Harvard News

A former McHenry County man locked up for nearly five decades for the rape and murder of a 3-year-old girl soon could be a free man.

A judge has handed down a 14-year prison sentence to a McHenry County man who has admitted he supplied his nephew with the heroin that killed him.

Mary McCauley is retiring after 40 years in the juvenile probation department. Fresh out of college, Harvard resident Mary McCauley took a job with McHenry County as a juvenile probation caseworker.

Two Harvard Business School students in drag allegedly manhandled a cop outside the annual a oePriscilla Ball,a where male Harvardians cross-dress and drink tequila.

HARVARD – The city has sued Stratford Banquet Facility to enforce a 1992 agreement that the business hook up to Harvard's water supply.

Christmas is a magical time of year and if you want to capture some of that magic, you should start with your Christmas tree.

HARVARD – An Algonquin teen is facing a handful of felony charges for allegedly spitting on personnel who responded to an apparent car accident Thursday.

Therea s nothing like the sound of an exploding pigeon to kick start a weekend morning.

Walworth Elementary and Middle School about 15 miles north of Harvard by Lake Geneva Wisconsin is shutting down through Friday because of illnesses.

When Janice Grimm was diagnosed with a brain cyst last week, the doctor turned to her and wanted to schedule a follow-up appointment in three months to make sure it was not cancerous.

HARVARD – McHenry County Sheriff's Detective Jennifer Garafol hopes the sight of her bald head will bring a little comfort to 8-year-old Rylie Mogan.

Terry Zaccard, 52, of Woodstock listens Thursday morning to Julie Szum of the Family Health Partnership Clinic as she takes his blood pressure.

WOODSTOCK – A 20-year-old Spring Grove man could be sentenced to probation or one to three years in prison after a McHenry County judge convicted him of aggravated reckless driving.

The Davidson family owns a dairy farm, but in the fall, giant pumpkins take the cake... er, pie.

CHICAGO Chicago's Annual Columbus Day Parade stepped off at Columbus Drive and Balbo, marched north on Columbus to Monroe, followed by an after-party in Grant Park featuring live music and Italian food.

Sgt. Richard Davis laughs Thursday morning with his two-year-old daughter, MacKenzie, while watching "Blue's Clues" at their home in Harvard.

If Michael Moore's new documentary "Capitalism: A Love Story" were a love song it would be the Black Eyed Peas' "Where is the Love?" This is the question that Moore ponders in his newest effort to chronicle the major problems the United States and its government have caused the world.

Hernando Tapia , 11, stands with a sign Sunday outside St. Mary Catholic Church in McHenry.

WOODSTOCK – A man accused of stealing two snowplows and then intimidating his friends so they wouldn't tell police faces an Oct.

A McHenry County man apparently upset over the amount of court fees he's been paying on old criminal cases may be in line for a lot more after his arrest Monday on allegations he sent a threatening e-mail to Circuit Clerk Katherine Keefe.