McHenry News

Woodstock North High School graduates wear 2013 sunglasses Saturday during a rap by two students at the 2013 commencement ceremony in Woodstock.

Christine Haynes of McHenry holds her 6-year-old daughter's hand Thursday while they look at what is left of their neighbors' home.

States should cut the threshold for drunken driving from 0.08 to 0.05, a federal safety board said this week in a suggestion that was met with misgivings among some in the legal system.

McHenry County advocates for same sex marriage are planning to hold a peaceful vigil later today in Woodstock.

McHENRY – More than 50 years after the last person was buried at Ostend Cemetery, its caretakers are hoping McHenry Township will take over the maintenance of the one-acre plot off Route 120 west of McHenry.

WOODSTOCK – A vacant Mental Health Board seat has sparked a showdown between County Board Chairwoman Tina Hill and the committee in charge of filling it.

McHENRY – Despite a failed referendum in April, McHenry High School District 156 is still trying to implement proposed technology and security improvements.

A McHenry County, Illinois woman is one of the latest victims of dog owners whose family dog was shot by police.

McHenry resident Pauline Applegate stands in her backyard Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

McHENRY – To Liz Koch, a defendant in a pending drug case, Buck was a 127-pound gentle giant.

A simultaneous “Adopt a Painting Art Sale” will be presented by artists Rebecca Schultz and Susan O'Leary, who will be donating 150 paintings.

McHENRY – The Meisel Music Collective will present Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon at 5 p.m. May 19 at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in McHenry , 5603 Bull Valley Road.

SPRING GROVE – A Spring Grove woman died Friday in an “unfortunate accident,” according to the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.

While Centegra Hospital in Woodstock on average bills Medicare $36,379 for a major joint replacement, nearby Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital bills $44,897 for the same procedure, according to a federal database released Wednesday by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services .

Cynthia Collado from the McHenry County Sheriff's Office helps transport care packages to the McHenry Post Office on Thursday.

The floodwaters may be receding, but with it, emergency officials are getting a better idea of the damage April's rains did.

McHENRY – Whatever financial difficulties District 156 has, they're the responsibility of the adults who run the school system, the district's next superintendent said.

Spring has finally sprung. This is a great time to think about volunteering outdoors.

Searching for adoptee... Baby Girl Bateman -born: July 9, 1971 -at the old McHenry Hospital in McHenry, IL -taken by/to adoption agency in Grayslake, IL near the Lake County Fairgrounds.

McHENRY – The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County will conduct a recycling collection from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Metra Station parking lot, 4005 Main St.