Marengo
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Flying cheaper than driving? Who knew?May 31, 2008 11:00 pm - It sure seemed a good idea at the time. An enticingly cheap car rental special made flying to Jacksonville, Fla., and driving back to the lovely northern Fox Valley seem...
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Lawmakers approve helping Lake in the Hills with runway land disputeMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- State lawmakers are trying to make it easier for Lake in the Hills to move ahead with a runway construction project despite a lingering dispute with a nei...
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McHenry man mistakes tracks for road, hit by trainMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - An 80-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening injuries after mistakenly turning his car onto railroad tracks instead of Route 83, and getting hit by a train in Graysl...
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Cary settles suit with fired officialMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - A former Cary public works official has settled his federal lawsuit against the village, ending 16 months of litigation over claims he was fired for complaints about vil...
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Winds cut power to thousands in Lake CountyMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - High winds knocked down trees, snapped power lines and generally wreaked havoc in Lake County on Friday. Communities in the center of the county -- particularly Libertyv...
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Teacher who taped student to desk guilty of unlawful restraintMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - A substitute teacher who dealt with an unruly 8-year-old by taping him to his seat is looking at some confinement of his own after a McHenry County jury Friday found him...
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Briefs: Dist. 158 seeks mediationMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Huntley Unit District 158 and it teachers union have asked for federal mediation in their ongoing contract negotiations, officials said Thursday. A Huntley Education Ass...
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Surprise in store for Algonquin village officialMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - The man responsible for turning Algonquin into a retail rich destination in which the growth paid for itself, is riding off into the Arizona sunset. Assistant Village Ma...
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McHenry school bus driver dies on way to get studentsMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - A school bus driver heading out to pick up students for his morning route died at the wheel early Thursday morning. McHenry Deputy Chief Bill Brogan said the driver, Ro...
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Car crashes into Cary music storeMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - A 57 -year-old Cary woman crashed her car into a music store Thursday morning, damaging the building, but no one was hurt, police said. At 7:15 a.m., Melody Stasiak was ...