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The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office is accepting applications for social workers to join its Police Social Work Division.
Two men were arrested and charged last week after authorities said they found 17 kilograms of fentanyl and cocaine in the men's possession at a Super 8 Motel in McHenry.
McHenry County officials have warned about real estate tax and jury duty scams going around.
A former Algonquin man, 19, had been charged in a spate of burglaries from cars in Crystal Lake and Cary and an attempted residential burglary.
Nick Kachiroubas, the Crystal Lake city clerk, has been charged with grooming and possession of images of child sexual abuse, authorities say. He also serves on the Illinois Community College Board.
Authorities said it was lucky no humans or pets inside the home were injured after a car hit a residence in Wonder Lake Sunday. The driver was injured and charged, police said.
Charges will not be filed against the McHenry County Sheriff’s personnel in the death of an inmate found unresponsive in his jail cell last year.
People learn about the McHenry County Regional Training Center in Cary on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, during an open house.
A new law enforcement firing range will host a joint open house Tuesday with the Cary Public Works Department next door.
Two people are charged with child abduction in Woodstock after an endangered missing person alert for a 5-year-old girl was issued Tuesday evening.
The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, along with police in Cary, Algonquin, McHenry and Lake in the Hills, debuted the firing range, which ash a 50-yard range, classroom, firearm cleaning room and a range control room.
Three people taken into custody last week by a SWAT team at a McHenry house are charged with drug-related offenses, court records show. Each has been released from county jail pretrial.
A 29-year-old woman involved in a rollover car crash last week near Woodstock died from her injuries on Friday, according to the Lake County Coroner’s Office.
Two patients were airlifted to hospitals following a 10:45 a.m. crash in the area of Dean Street and Gayle Drive outside Woodstock, a Woodstock Fire/Rescue District spokesman said.
Details of heavy police presence report in McHenry were not immediately available.
The McHenry County Division of Transportation has announced it will hold an inaugural Touch-A-Truck event Sunday in Woodstock.
Authorities are still working to identify a person found dead inside a car after a car fire was extinguished near McHenry last week.
A Spring Grove man is accused of possessing 20.1 grams of cocaine, more than 1,200 grams of marijuana gummies and six commercial grade fireworks.
Three adults and one minor suffered injuries in a three-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon near Marengo, according to the Marengo Fire & Rescue Districts.
A corrections officer in the McHenry County jail saw an inmate “slumped in his cell in medical distress” did not return for five minutes, despite knowing his history of seizures, lawsuit claims.
One man is in serious condition after being hit by a farm tractor at a tree nursery near Wonder Lake Thursday, according to the Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District.
Route 173 in Harvard was closed due to “loose animals in the road” Thursday morning, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office reports.
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A Wonder Lake man was convicted of killing his wife in 2000. Now he's on trial in McHenry County on battery and domestic battery charges.
Five Lake County inmates housed in the McHenry County jail under an agreement signed in January are charged in a jail fight.
John Maki pleaded guilty Wednesday to fatally shooting a Harvard teenager in his home near Spring Grove and was sentenced to 26 years in prison.
A dog remained on the loose Friday afternoon after a series of dog attacks in the Johnsburg area that resulted in injuries to three people, including a deputy. One dog was killed by police.
The McHenry County Sheriff's office reported two aggressive, brown pit bull type dogs were on the loose Thursday evening.
A section of Route 173 in Richmond and Dundee-Huntley Road at Kreutzer Road in Huntley are closed due to crashes Thursday afternoon.
A man died in a car crash after suffering a medical emergency while driving near Harvard Wednesday morning, the Harvard Fire Protection District reports.
A man from Marengo died and four other people are injured from a two-vehicle crash near Union Monday afternoon, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office reports.
One woman is dead and a firefighter suffers minor injuries from a house fire near McHenry in the early hours of Wednesday morning, the McHenry Township Fire Protection District reports.
A suspect named Roberto Valdez-Calixto had been deemed McHenry County's most-wanted before his recent now. Who remains on the list?
The McHenry County Sheriff's Office and McHenry have been working towards a permanent building for the sheriff's marine unit.
Two adults, a cat and a dog died Tuesday morning in a house fire near Union, the Marengo Fire and Rescue Districts reports.
A former McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy is accused of negotiating prostitution and drug deals and helping someone try to defraud a drug test, a criminal complaint states.
A former McHenry County Sheriff’s detective has been charged with official misconduct, solicitation of a sexual act and defrauding a drug or alcohol screening, the sheriff's office announced Tuesday.
A Lake in the Hills man convicted in 2018 in connection with a fatal heroin overdose was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to a cocaine charge.
In her first year since taking on the position of Hebron’s police chief, Juanita Gumble - the first female ever to head the department - has been busy.
A driver was airlifted with injuries believed to be life threatening from a crash involving a Jeep and a semi near Richmond.
Firefighters were able to contain damage from a house fire to one room Saturday morning in Crystal Lake, according to the Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department.
A 19-year-old Harvard man has died from injuries he suffered in a car crash along Route 14 near Woodstock.
Weather may have been a contributing factor to a crash that sent a 23-year-old Woodstock man to the hospital in critical condition, McHenry County Sheriff’s Office said.
The McHenry County courthouse has been evacuated as police investigate a suspicious package Wednesday afternoon, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office reports.
An Elgin man, Jesus Ricardo Campos-Nevarez, is accused in McHenry County of possessing more than two kilos of heroin, authorities said.
A stretch of Route 14 between Woodstock and Harvard was shut down because of a crash that also damaged natural gas equipment.
An 88-year-old Kenosha man died from injuries after a head-on car collision along Charles Road near Woodstock Thursday morning, McHenry County Sheriff’s Office reports.
Police said they responded to a report of an altercation at Front Street Tap in Harvard and arrested a suspect for allegedly slashing another man's face.
One driver was ejected from a vehicle and another had to be extricated in a two-vehicle crash along River Road near McHenry Thursday amid icy road conditions, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office reports.
A man was arrested after police forcibly enter a Wonder Lake home for a domestic battery call that originated in Crystal Lake, Wonder Lake police reported.