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, […]
From the Cary Police comes this report of a Chicago man stopped for registration plate being improperly displayed;
From the Huntley Fire Protection District: On Thursday, November 20, 2025, the Huntley Fire Protection District responded to two separate serious crashes on Interstate 90 in the eastbound lanes, one at mile marker 48 and the other at mile marker 47. The […]
Satnaam Singh Mago (D, unincorporated Wayne) withdrew his candidacy for the 33rd Senate District Democratic primary. This leaves Michele Clark (D, Algonquin), the Director of Development for the D300 Food Pantry, unopposed and free to raise money while Republicans have a contested […]
Found in a Lee County, Florida, paper:
From the Coroner: McHenry County Coroner, Dr. Michael Rein, announced that his office has determined the cause and manner of death of Yeisemar Morales-Sanchez, age 20 of Crystal Lake and Kirby Graham, age 32 of Grayslake. Both were determined to have passed […]
From the Huntley Police: Huntley Police Reminds Drivers: This Thanksgiving, Buckle Up and Drive Sober Huntley, IL – This Thanksgiving, the Huntley Police Department is joining the Illinois State Police and localpartners to keep holiday travel safe. Our “Click It or Ticket” […]
From the campaign of Republican candidate for State Comptroller Bryan Drew: All Democrat Candidates for Comptroller at Forum Openly Support Multiple Tax Hikes on Working Families This Includes Supporting a Revival of the Progressive Tax, Which Illinoisans Already Soundly Defeated BENTON, IL […]
Black Box ad for City of Crystal Lake reports it is seeking a 2.9% increase in property taxes:
UPDATE: Sentenced to five years in state prison, ex-Crystal Lake City Clerk Nic Kachiroubas could re-gain his freedom in a fifteen months. Here’s the math: = = = = = Ex-Crystal Lake City Clerk Nick Kachiroubas received a sentence of five years […]
From the Daily Herald: