McHenry News

A McHenry man who police say stole a boat along the Fox River and filled it with loot from break-ins at riverfront properties was sentenced to four years in prison after admitting guilt Thursday to related charges.

Running Brook Farm, a new-home community in Johnsburg, presents two series of luxury single-family homes with two decorated models from the Classic series for visitors to tour.

There were many things that made my early childhood nearly perfect. Dad raised golden retrievers, for one, so my two siblings and I enjoyed having the most adorable, cuddly puppies padding around a couple of times a year.

ROCKFORD – Democratic voters in northern Illinois will have an opportunity to see the major candidates for governor and U.S. senator in the February primary.

Share + Nov 11, 2009 8:41 pm US/Central PALATINE, Ill. McHenry County Sheriff's police arrested two men in late October in connection with a large scale indoor cannabis grow operation in the northwest suburbs.

A former Algonquin man who teed off on his roommate's cat was sentenced to a year of nonreporting probation and a $500 fine Thursday after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor animal cruelty charge.

McHENRY – City officials said they had a plan to combat a smell described as “worse than a Port-A-Potty.” The odor stems from McHenry's Central Wastewater Treatment Plant, which sits near the Fox River just east of McHenry East High School.

A McHenry County man was sentenced to 14 years in prison Tuesday after admitting he supplied his nephew with the heroin that killed him.

A judge refused to lower bond Monday for a 35-year-old Palatine man a prosecutor said was the brains and money behind one of the largest indoor marijuana-growing operations in McHenry County history.

For more than a decade, David Warren and his colleagues with the Secular Franciscan Order have given immigration detainees at the McHenry County jail $10 apiece to spend on candy, snacks, toothpaste and any other items they wish from the facility's commissary.

Authorities who want to investigate the McCullom Lake brain cancer cases first will take the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention up on its offer to review previous research.

Tricia Kennedy sat quietly in a chair at the Salvation Army in Crystal Lake Friday while a nurse gave the four-year-old from Fox River Grove the H1N1 flu vaccination - up her nose.

McHenry County Sheriff's police Friday announced the arrests of two men on charges they operated a multimillion dollar marijuana growing operation that likely included more than 5,000 separate plants inside homes in Cook, Lake and McHenry counties.

Democratic and Green candidates have filed petitions to run for two countywide offices in the 2010 election.

Health officials in McHenry County are adding additional clinics to distribute the H1N1 'Flu Mist.' The flu mist is a nasal dosage and is not intended for pregnant women or adults younger than 50 with underlying conditions.

When a McHenry County judge asked Kane E. Kellett to raise his right hand and be sworn in court Saturday morning, the Crystal Lake man raised just a finger.

And lines were long, as seen throughout the Chicago area. In Will County, the wait started on the road to Plainfield Central High School.

A 29-year-old McHenry County man is facing a felony stalking charge alleging he placed a tracking device on his estranged wife's car earlier this month to monitor her whereabouts.

FOX LAKE – A no-wake zone is in effect for the Fox River between the Algonquin dam and the Stratton-Bolger Lock and Dam in McHenry, Fox Waterway Agency officials said.

The world's largest retailer wants to keep its customers even after they die. Walmart has started selling caskets on its Web site at prices that undercut those of many funeral homes, long the major seller of caskets.