Charles Mount

McHenry County authorities Thursday were investigating whether an employee might have tipped off John A. Cumbee that he had been indicted in the slaying of Kathleen Twarowski. Sheriff George Hendle...

A County Board committee voted unanimously Monday to ask Algonquin, McHenry and other municipalities that do not ban leaf burning to impose a 2-week moratorium on it for health reasons....

A gravel pit worker was killed Wednesday morning when a cable came loose from a towing apparatus and struck him in the head. Authorities said Darrell E. Drummer, 41, of...

A McHenry County judge has reinstated an order directing the Woodstock Police Department to preserve 20 days of tapes made of conversations on an unlisted department phone line. Judge James...

Opponents of a 113-acre garbage balefill proposed for Lake In The Hills had their first at bat Thursday when they brought in an engineer to testify in a public hearing...

McHenry County attorneys handling divorce, adoption and juvenile crime cases were warned this week that they should speed their completion in order to prevent a backlog from forming. Judge Henry...

More than 9,100 businesses in 37 northwest suburbs will be surveyed over the next four months in an effort to install a uniform commercial recycling program by 1993, three government...

More than 350 police officers, educators, community leaders and clergy from six counties were told what to do by law enforcement and school experts Thursday to keep gang problems from...

The village will begin hearings Monday on a controversial proposal to build a $30 million balefill on 113 acres of farmland east of Illinois Highway 47 and north of Reed...

The body of a 21-year-old physical therapist was found Wednesday morning about 2 miles from her home on a dead-end road northwest of Fox Lake in McHenry County. The woman,...