Patrick Kenneally

McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally said Tuesday that, “after nonstop agonizing,” he has chosen not seek re-election in November. He'd just won the GOP primary last month.

Kenneally: According to court data, crime among those on bail/pre-trial release is up over 40% in the first three months of the SAFE-T Act when compared to the same time-period in 2022.

Crystal Lake is now home to two marijuana dispensaries, while another cannabis shop is heading to McHenry.

DCFS chid protection specialist in AJ Freund case guilty of child endangerment, supervisor acquitted.

With cash bail no longer allowed, many inmates jailed under the old system are now seeking release while they await trial.

In a rare move, the former child welfare agency workers were charged criminally for allegedly failing to follow procedures that might have prevented the boy's slaying.

Under the bail reform system, which kicks in Monday, defendants can't be held in jail awaiting trial merely because they can't afford bail.

A Crystal Lake police officer broke into tears Monday as she spoke of her disbelief when a child protective specialist from the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services allowed AJ Freund, a bruised 5-year-old boy, to leave the police station with his mother.

McHenry County medical marijuana card holders and others criticize State's Attorney Pat Kenneally's move to ban information around medical pot uses

Elizabeth Alvarado-Garcia suffered at least 40 stab wounds before police shot and killed her attacker, Daniel Alvarado-Aguilar, on June 3 in front of the woman's Harvard home. The McHenry County State's attorney called the shooting justified.

Officials hope additional security cameras covering more areas of a Fox River Grove motel will reduce the number of drug-related overdose deaths reported there, McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally said Friday.

McHenry County’s top prosecutors were recognized as “heroes” recently by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for the prosecution of the Crystal Lake parents who killed 5-year-old AJ Freund in 2019.

A criminal investigation tied to the D’Andrea Banquets fire is ongoing, an attorney for the city of Crystal Lake said in a letter to the Illinois Attorney General’s Office.

During an at-times contentious meeting filled with public comment and back-and-forth questions about civil liberties, safety and morality, the McHenry County Board passed a resolution opposing Illinois’ recent gun ban.

Bringing new business and housing to Marengo depends on how the city develops land at the new interchange at Route 23 and Interstate 90, Marengo Mayor John Koziol said.