From State Rep. Dan Ugaste: CORRUPTION John Hooker, first of ‘ComEd Four’ to be sentenced, gets 1½ years in prison A former executive for electric utility Commonwealth Edison has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in bribing ex-Illinois […]
From the Village of Fox River Grove: Village of Fox River Grove Earns GFOA Financial Reporting Honor for Fifth Straight Year The Village of Fox River Grove is pleased to announce it has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in […]
There was lots of sturm und drang at the 6:30 to 11 o’clock meeting of the Crystal Lake Park Board last night at the Main Beach House, but the biggest news was Crystal Lake Mayor Haig Haleblian revelation that he had a […]
From the Woodstock POlice:
From the Crystal Lake Fire/Rescue Department: Working Fire – 420 E Terra Cotta Ave Crystal Lake, IL – The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department at 1:17pm, responded to 420 E Terra Cotta Ave, Crystal Lake IL for an inside smoke investigation. Upon […]
From the U.S. Attorney: FORMER ACCOUNTANT FOR CHICAGO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY SENTENCED TO MORE THAN TWO YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR $1.8 MILLION EMBEZZLEMENT CHICAGO — A former senior accountant for a Chicago construction company has been sentenced to more than two years […]
In his last report, State Rep. Steve Reick asked if McHenry County should remain in the RTA. What We’re Paying for Public Transit On March 19, 1974, a referendum proposition “Shall a Regional Transportation Authority be created for Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry […]
From the Harvard Fire Protection District: Harvard Fire News Release: Tractor Overturn Traps Elderly Man in Water for Hours On Sunday, July 20, 2025, at 2:47 p.m., the Harvard Fire Protection District was dispatched to the area of Bunker Hill Road and […]
The man who would be the Republican Party candidate for U.S. Senator was in Lincolnshire for a garden party this past weekend. My friend said he worked the party.
From Illinois Policy Institute cartoonist Eric Allie:
From Charlene Bliss Beyer of Helenville, Wisconsin: A tribute to the Powerful and Wonderful woman, Irene Napier In the 80’s, I was a young mother of 5, was busy with homeschooling and running a household. In 1982, after reading the kindergarten curriculum, […]
From McHenry County: Regional Superintendent Honored with Blue Angels Flight WOODSTOCK, Ill. – The legendary Blue Angels precision flying team gave Regional Superintendent of Schools Diana Hartmann the flight of a lifetime on its C-130J Super Hercules support plane. Affectionately known as […]
The insider who advanced the name of Tom McIntosh sent this photo of him taken in front of the White House: Tom McIntosh
Undoubtedly from the family: Irene M. Napier Irene Mary Napier, a radiant soul whose century-long life was a testament to faith, courage, and boundless vitality, passed away peacefully on July 17, 2025, just shy of her 100th birthday. Born on August 27, […]
From the State’s Attorney: ELIEZER MURRIETA-GONZALEZ SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR CRIMINAL SEXUAL ASSAULT McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi L. Freese announces that on July 14, 2025, Eliezer Murrieta-Gonzalez, 25, of McHenry, Illinois, was sentenced to […]
From State Rep. Jff Kicher: Rep. Keicher Announces Summer Traveling Office Hours SYCAMORE – To assist 70th District residents interested in asking questions or sharing concerns about state issues or legislation, State Representative Jeff Keicher (R-Sycamore) invites you to attend a Traveling Office Hours event […]
From The Center Square: State rep points to lack of accountability as IL taxpayer money flows to NGOs (The Center Square) – Questions about transparency and accountability surround millions of Illinois taxpayer dollars appropriated for non-governmental organizations. The record-high $55.2 billion Illinois state […]
From the Cary Police: the indecency? Urinating outside the train station.
From the Friends of Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge: Fifty Acres Restored with National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Funds Friends of Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge is pleased to announce the successful restoration of a 50-acre parcel made possible by a Five Star and […]
From the Illinois Department of Public Health: IDPH Posts Nursing Home Violations for First Quarter of 2025 [Of rhe four facilities listed below…cited with type “AA” violations of the Nursing Home Care Act during the first quarter of 2025, the most severe type of violation, [one was […]
If a kinder person with opposing views ever entered my life, it was Irene Napier. Irene was the Godmother of the Pro-Life movement in McHenry County. I was one of her State Representatives and certainly not on her side of the issue […]
With the knowledge I have of rape in Illinois prisons, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that it occurs in juvenile detention centers as well. Even back in the mid-to-late 1990’s when I was exposing what scores of inmates wrote me. The […]
Found on Route 14 right before six are local demonstrators making “Good Trouble” recommended by the last Democratic Party Civil Rights leader and Congressman Johnb Lewis:
From the U.S. Attorney: MAN SENTENCED TO SEVEN AND A HALF YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR ROBBING FIVE SUBURBAN CHICAGO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CHICAGO — A man who robbed four banks and a credit union in the Chicago suburbs has been sentenced to […]
From the U.S. Attorney: FOURTH MEMBER OF CHICAGO CARJACKING AND ROBBERY CREW SENTENCED TO FEDERAL PRISON CHICAGO — A man who committed multiple carjackings and robberies in Chicago, including carjacking a vehicle with an infant in the back seat, has been sentenced […]
From State Senator Don DeWitte: Senator Donald DeWitte Announces He Will Not Seek Re-Election West Dundee, Illinois— Illinois State Senator Donald P. DeWitte (R-St. Charles), a respected voice in the Illinois Legislature and a dedicated public servant for over three decades, announced […]
From the U.S. Attorney: MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUDULENTLY ARRANGING UTILITY SERVICES FOR THOUSANDS OF CHICAGO-AREA PROPERTIES CHICAGO — A man who fraudulently arranged for more than $5 million in utility services to be provided to 2,000 Chicago-area properties has pleaded guilty […]
From the Sheriff: Deputies Involved in April 10 Incident Return to Full Duty Following the standard review process required under Illinois law, the four deputies involved in the April 10 critical incident in unincorporated Crystal Lake have been cleared to return to […]
Traveling from New Trier Township to the far reaches of his 9th Congressional District, former Republican National Committeeman Richard Porter previewed a potential candidacy for the United States Senate. With Democrat Dick Durbin, elected in 1996 over State Rep. Al Salvi, retiring, […]
From the City of Crystal Lake in reply to a Freedom of Information Request: “The City has detected “forever chemicals” in four wells (wells 10, 11, 14, and 15). “Wells 10, 11 and 14 are located at Water Treatment Plant 4, 400 […]