Unwanted medicines begone

PRINCETON — Getting rid of unwanted and expired prescription medicines will be made one step easier with Saturday’s nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back initiative, to held locally in three communities.

Community Partners Against Substance Abuse (CPASA) Chairman Dawn Conerton said Saturday’s program, which is co-sponsored by area law enforcement agencies, has been expanded to include not only the Princeton Police station site, but also to include Walnut Village Hall and the Putnam County Sheriff’s office.

Hours for the Walnut Take-Back day are 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Village Hall, 114 Jackson St. Princeton Police Department hours are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the police station, located at 605 Elm Place. For people in southern Bureau County and Putnam County, hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department, 120 N. Fourth St. in Hennepin.

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