From State Senator Craig Wilcox: With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I wanted to share some helpful tips to ensure that you and your family have a fun and safe holiday. The graphic also offers tips so our four-legged friends can also […]
From The Center Square: State law helps Cook County expand immigrant legal defense fund (The Center Square) – Legislation from the Illinois General Assembly has opened the door for Cook County to fund immigrants’ legal services with additional county taxpayer dollars. Last […]
From Homeland Secutiry:
From a Friend of McHenry County Blog: Despite domestic violence spike, Illinois seeks fewer arrests The mismatch of more domestic violence crime but a new policy that will result in fewer arrests looks silly to me. I guess if they arrest fewer […]
Not the man. Not the car. Not the city he christened with a watermelon. Not the statues, unless you’re in a very woke city. But the penny. State Senator Don DeWitte explains why: U.S. Mint Ends Production of the Penny After More […]
Frlm Victory Research: LESS THAN YEAR FROM THE ELECTION, GOVERNOR PRITZKER APPROVAL RATING 52.2% Governor’s Approval up a Tick from June in Illinois Poll In the latest official independent statewide poll of Illinois voters, less than a year from the 2026 general […]
The gerrymandered 9th Congressional District runs from the north side of Chicago to my front lawn in Lakewood. 9th Congressional District. All of Algonquin Township is included. Even though there is no chance that a Republican could win in November of next […]
From Axios comes this list of Governor JB Pritzker’s rank order list of Star Wars movied: As if anyone cares. Pritzker fancies himself as Luke Skywalker, while Republicans think of him as the Emperor, Darth Sidious.
Few politicians make permanent changes. There is the three-day holiday law sponsored by Congressman Robert C. McClory. Congressman Phillip Crane passed the bill allowing Americans to own gold. Of lesser importance is what Governor Dan Walker did in response to a suggestion […]
Frm the McHenry Township Fire Protection District: Chimney Fire On November 24, 2025, at approximately 7:33 p.m., the McHenry Township Fire Protection District (MTFPD) responded to a reported structure fire in the 3000 block of Mourine Lane in McHenry. Crews arrived within […]
Heard a story from my friend Marty Walter about Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley’s being arrested in Cary for speeding on Route 14. This was way back when there were magistrates. Cary’s was oil dealer Charles Schreiber. Daley had been at the […]
From the State’s Attorney: COURT GRANTS STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE’S PETITION TO DETAIN MAN FOR POSSESSION WITH THE INTENT TO DELIVER A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese announced today that the Honorable Judge Justin Hansen granted the State’s motion to […]
From the Sheriff: On 11/21 at around 7:15 p.m., a caller reported that a male juvenile, wearing a ski mask and no shirt, approached his front door and attempted to open it. The juvenile, upon hearing the homeowner approach the door from […]
From the State’s Attorney: COURT GRANTS STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE’S PETITION TO DETAIN MAN FOR AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND RECKLESS DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese announced that today the Honorable Judge Justin Hansen granted the State’s motion to deny […]
From State Senator Don DeWitte: Senator DeWitte Questions Pritzker Officials for Illinois’ High SNAP Error Rate During last week’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) meeting, I had an opportunity to grill representatives from the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) about […]
From The Center Square: Nearly 550 truck drivers cited for not understanding English in Illinois YTD By Greg Bishop | The Center Square (The Center Square) – The number of English language proficiency violations for commercial drivers in Illinois year-to-date has nearly eclipsed […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
From the Department of Homeland Security:
Found on the Evanston Round Table: The survey can be found here. Data for Progress is the firm. The story says, “Out of that field, Biss and Abughazaleh both logged 18% of voters while Fine took 10%. “Mike Simmons and Bushra Amiwala […]
From the U.S. Attorney: CHICAGO CHIROPRACTOR SENTENCED TO NEARLY SIX YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR $2.1 MILLION HEALTHCARE FRAUD CHICAGO — A Chicago chiropractor has been sentenced to nearly six years in federal prison for billing a private insurer more than $2 […]
From the campaign of U.S. Senate hopeful Don Tracy: Don Tracy: Chicago, Illinois Demands Federal Help Stay Out. Then Buries Another Child CHICAGO – The violence this past Friday in downtown Chicago, just steps from Millennium Park’s Christmas lights and holiday cheer, is a […]
Back in thr late 1980’s I was ensconced in the state bureaucracy during the week listening to a local NPR interview with a new public health nursed who staffed the outreach center in the ghetto. “After a year, I can work at […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
From GOP hopeful Ted Dabrowski: Illinois Republicans want their party to make arguments, not excuses Excuse my paraphrasing of Public Enemy, but to answer a question recently posed by the media — “What’s the point of Illinois Republicans?” — the point is […]
From Eric Allie, Illinois Policy Institute caertoonist:
He can still be a jailhouse lawyer.
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
Frpm the Huntley Fire Protection Distric: Vehicle accident in the 10300 block of Seeman Road The Huntley Fire Protection District responded to an accident with injuries on Seeman Road, south of Church Road, in rural Huntley. Upon arrival, fire crews found a […]
From the From the Rural Fire Protection District Collect for Crystal Lake Food Pantry: Partnership With Prairie Grove CSD 46 Collects Nearly 4000 Items for Food Pantry The Nunda Rural Fire Protection District is proud to announce the extraordinary results of a […]
Here’s the language in the new Chicago-dominated mass transit authority: (70 ILCS 3615/5.05) (from Ch. 111 2/3, par. 705.05)Sec. 5.05. Opt Out. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if the County Board of the County of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, […]