When the Metra train hit a Cary-Grove High School Bus in 1995, there were calls for seat belts in school buses. My brother-in-law, the doctor heading up the emergency room to which most of the teens were taken that horrendous … Continue reading
Category Archives: Seat Belt
A press release from the Woodstock Police Department: Woodstock Police Department Law Enforcement Showing Zero Tolerance for Seat Belt Violations May 18-29 Woodstock, IL— As summer kicks off and travel increases, the Woodstock Police Department is partnering with the Illinois Department … Continue reading
Operation Click, Operation Cool before 2007, started in Crystal Lake as a joint project between the police department and the high school district. The goal was to stop car accident deaths of teenagers. Inducements were large and small. The large … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: Crystal Lake Police Receive 1 st Place Award in Illinois Traffic Safety Challenge On August 17 th , 2016, members of the Crystal Lake Police Department received the 1 st place … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: The Crystal Lake Police Department Urges Motorists to Safely Celebrate this Memorial Day Holiday Period The Crystal Lake Police Department will join the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT), the Illinois State Police (ISP) … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office: Sheriff’s Office Investigates Single Vehicle Fatal Crash Richard J. Shields, 58, of Harvard was pronounced dead after a single vehicle crash in the 2300 block of Paulson Road, at 4:24 a.m. today … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department: Sheriff’s Office Investigates a Two Vehicle Fatal Traffic Crash A 38 year old McHenry man was hospitalized in stable condition and a 57 year old Richmond man was pronounced dead at … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department: Sheriff’s Office Investigates a One Vehicle Traffic Crash A 22-year-old Union man was hospitalized in good condition Tuesday following his evacuation by helicopter from the scene of a one-vehicle crash one … Continue reading
Area law enforcement agencies began enhanced enforcement of seat belt and drunk driving on Tuesday. On the way back from the McHenry County Board meeting, the traffic light on Route 47 at McConnell Road was blinking red. Men wearing reflector … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Health Department: “Click it or Ticket it” campaign begins May 9 Woodstock Ill. – As motorists take to the roadways this Memorial Day holiday, police are urging everyone to buckle up. Beginning May 9, … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police: Crystal Lake Police to be out in force this Thanksgiving Holiday (Starting Nov. 18th) The Crystal Lake Police Department is reminding residents to fasten their seat belts over the Thanksgiving holiday period … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: The Crystal Lake Police Department Completes the Independence Day Crackdown to Save Lives The Crystal Lake Police Department recently has completed its participation in the Illinois Department of Transportation’s (IDOT) Sustained … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: The Crystal Lake Police Department Completes the Illinois Department of Transportation’s “Cinco de Mayo – Drive to Survive” Traffic Safety Campaign to Save Lives The Crystal Lake Police Department recently has … Continue reading
A press release from the Crystal Lake Police Department: The Crystal Lake Police Department Completes Click It or Ticket Crackdown to Save Lives The Crystal Lake Police Department recently has completed its participation in the Illinois Department of Transportation’s (IDOT) … Continue reading
Huntley is in mourning the death of 19-year old Jennifer Kearns. She was thrown from a car on the way to Donley’s Banquet Hall south of Union last night. Kearns was not wearing a seat belt. Neither were any of … Continue reading
One of the final bills that State Rep. Mark Beaubien passed, signed after his death, was one mandating backseat belts. Kids who are in their teens have been trained to use seat belts in the back seat since birth, so … Continue reading
When I last saw Republican State Rep. Mark Beaubien of Barrington Hills he was headed to a Republican caucus the day Illinois Democrats unveiled the reapportionment map that Governor Pat Quinn just signed. He did not look well but he … Continue reading
Operation Click gave away three cars donated by Crystal Lake Buick GMC, Crystal Lake Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram and Black Diamond Plumbing. The first went to Abby Heck, who attends Harvard High School. You can read about that here. The … Continue reading
Cary-Grove student Roxanne Neubaum won the car from Sam Oginni’s Crystal Lake Buick GMC Oginni had the Pontiac dealership in Crystal Lake before General Motors pulled the plug on that line. He has provided a car for each of Operation … Continue reading
For the three McHenry County high school students who won cars when their key started the ignition at Crystal Lake’s Advocate Good Shepherd-sponsored awards ceremony Thursday, ownership of their own car was the highlight of the day. For the mission … Continue reading