58-Year Old John Alvarez was arrested at Second Street and Route 14 for failure to surrender a revoked Firearm Owners Identification Card. The charge is a misdemeanor. “The officer stopped the driver because the vehicle he was driving had expired registration.,” Scott […]
From the McHenry County Democratic Party Central Committee website come these candidate endorsements. (I have seen nothing like this from local Republicans.) There are many endorsements in races in which there no more or fewer candidates on the ballot than openings. The […]
When Richard Nixon was in office and outfitted the White House staff in uniforms resembling those in European palaces, I wondered if he didn’t know he had reached his last election. The uniforms were later sold for use by an Iowan high […]
From the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District: Overnight Vehicle Rollover with Entrapment On Saturday, March 29, 2025, at 12:25 a.m., the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded to the area of Washburn Street and Brown Street in Woodstock for a reported motor vehicle crash with entrapment. […]
From the Woodstock Police: Date Occurred: 3/25/2025Arrest Date (if different from date of incident): Same. Sex: M Race: B Age: 26Location: 200 BLK. MAIN ST.Name: HUEY, DEVION R.Address: JACQUELINE DR., ROCKFORDCharge: DWLSCharge: POSS. CONTROLLED SUBSTANCECharge: UNLAWFUL POSS. CANNABIS – DRIVER / OBSTRUCTED […]
From Nunda Township Trustee Rob Parrish, seeking to win the contest for Nunda Township . Accompanying the images was this message: If you remember, we had a huge snowstorm when Lesperance, Kopsell, and Myself ran against each other in 2013. A few […]
From Congressman Darin LaHood: ICYMI LaHood Questions Senior Trump Administration National Security Officials Washington, D.C. – Congressman Darin LaHood (IL-16) spoke at the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence’s annual hearing focused on the worldwide threats facing the United States. During the hearing, […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police: The Lake in the Hills Police Department recognizes Distracted Driving Awareness Month with a reminder for motorists: Put the Phone Away or Pay Lake in the Hills, IL – The Lake in the Hills Police […]
Earlier I posted this memory of the incompetence of the Small Business Administration in 1966: Now comes this information from the DOGE folks: $600 Million in Federal Loans to Children and Dead People The federal government had on its books $300 million […]
This first one from the Illinois Institute’s Eric Allie is good except for the fact that homes in Cook County are assessed so much lower than those in surrounding counties. In the article below, one can see the effective tax rate in […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
From the Cary Fire Protection District: Motorcycle Crash Sends One to Hospital On March 29, 2025, at 1:37 p.m., the Cary Fire Protection District responded to the area of Rawson Bridge Road and Valley Drive for a reported motorcycle crash. Responding crews […]
From the Woodstock Police:
From the Crystal Lake Police: Date Occurred: 3/20/2025Arrest Date (if different from date of incident): Same. Sex: M Race: W Age: 30Location: W. JACKSON ST. & N. TRYON ST.Name: TRIPOLI, DOMINICK A.Address: CRABAPPLE DR., CRYSTAL LAKECharge: DUI – 2 CTS. Charge: UNLAWFUL […]
From the Illinois Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse: Trial Lawyers’ PAC Funnels Over $1 Million to Illinois Democrats, Driving Lawsuit-Friendly Legislation Chicago, IL — A new report from Illinois Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (IL CALA) exposes how the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Political Action Committee (ITLA […]
From the campaign of Nunda Township Road Commissioner Mike Lesparence: Rob Parrish and Mike Shorten trying to bride voters with donuts and coffee at a Polling Place. In a last ditch effort, our opponent Rob Parrish, was caught outside of the polling […]
This is a tax that, if passed, will never go away. Currently the voters in 57 counties have passed an enabling referendum. One of the provisions of the law is that, after passage, if any school district pledges its share of proceeds […]
Found on Fox32: “Federal prosecutors now want Michael Madigan to forfeit more than $3.1 million following his conviction on bribery, conspiracy, and wire fraud charges.” There is an excellent time line of Madigan’s life at the link.
Pickles is a cartoon stipe by Chicago Tribune editorial cartoonist Scott Stantis. He consistently shows his distain for President Donald Trump. Here’s his latest:
From a response to a Freedom of Information request with the McHenry County State’s Attorney: McHenry County Blog revealed on Monday that Brendon Pierard, former McHenry County Assistant State’s Attorney, had lost his law license: Now you can read the resume that […]
Provoking this post is the following from Elon Musk: I was the Budget Examiner in the United States Bureau of the Budget (now the Office of Management and Budget) for the Small Business Administration. Before returned to Crystal Lake to run for […]
Below are the endorse candidates of the Crystal Lake District 155 teachers union:
From the U.S. Attorney comes this information about fourteen robberies: Superseding Indictment Charges Fourth Member of Robbery Crew Allegedly Responsible for Eight-Month Robbery Spree in Chicago CHICAGO — A federal superseding indictment unsealed today charges a fourth member of a robbery crew […]
From the U.S. Attorney: CHICAGO BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR DEFRAUDING FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS OUT OF MORE THAN $3 MILLION CHICAGO — A Chicago businessman has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for scheming to defraud multiple […]
From JB Pretzker: Governor Pritzker Announces $25 Million Investment in Epic Medical EDGE incentives support the company’s new IV manufacturing facility in Central Illinois, initially creates 50 new full-time jobs PEKIN – Governor JB Pritzker, Epic Medical and the Illinois Department of Commerce […]
From the U.S. Attorney: FEDERAL JURY CONVICTS CHICAGO MAN OF SEX TRAFFICKING AND KIDNAPPING OFFENSES CHICAGO — A federal jury has convicted a Chicago man of violently sex trafficking five young victims, including a 15-year-old girl, and kidnapping two of them. The […]
with the group-think, tag-along, unapologetically biased media now successfully sequestered …. and summarily obsessed with the SIGNAL-chat ‘bombshell’ … we can, at least temporarily, shelve the DONALD-DOGE-DERANGEMENT syndrome .. fabricated pandemic on steroids (.. perhaps for the balance of Spring […]
A Friend of McHenry County Blog was playing around with ChatGPT and asked, The initial reply: “To which I responded, ‘He publishes a blog in McHenry County, Illinois.’” Here’s what popped up” Cal Skinner is a prominent local blogger and former politician based […]
From a Friend of McHenry County Blog comes these posts of Kat on Instagram in November 2021, along with this message: “Looks like you have been highlighting Abughazaleh and Schakowsky. Personally I believe Schakowsky needs to go but I cannot get on […]
Reaching the Chicago Tribune’s Editorial page yesterday, I found Bob Anderson’s name in the second editorial; There’s more, of course. Further down, Finally, Anderson didn’t exactly turn watchdog recently. The former Marine has been charging up the township elimination/consolidation hill since at […]