Richmond News

Republican Ed Varga is running for U.S. Senate in 2010, joining a full pack of competitors.

A 36-year-old Bull Valley man accused of viciously beating his girlfriend over three days remained in McHenry County Jail this morning.

Rates for serious crimes fell overall by 3.1 percent in McHenry County last year, despite increases in many jurisdictions of burglary and theft.

Our top picks for what to do in McHenry County, the region and Chicago. 1. SYCAMORE PUMPKIN FESTIVAL WHEN: through Sunday WHERE: downtown Sycamore INFO: Annual festival features a pumpkin display and contest, carnival, food, crafts and more.

RICHMOND – Burlington Central midfielder Christopher Gousios split two Richmond-Burton defenders at the half line and found Alejandro Nava on a breakaway.

RICHMOND – A Spring Grove man is scheduled to appear in court next week after child pornography allegedly was found on his computers.

RICHMOND – Since Richmond Township launched its senior bus program several years ago, older residents have known that they'll have a ride to the grocery store or to doctor appointments.

WONDER LAKE – Local author Sandra Landen Machaj will sign copies of her latest book about the McHenry County area from 1 to 4 p.m. today at Wonder Lake Bible Church.

WHAT: “BREAKING LEGS” WHEN: Friday through Oct. 24 WHERE: Woodstock Opera House, 121 Van Buren St., Woodstock ABOUT: A Woodstock Musical Theatre Company comedy presentation.

WOODSTOCK – Attorneys will argue this morning about whether a videotape of a girl describing years of alleged sexual abuse can be admitted at a Richmond man's trial.

RICHMOND, Ill. - The McHenry County sheriff's office recently discovered more than 500 cannabis plants being illegally grown in cornfields in three locations near Richmond, the agency said this morning.

The Trail of History will take visitors down a path where wagons pulled by oxen are commonplace.

A state appeals court this week upheld the attempted murder conviction of a once prominent McHenry County businessman imprisoned for trying to kill his wife in a brutal 2004 assault on the couple's Bull Valley estate.

RICHMOND – Attorneys will deliver their closing arguments Sept. 22 in the hearing that will decide whether the Richmond Police Department's only full-time female officer keeps her job.

RICHMOND – Police commissioners heard several hours of testimony today in a case against a Richmond police officer who has filed a gender discrimination lawsuit.

Finally, a school board gets it. Kudos to Nippersink District 2 – the K-8 district in Richmond and Spring Grove – where all but one of the administrators are receiving no raises for 2009-10, saving the district about $41,000. The lone administrator receiving a raise is in the final two years of her retirement contract.

WHAT: MUSIC & MAGIC SHOW WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Olive Black Martini Bar, 5607 Broadway, Richmond ABOUT: Featuring 9-year-old Tallan Nobel Latz, prodigy musician from Elkhorn, Wis., who performed on NBC's “America's Got Talent,” and magician Nino Cruz.

RICHMOND – Richmond-Burton High School was evacuated this afternoon after a bomb threat was phoned in to the school.

RICHMOND – Richmond-Burton High School was evacuated this afternoon after a bomb threat was phoned in to the school.

Spring Grove Elementary School third-grader Brittany Hassenbuhler enters her lunch code on a keypad Monday.