State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi’s 2012 Fund Raiser a Sell-Out

Last year’s fund raiserfrom McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi was a victory celebration. It was also the day he announced his candidacy for a third term in office. It came within days after his second criminal case was dismissed … Continue reading

McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi Running for Re-Electon

Having been vindicated by not one, but two verdicts of acquittal in Circuit Court, McHenry County State’s Attorney has decided to seek voter approval of his stewardship of the office he first won in 2004. Speaking at his annual fund … Continue reading

Will Bianchi Run for A Third Term? Will He Sue Those Behind of and Front Guys for Spectacularly Failed Prosecutions?

When McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi held his post-acquittal press conference in front of the Courthouse, he didn’t say whether he would run for re-election. When confronted with a question about filing a civil suit against Special Prosecutors Henry … Continue reading

McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi Acquitted on Charges of Official Misconduct

“Second verse, same as the first,” was the line running through my had as I drove home from the Courthouse. Judge Joseph McGraw had just acquitted McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi of the two remaining counts of official misconduct … Continue reading