From the Sheriff: Sheriff’s Office Investigates Single-Vehicle Crash Near Richmond A 20-year-old man from Harvard was seriously injured following a single-vehicle crash in the 7700 block of Tryon Grove Road, east of Greenwood Road, in unincorporated McHenry County. On Friday, December 19, […]
From the U.S. Attorney: FEDERAL JURY IN CHICAGO CONVICTS MAN OF LAUNDERING MONEY FOR MEXICO-BASED DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION CHICAGO — A federal jury in Chicago has convicted a man of laundering illicit cash proceeds from a Mexico-based drug trafficking organization. DAVID BERGER, […]
From the State’s Attorney: COURT GRANTS STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE’S PETITION TO DETAIN MAN ACCUSED OF POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese announced today that the Honorable Judge Cynthia Lamb granted the State’s motion to deny pretrial release for […]
From State Rep. Joe Sosnowski: Rep. Sosnowski statement on Chicago Bears announcement regarding expansion of relocation search ROCKFORD, Ill. – State Representative Joe Sosnowski (R-Rockford) issued the following statement today in response to the Chicago Bears’ announcement that they are expanding their […]
From the U.S. Attorney: U.S. POSTAL SERVICE EMPLOYEE INDICTED FOR ALLEGED WORKERS’ COMPENSATION FRAUD CHICAGO — A United States Postal Service employee has been indicted on federal fraud charges for allegedly collecting augmented workers’ compensation benefits to which she was not entitled. […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
From the Lake in the Hills Polilce:
From the Daily Herald: “The president and CEO of Northern Illinois Food Bank has been named 2025 Food Bank Leader of the Year by…Food Bank News.” “Julie Yurko, who has led NIFB since 2014, was recognized for her ‘tireless commitment to centering neighbors, strengthening […]
There are three videos included in Legal Insurrection’s story on the killing of Jews in Australia yesterday at a Hanukkah celebration. When I read and watched it before going to church this morning, there was about a ten-minute video taken from across […]
From the Cary Police:
From the campaign of Republican gubernatorial hopeful Ted Dombrowski: Lawmakers’ Chicago Transit Bailout Will Cost All of Us Big Once again, Gov. Pritzker and lawmakers are throwing Illinoisans under the bus…and under the train. The mass transit bill Pritzker just signed bails out […]
During Governor JB Pritzker’s NITA signing ceremony he came up with this statement, according to the Daily Herald: ““What I would like is for people to walk out their front door, get on a bus, transfer to a train, transfer to another […]
After the 1974 Regional Transportation referendum barely passed, even after House Speaker Bill Redman put a bunch of us in his office telling us to write whatever amendments we wanted, we mounted a statewide against RTA out of McHenry County $15 was […]
From the Pacific Legal Foundation come these examples of what people lost when their homes were taken by tax buyers after the buyers paid their back taxes and got a lien on their properties:
From the State’s Attorney: COURT GRANTS STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE’S PETITION TO DETAIN MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese announced today that the Honorable Judge Cynthia Lamb granted the State’s motion to deny pretrial release for Silvano […]
From the U.S. Attorney: FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTS MAN ON TERRORISM AND ARSON CHARGES FOR LIGHTING TRAIN PASSENGER ON FIRE AND SETTING CHICAGO CITY HALL ABLAZE DAYS EARLIER CHICAGO — A federal grand jury in Chicago has indicted a man on terrorism […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
Tax sales are the hammer used to encourage (force) real estate owners to pay the annual property taxes. Property taxes, which reach as far back as the Pharaohs, are a stable method of financing governments. But the tax sale approach in which […]
The only story I have seen was one on a Peoria source, WMBD-TV: “Granting clemency in this case would not only reward a lifetime of unethical behavior but also embolden other public officials to exploit their offices for personal gain,” the three […]
Found this survey on State Rep. Sue Ness’ December newsletter: Multiple Office Holders – Constituent Opinion Survey Thank you for taking the time to participate in this survey. My office has recently received several constituent inquiries about the ethical considerations surrounding elected officials […]
From the U.S. Attorney: MAN INDICTED AND ORDERED DETAINED FOR POSSESSING AMMUNITION RECOVERED IN CONNECTION WITH FATAL SHOOTING IN CHICAGO CHICAGO — A man indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally possessing ammunition that was recovered in connection with a fatal shooting […]
From The Center Square: Illinois tops nation for public sector union political spending (The Center Square) – Commonwealth Foundation Labor and Policy Senior Director David Osborne says Chicago’s growing reputation as the place where public sector unions flex plenty of political muscle […]
wow. This s a bill I first introduced in the 1970’s as my “Lake Forest Senior Citizen Property Tax Relief” proposal. We had the Circuit Breaker from Governor Richard B. Ogivie’s days for low income seniors. But, what, I thought, about tx […]
The Main Stream media doesn’t seem to do math very well. WMAQ-TV ran a story on the effect of the Democrats’ biggest tax hike bill this year and noted that trucks will see a “staggering 30%” increase. For the passenger vehicle side […]
From the website of 9th District Democratic Party hopeful Daniel Biss:
From State Rep. Marty McLaughlin comes this invitation to a party from 5-7 on December 19th at 330 West Main in Barrington:
From the Illinois Department of Natural Resouirces: More than 81,000 deer harvest during Illinois firearm deer season SPRINGFIELD – Hunters in Illinois took a preliminary total of 81,225 deer during the seven-day 2025 Illinois firearm deer season that concluded Dec. 7. Comparatively, hunters […]
From McHenry County: Manufacturing internship program seeking more employers Manufacturing Summer Internship Program is looking for more participating manufacturers to meet the demand to help forge the next generation of skilled county workers. The program had more than 200 applicants last year, but was […]
From the Illinois Freedom Caucus: Sad day in Illinois as Governor signs physician assisted suicide bill Springfield, IL – With the stroke of Gov. Pritzker’s pen, the culture of death has been codified into law as Illinois becomes the 12th state to legalize physician assisted suicide, according to […]
From the U.S. Attorneh: FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS CHICAGO STREET GANG LEADER OF PARTICIPATING IN RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY INVOLVING MULTIPLE MURDERS CHICAGO — A federal jury in Chicago has convicted a leader of the Four Corner Hustlers street gang of participating in a criminal […]