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  • Applications available for Huntley Citizen Police Academy

    HUNTLEY – The Huntley Police Department is accepting applications for this year's Citizen Police Academy.
    NEW: Jan. 27, 2015 - 3:17 pm

  • Huntley High School students perform one-act plays starting Thursday

    HUNTLEY – Starting Thursday, Huntley High School students will perform four one-act plays directed by students themselves.
    Jan. 27, 2015 - 2:23 pm

  • McHenry County Board may terminate permit software contract

    WOODSTOCK – A McHenry County Board committee is recommending ending a contract with a software company over an eight-month project that has now stretc ...
    Jan. 27, 2015 - 2:22 pm

  • Cary School District 26 mulls transportation center location options

    CARY – Even though a potential $2.2 million sale of Maplewood School wouldn't pay for the entire cost of relocating a transportation center, School Di ...
    UPDATED: Jan. 27, 2015 - 3:02 pm

  • 2012 Crystal Lake South grad dies after hit-and-run at Illinois State University, coroner says

    Ben Allison, a 2012 graduate of Crystal Lake South High School, died Tuesday morning after being involved in a hit-and-run incident Saturday at Illino ...
    Jan. 27, 2015 - 2:09 pm

  • Island Lake village clerk dies of cancer

    ISLAND LAKE – The village of Island Lake is mourning the loss of one of their own after news was delivered Monday that Village Clerk Teresa Ponio had ...
    Jan. 27, 2015 - 11:45 am

  • Prairie Grove District 46 principal to leave at end of school year

    PRAIRIE GROVE – The only District 46 administrator with multiple years of experience in Prairie Grove is set to leave at the end of the school year, c ...
    Jan. 27, 2015 - 1:14 pm

  • Purported Islamic State message threatens Japanese, Jordanian hostages

    BEIRUT — An online message purportedly from the Islamic State group warned Tuesday that a Japanese hostage and Jordanian pilot the extremists hold hav ...
    Jan. 27, 2015 - 10:55 am

  • Blizzard slams Boston area; winter storm mostly spares New York

    BOSTON — A howling blizzard with wind gusts over 70 mph heaped snow on the Boston area along with other stretches of lower New England and Long Island ...
    Jan. 27, 2015 - 10:53 am

  • More than 300 flights canceled at Chicago airports due to winter storm

    CHICAGO — The winter storm hitting the East Coast is affecting flights in and out of Chicago's two airports.
    Jan. 27, 2015 - 9:48 am

  • Chicago twins who ran major U.S. drug ring sentenced to 14 years each

    CHICAGO — A federal judge sentenced twin brothers on Tuesday to 14 years in prison each for running a nearly $2 billion North American drug ring, agre ...
    Jan. 27, 2015 - 1:46 pm

  • Obama defends U.S. ties as he pays respects in Saudi Arabia

    RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Barack Obama defended the U.S. government's willingness to cooperate closely with Saudi Arabia on national security d ...
    Jan. 27, 2015 - 9:31 am

  • Drivers advised of possible light freezing rain Tuesday morning

    Light freezing rain could create patchy, slick road conditions Tuesday, according to a special statement from the National Weather Service.
    Jan. 27, 2015 - 10:47 am

  • One woman injured after vehicle rolls over in McHenry

    McHENRY – One woman was transported to an area hospital after a single-vehicle rollover incident Monday night in McHenry, fire officials said.
    Jan. 27, 2015 - 4:49 am

  • Snowstorm threatens to paralyze the crowded Northeast U.S.

    NEW YORK – Tens of millions of people along the Philadelphia-to-Boston corridor rushed to get home and settle in Monday as a fearsome storm swirled in ...
    Jan. 26, 2015 - 11:52 pm

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