Back on Friday, June 20th, demonstrators gathered along Route 31 outside the McHenry Library, I was on the other side of the street, where only two people held signs. The threat or actual loss of Federal funding was the topic of the […]
Reading the McHenry County Board’s Public Health and Community Services Committee minutes from last month, one paragraph popped out: “The member previewed the budget challenges ahead, highlighting that the starting point for growth was limited. “Even with the allowable 2.9% levy increase […]
From ABC: From the McHenry Police: McHenry Police Charge Driver Involved in Fatal Crash John Birk, Chief of Police of the McHenry Police Department, announced today the arrest of a subject in connection with a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred in […]
Father Vincent Bataille OSB gave the homily at Irene Napier’s funeral in Barrington on Monday. You can read it below: IRENE NAPIER: funeral July 28, 2025 Irene Napier: what images or remembrances does that name conjure up for you? Is it of […]
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From the McHenry Township Fire Protection District: Motor Vehicle Accident at McCullom Lake Rd. and Rt. 31 McHenry On July 28 th at approximately 12:29 AM, the McHenry Township Fire Protection District responded to a motor vehicle accident involving two vehicles at […]
Illinois Policy has an excellent article on property taxes, which ran here yesterday. There is an interactive map of information about every county in Illinois. This information can be found for every county on Illinois Policy’s map. Assuming most people will not […]
From the Marengo Fire and Rescue Districts: Three-Vehicle Crash on Route 23 in Marengo On Sunday, July 27, 2025, at 10:50 a.m., the Marengo Fire & Rescue Districts responded to the 3800 block of North Route 23 in unincorporated Marengo for a […]
From Illinois Policy cartoonist Eric Allie:
From Illinois Policy: No. 2 no more: Illinois property taxes rank highest in U.S Illinois just ranked as having the highest property tax rate in the country. Property taxes in Illinois are an especially heavy burden without the tradeoff seen in states […]
Found in Lee County, Florida: The information can be found, but doing so is so labor intensive that no similar stories ever appear.
From the Lake in the Hills Police comes this report about a 2011 Toyota Sienna (van) being stolen last Sunday:
Found in the Decatur News-Gazette and reprinted with permission of author Judy Cocks: My Turn | Illinois’ ‘pro-choice’ priorities are backwards for women “Take a Tylenol and a laxative,” Dr. Keith Reisinger-Kindle is reported to have told his patient when she reported […]
From the Huntley Fire Protection District: Residential Fire on Kingsbury Court Leaves Home Uninhabitable On Saturday, July 26, 2025, at 12:47 p.m., the Huntley Fire Protection District responded to the 11200 block of Kingsbury Court in Huntley for a reported residential structure […]
Compared to last week’s anti-Trump turnout, today’s was pretty puny. Here’s what I saw: That was it. A closer look at the western edge of the rally: The pitch for Moveon.com’s “Families First” demonstration is bwlow:
Fromthe Cary Fire Protection District: Motorcyclist Injured in Two-Vehicle Crash on Route 14 On Friday, July 25, 2025, at 2:09 p.m., the Cary Fire Protection District and Cary Police Department responded to a reported vehicle collision with injuries at the intersection of […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
From MCC: You’re Invited! Join us for MCC’s second-annual Community Block Party on Sunday, July 27 at Sew Hop’d Brewery in Huntley. This FREE family-friendly event supports student resource/scholarship funds, and it is a wonderful opportunity to connect with other MCC community members and engage with our […]
From U.S. District Court: U.S. DISTRICT COURT IN CHICAGO APPROVES THE APPOINTMENT OF ANDREW S. BOUTROS AS UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS CHICAGO — The U.S. District Court in Chicago has approved the appointment of Andrew S. Boutros as […]
From the U.S. Attorney: U.S. ATTORNEY’S OFFICE CHARGES MAN WITH FELONY POSSESSION OF A DANGEROUS WEAPON DURING STANDOFF IN FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN DOWNTOWN CHICAGO CHICAGO — The U.S. Attorney’s Office has charged a man with feloniously possessing a dangerous weapon during a […]
From McHenry County Clerk Joe Tirio: Ranked Choice Voting: A Solution in Search of a Problem As the County Clerk and Election Authority for McHenry County, Illinois’s sixth-largest county, I have administered numerous elections and interacted with thousands of voters. After reading […]
From State Rep. Sue Ness: Will Illinois Ban Plastic Bags? Cities like Chicago [and Woodstock] have implemented a bag tax to curb the use of plastic bags. But what if they were banned all together? The average bag you pick up at […]
The $38,000 contract to scrub identifying information on McHenry County judges prompted a major story on WLS-TV yesterday. The five-year agreement is for “IronWall360® Premium Protection for nineteen. judicial officers and key court personnel.” The service includes “PII removal, dark web monitoring, […]
McHenry County GOPAC, under the leadership of Karen Tirio, former McHenry County College Trustee and wife of McHenry County Clerk Joe Tirio. There was $216,816 sitting in the bank at the end of June. $43,306.25 was donated during April, May and June. […]
From the Woodstock Police:
Over a year ago, Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill to allow local police to kick squatters out of homes without going through a lengthy eviction process: Now comes Illinois Governor JB Pritzker following suit after withering TV stories about a home […]
Found in the Defender’ ’email: Stream Restoration for Flood Reduction and Water Quality
From the U.S. Attorney: CONSULTANT SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR CONSPIRING TO FALSIFY RECORDS AND EVADE INTERNAL CONTROLS AT COMMONWEALTH EDISON CHICAGO — A federal judge in Chicago today sentenced a consultant to two years in prison for conspiring […]
First local Democrats tried to convince the Republican McHenry County Board to close the floor of the McHenry County Jail used to house illegal aliens. When that failed, Illinois Democrats passage legislation mandating closure of the facilities in McHenry and Kankakee Counties. […]
I don’t subscribe to Crain’s Chicago Business, so I can’t read the story, but this headline from yesterday certainly echoes articles I have written for the better part of a year: