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  • Sentencing hearing for attempted murder begins with grisly details

    WOODSTOCK – Kelly Krause went to sleep July 1, 2013, a different woman than she is today.Just after ...
    July 24, 2014 - 9:21 pm

  • Judges tosses 1 of 2 battery cases against former D200 teacher

    WOODSTOCK – A McHenry County Judge on Thursday tossed one of the cases against a former Olson Elementary School teacher accused of inappropriately tou ...
    July 24, 2014 - 5:43 pm

  • County Board takes first step in reorganization debate

    WOODSTOCK – The newly-created McHenry County Board Reorganization Committee spent portions of its first meeting Thursday looking anything but organize ...
    July 24, 2014 - 5:41 pm

  • Huntley man charged with kidnapping

    LINCOLNSHIRE – A 21-year-old Huntley man has been charged with attempting to kidnap a teenage girl.D ...
    July 24, 2014 - 4:55 pm

  • McHenry man charged with murder

    A McHenry man who was previously charged with concealing a homicide, was charged Wednesday with murder of the woman found in his home, the McHenry Cou ...
    July 24, 2014 - 4:47 pm

  • Stuff the Bus to help students in need Sunday

    CRYSTAL LAKE – Area residents can help McHenry County school children in need Sunday at the Crystal Lake Wal-Mart during the Salvation's Army Stuff th ...
    July 24, 2014 - 3:59 pm

  • GOP Rauner's campaign ad used made-up headlines

    SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A campaign ad from the Republican candidate for Illinois governor is being called into question for tailoring — and even maki ...
    July 24, 2014 - 3:17 pm

  • Planes with Ukraine bodies arrive in Netherlands

    KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two more military aircraft carrying remains of victims from the Malaysian plane disaster arrived in the Netherlands on Thursda ...
    July 24, 2014 - 3:13 pm

  • Quinn: Rauner ad shows 'pattern of dishonesty'

    CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. Pat Quinn has blasted a new commercial by his Republican opponent in which headlines from news stories appear doctored.
    July 24, 2014 - 3:10 pm

  • Spring Grove man charged with child pornography possession

    SPRING GROVE – A Spring Grove man has been charged with three counts of possession of child pornography, the Illinois Attorney General's Office said.
    July 24, 2014 - 3:13 pm

  • Lake in the Hills man charged after standoff with police

    LAKE IN THE HILLS – A 50-year-old Lake in the Hills man was charged with endangering the life of his teenage son, a day after he barricaded himself in ...
    July 24, 2014 - 3:03 pm

  • Island Lake man makes trip to West Bank

    ISLAND LAKE — Two days after returning from the central West Bank, Kale Mayberry, 29, was still very much processing everything he had experienced.
    July 24, 2014 - 2:40 pm

  • Follow along: Woodstock chef in "Hell's Kitchen" finale

    Woodstock chef Scott Commings might be a big winner tonight. The season finale of the FOX reality sh ...
    July 24, 2014 - 8:36 pm

  • US: Russia firing artillery at Ukraine military

    WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is accusing Russia of firing artillery to hit Ukrainian military sites and planning to send pro-Russian separati ...
    July 24, 2014 - 1:47 pm

  • McHenry County unemployment rate falls to 6.1 percent

    CRYSTAL LAKE – The unemployment rate in McHenry County fell to 6.1 percent in June, a post-recession low, according to preliminary figures from the U. ...
    July 24, 2014 - 4:37 pm

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