From the U.S. Attorney: Federal Judge Sentences Man to More Than 14 Years in Prison for Carjacking Vehicles at Gunpoint in Chicago .CHICAGO — A federal judge has sentenced a man to fourteen and a half years in prison for carjacking multiple […]
From the Chicago Tribune:
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
Found in the Daily Herald are one high school and one grade school graded in the top 10% by the State:
From the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District: Fatal Vehicle Crash on Kimball Avenue On Sunday, November 24, 2024, at 9:56 p.m., the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District and Woodstock Police Department responded to a vehicle crash reported in the 400 block of E. Kimball Avenue. While […]
From Inside Climate News: As Illinois’ Governor Recruits Data Centers, Chicagoans’ Electricity Bills Are Getting More Expensive – Inside Climate News Gov. JB Pritzker said data centers are a huge piece of Illinois’ economic future, and the governor is not alone. There’s […]
From Woodstock Police:
The Black Box ad from Wonder Lake:
The Black Box ad from the Village of Johnsburg:
From the State’s Attorney: MICHAEL A. BUFFANO SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY Patrick D. Kenneally, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that Michael A. Buffano, 33, of Fox Lake, IL, was sentenced to seven years […]
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Woodstock Police enforce theat law:
From the Woodstock Police:
In 1974, Milton Pikarsky, head of the Chicago Transit Authority, said the Regional Transportation Authority referendum had to be passed was so the CTA’s overnight could continue. This past Saturday, the current CTA President Dorval Carter trotted out the same argument for […]
From the Lake in the Hills Police:
The Chicago Sun-Times editorialized ecstatically about the passage of the McHenry County Conservation District’s referendum. Read the first paragraph: The vote totals are finally in across the metropolis, and it is a win for nature, conservation, wildlife habitat — and people. [Emphasis […]
The Black Box ad of the Hampshire Park District:
Looking only at taxable income, this YouTube gives a good explanation:
Reading a piece in Vanity Fair by Molly Jong-Fast reminded me of my orientation session at the United State’s Bureau (now the Office of Management and Budget) of the Budget in 1965. I was newly-hired as a Management Intern with responsibility for […]
From State Rep Jeff Keicher: Speaking during debate on the House floor against legislation to extend several Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts, Rep. Jeff Keicher again called out the abuse of TIFs and their harm to taxpayers. Keicher has been an outspoken critic of […]
From the McHenry County Transportation Department: Paulson Road Township Bridge Closure WOODSTOCK, Ill. – The McHenry County Division of Transportation and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) have closed the Paulson Road Township Bridge over the north branch of the Kishwaukee River in […]
From the U.S. Attorney: Suburban Chicago Man Sentenced to Nearly Four Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Exporting Firearm Parts to Israel CHICAGO —A suburban Chicago man has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison for illegally shipping firearm parts […]
Javaron Buckley was convicted of providing alcohol to a teenager in a Woodstock motel in 2022. Now, the has suspended his law license for nine months, starting on December 10th. .The decision is explained below: Suspension for a specified period reflects a […]
the Crystal Lake Vity Black Box ad:
Stories like this on WBEZ have Chicago leaders complaining about not having enough money to pay for garbage collection. Looks as if there are two men on this truck. One behind and one at the wheel…compared to just a driver in McHenry […]
From the State’s Attorney: JARVOISIAS J. MCCOY SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS IN THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR ROBBERY Patrick D. Kenneally, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that 20-year-old, Jarvoisias McCoy, of Crystal Lake, IL, was sentenced to five […]
What I consider former State Rep. Jack Franks finest legislative achievement was featured in a Chicago Sun-Times article today. My memory may be faulty, but I believe the impetus to the legislation was a Richmond developer’s suing citizens trying to stop the […]
From the Chicago Tribune comes this headline:
From the Northwest Herald’s email promoting its County Fiscal Year 2025 tax levy story: The “Vote No” signs were produced by the Republican and Libertarian Parties to oppose the McHenry County Conservation District’s 33% operating tax hike referendum. But, they are obviously […]
It appears that Democrats have targeted school boards in Maegngo. Look at the voting backgrounds of those running for Marengo High School District 154’s Board: The man who ran for State Rep. in the last two elections, Peter Jenko, is on the […]