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A McHenry County judge set bond at $1 million Friday for a 40-year-old Rockford man charged with supplying his nephew with the heroin that killed him.
Bank Failure Friday Comes Early
Facing a holiday weekend, the FDIC got a jump on its usual Friday bank closures, by shuttering a record seven banks on Thursday.
Man flees police, flees some more, flees again
An Illinois man was taken into police custody early Thursday morning after fleeing from Arkansas State Police multiple times.
Rock River Bank in Oregon Closed
Rock River Bank already had plans to be closed Friday and Saturday for the Fourth of July holiday.
3 more banks fail as FDIC mulls rules for sales
Three Illinois banks were shuttered today. Regulators shut John Warner Bank of Clinton, Ill.; First State Bank of Winchester in Winchester, Ill.; and Rock River Bank of Oregon, Ill.
Area police step up patrols during holiday weekend
Ahead of the July 4 holiday weekend, several local police departments are teaming up with the Illinois State Police on Friday for a traffic enforcement blitz along Route 14.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Trustee Scott Summers resigned from the McHenry County College Board a day after approving a contract with the institution's new interim president.
Peasley: President Lincoln was great friend to farmers, ranchers
While headlining the traditional brunch at Harvard Milk Days on June 6, WGN farm director Orion Samuelson noted the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth and dramatized Lincoln's contribution to the farming community with a litany of Lincoln-inspired accomplishments.
" What Makes Us Happy? " It's an eternal mystery, and the title of a fascinating article by Joshua Wolf Shenk in the June Atlantic .
Waukegan plays backdrop to 'Runway' commercial
The city's downtown did its best supermodel impression, as it posed all afternoon for a commercial to promote the popular fashion show, "Project Runway." Representatives for the Lifetime cable network were in Waukegan on Wednesday to use the downtown as a backdrop, and residents as actors, for a commercial to hype the sixth season of "Project ...
Peasley: Fireworks organizers accepting donations
My position on the front line of the 68th annual Harvard Milk Days last weekend was pleasant and an opportunity to see many friends at the brunch and along the parade route.
Suspects sought in armed robbery of Harvard jewelry store
HARVARD – Police are looking for two men who robbed Brady's Jewelers at gunpoint Thursday afternoon.
Grayslake man injured in crash
A Grayslake man remained in critical condition Wednesday night following a crash involving two semitrailers in Harvard earlier in the day.
Storms cause power outage, flooded road
Power has been restored at most of the Harvard area homes that experienced storm outages this morning, according to ComEd.
Milk-drinking contest a big draw
HARVARD – Christine Brooks knew the weather forecast for Saturday: rain. But it would take more than drizzles to keep her and her daughter, Jessica, from enjoying Harvard Milk Days.
'The greater part of the public, and a greater part even of the intelligent and alert public, is simply non-intellectual,' declared Richard Hofstadter in his bluntly titled Anti-intellectualism in American Life in 1963.
Local Hispanic leaders praise historic nominee
WOODSTOCK – Municipal attorney Carlos Arevalo was pleased that the nation's first African-American president nominated the potentially first Hispanic U.S. Supreme Court justice Tuesday.
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