When President Biden pardoned his son, I thought it couldn’t get any worse. Now comes this clemency decision for the biggest theft of municipal money I can remember, as reported by the Chicago Tribune: President Joe Biden on Thursday commuted the sentences […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police;
State Treasurer Micharel Frerichs snet out a weekly email entitled, “Any Father Would Do The Same.” Having chatted with him before one of Crystal Lake’s Independence Days Parade, that surprised me. How could he be defending President Biden’s pardon of his son […]
Sentenced to three years to natural life by Judge Sharon Prather in 2018, Alan Bokowski, convicted of a November, 2015, criminal sexual assault of a juvenile girl in 2018, is up for parole. While employed as Lake in the Hills Police Officer, […]
From the County Treasurer: Treasurer Offers Opportunity to Pre-pay Next Year’s Property Taxes WOODSTOCK, Ill. – Property owners through the month of December can take advantage of the Advance Tax Program, which allows them to make a pre-payment toward next year’s property […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police;
From the State’s Attorney: RUDY VILLARREAL SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR UNLAWFUL USE OF WEAPONS BY FELON AND RECKLESS DISCHARGE OF A FIREARM On December 10, 2024, Rudy Villarreal, Jr., 51, of DeKalb, was sentenced to […]
From the U.S. Attorney: Chicago Attorney Convicted of Tax Fraud and Witness Tampering Charges CHICAGO — A federal jury has convicted a Chicago attorney of committing tax fraud, attempting to tamper with a witness, and violating a court order. MICHAEL ABRAMSON, 75, […]
From the U.S. Attorney: Chicago Man Charged in Federal Court With Trafficking Dozens of Firearms to West Africa CHICAGO — A Chicago man has been charged with federal firearm violations for allegedly trafficking dozens of firearms from the United States to the […]
From the U.S. Attorney: Suburban Chicago Businessman Charged With Covid-Relief Fraud CHICAGO – A suburban Chicago businessman has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly scheming with a California man to fraudulently obtain more than $6.3 million in small business loans and […]
Citizens may think or state legislators didn’t do much this year, but consider the publicity the law authorizing consideration of a new state flag will received. Picked as the top ten.; along with explanations from their designers, follow: The 21 red + […]
I had dinner with a three-decade legal resident alien from Venezuela the first art of the week. He advocated a strategy to eliminate maybe half of the illegal Venezuelan aliens at minimum cost. “Cut off the head of the snake!” he repeatedly […]
From the Woodstock Police: Arrest – Aggravated Battery On December 9th, 2024, at approximately 11:16 a.m., Woodstock Police Officers were dispatched to 110 N. Eastwood Dr. in regard to a subject with a reported stab wound to the chest. On arrival, Woodstock […]
From the Marengo Fire & Rescue Districts: Marengo Fire Responds to Tractor Incident on Kishwaukee Valley Road On December 9, 2024, at 5:07 p.m., the Marengo Fire & Rescue Districts responded to the 20400 block of Kishwaukee Valley Road for a reported […]
The contract of the grant writing firm Administrative Consulting Specialists, LLC is up for renewal. During the first year of the arrangement, $29,002 in grants were received for the $30,000 price. The possibility exists to receive another $17,219 from an outstanding grant […]
From th U.S. Attorney: THREE MEN SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON IN CONNECTION WITH VIOLENT KIDNAPPING IN CHICAGO CHICAGO — Three men have been sentenced to federal prison terms for their roles in abducting a man in broad daylight and holding him for […]
There is a Republican slate of candidates on the February GOP Primary Election. They are Supervisor Road Commissioner Assessor Clerk Trustee (four to be elected) All are guaranteed of election but Road Commissioner Mike Lesperance. The reason is that he has an […]
From the State’s Attorney: AZMI S. IBRAHIM SENTENCED TO 13 YEARS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR THE OFFENSE OF ARMED ROBBERY The McHenry County States Attorney’s office announces that on December 5, 2024, Azmi S. Ibrahim, 21, of Waukegan, was […]
From Mark Glennon of Wirepoints: Awful and worse: Illinois jobs and employment numbers badly lag the nation A nonpartisan Illinois commission last week reported some dismal numbers on the state’s lagging job growth. Bad as they were, it’s worse if you look […]
From the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District: Patient Airlifted with Critical Chest Wound On December 9, 2024, at 11:17 a.m., the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded to a 911 call reporting a man with unknown injuries at the Shell gas station at 110 N. Eastwood Drive […]
If you want to know, listen to the Tuesday night meeting because this is on the agenda: Here is the memo from Police chief Mike Roth: On 08/24/21 the Village Board approved a lease agreement with Enterprise to lease (3) Dodge Durango […]
From the U.S. Attorney: CRIMINAL CHARGES UNSEALED IN CHICAGO AGAINST TWO FORMER HIGH-RANKING SYRIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FOR WAR CRIMES AGAINST AMERICANS AND OTHER CIVILIANS CHICAGO — An indictment was unsealed today in Chicago charging two high-ranking Syrian officials under former President Bashar al-Assad with […]
From Legal Insurrection, republished with permission: U. Illinois-Chicago Dept. of Art History: Too Many White Scholars is “Ethically Problematic” The two main goals of the university, teaching and research, are improved first and foremost by cultivating diversity of thought. Doing so would […]
The Riley Elementary School District was not required to publish a Black Box ad, but did so anyway. The Board decided to publish the ad, even though it did not need to, to be completely transparent. Superintendent Jason Grey said cutting the […]
From the State’s Attorney: KENNETH PRICE GUILTY OF ARMED HABITUAL CRIMINAL, POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE WITH INTENT TO DELIVER, POSSESSION OF CANNABIS WITH INTENT TO DELIVER AND ENDANGERING THE HEALTH OR LIFE OF CHILD Randi L. Freese, McHenry County State’s Attorney, […]
Black Box ad from the Union Fire Protection District;
From the minutes of the McHenry County Board’s Committee of the Whole meeting from mid-November: Mr. [Joe] Gottemoller provided a comprehensive analysis of the county’s fiscal management over the past decade. He highlighted that the county’s property tax levy has decreased from […]
From the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission: In re Zangara, Frank John, 2024 PR00028 Disposition Suspension for a specified period. Suspension stayed in part. Effective Date of Disposition 12/10/2024 End Date of Disposition 04/10/2025 Scheduled termination date. Note that termination date […]
The McHenry County Board heard the annual report from Metra at its November meeting from John Morris, Metra Chief Financial Officer. Below are the minutes: Mr. Morris presented the agency’s 2025 operating and capital budgets to the McHenry County Board. For the […]