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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.