Spring Grove
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McHenry Co. man gets 23 years for Carol Stream abuseJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - When Marcus Tyms showed up at a Carol Stream park in September 2007, he expected to meet an underage girl for a tryst, authorities say. Instead, Tyms, 25, got rejected b...
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Sports camp participants gain experience but risk burnoutJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - On her third day of summer, Catherine Ernst grabbed an entire box of granola bars and left for volleyball camp. The granola bars would serve as breakfast and lunch durin...
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Kane Co. voter group puts Freedom of Information Act laws to the testJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - There's plenty of room for improvement when it comes to how forthcoming suburban taxing bodies are with public information, according to a recent study by the Kane Count...
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Fox Valley briefsJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Part of Fox River Trail closed A section of the Fox River Trail in Carpentersville will be closed from Monday, July 6 through Friday, July 10 for bridge removal. The tra...
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Huntley man faces sex abuse, child porn chargesJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - A 38-year-old Huntley man is facing a slew of criminal allegations, and up to 15 years in prison, on charges he engaged in sexual activities with an underage girl and so...
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June one of Illinois' wettest months on recordJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Climatologists say June was one of the wettest months on record for the state of Illinois. The University of Illinois' Jim Angel says statewide precipitation in June was...
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County's long view is shortsightedJul 04, 2009 11:00 pm - The McHenry County 2030 Comprehensive Plan, as it now stands, is focused on accommodating and even encouraging rapid urbanization. Though the plan's vision statements fo...
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Nowhere to swing but to the leftJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - John King and his like-minded ideologues have been extra busy with the letter-writing since Obama became president. Recently, Nancy Thorner attacked his speech at Cairo,...
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Kirk takes heat from GOP for backing climate billJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - As one of the eight Republicans who helped a controversial energy and climate-change bill narrowly clear the U.S. House last week, Mark Kirk continues to take heat from ...
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Fox Valley briefsJul 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Huntley picks firm for plan: The Huntley village board has selected a Naperville-based firm to draft a plan to revitalize the village's historic downtown. The village wi...