Charles Mount

The McHenry County Board Tuesday approved a new contract for the sheriff's police and correctional officers that grants pay raises ranging from 3.5 percent to 12.3 percent. The raises for...

The Easter Seal Society for McHenry County will sever its ties with the national organization Thursday for financial reasons and operate as an independent rehabilitation center, the Woodstock group announced...

Burglars stole more than $50,000 in wedding dresses, veils and shoes from a bridal gown store in Crystal Lake over the weekend. Sgt. Howard Parth, chief of Crystal Lake detectives,...

Mario Celaya, 18, of 26 1/2 N. Ayers St., Harvard, has been charged with raping a 12-year-old girl whom he knew, Assistant McHenry County State's Atty. Terry Nader said Monday....

A flight line technician for the Illinois National Guard was killed late Tuesday when the rear metal chute of a cement truck apparently swung away from the vehicle and struck...

A man and woman were killed in separate motorcycle accidents over the weekend, according to authorities. James L. Bronson, 22, of 820 W. Vista Drive, Algonquin, was killed Friday when...

The unemployed former manager of an automotive parts store has been indicted on charges of insurance fraud for allegedly collecting $11,000 after falsely reporting that his 20-foot powerboat was stolen...

Attorneys for Algonquin and Meyer Material Co. asked a McHenry County judge Monday to dismiss lawsuits filed by the Village of Cary and some of its residents to block construction...

An unidentified passenger who was injured early Tuesday in an auto accident near Harvard that killed the driver was identified Wednesday as Damian Ortiz, 41, of 101 Hart St., Harvard,...

It will come into this world with a mournful bleat and go out with a big bang. And in between, 100,000 people will be entertained by it. It's the 46th...