, expired or unneeded prescription medications at our upcoming Sharps and Rx Drop-Off Drive,\u201d Fritts said. \u201cThis is an easy and convenient event providing two services in one location. I look forward to working alongside our partners to make our homes and community safer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Accepted items include: <\/p>\n<p>Tablets, capsules, and other solid forms of prescriptionsPatches\u00a0Residential sharpsVitaminsVaping devices and cartridges (lithium batteries removed)Pet medications\u00a0Prescription ointments<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Restricted items include: <\/p>\n<p>Liquids (including intravenous solutions)Illegal drugs<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-xb1qmn-0 gBIiEi body-paragraph\">Call Fritts\u2019s district office at 815-561-3690, Ext. 2, for information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"State Rep. Brad Fritts, R-Dixon, is hosting an upcoming drop-off to collect residential sharps and prescription medications, alongside&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[192495,192491,192493,102,192492,6591,471,192494,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-561016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-medication","tag-brad-fritts","tag-dixon","tag-dixon-police-department","tag-health","tag-lee-county-sheriff-s-office","tag-medication","tag-safety","tag-sauk-valley-front-headlines","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}