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Citing safety risks for election officials, McHenry County clerk seeking 35% pay hike
Jul 13, 2025 11:18 am - Citing threats and harassment faced by election officials in recent years, McHenry County Clerk Joe Tirio is asking that his office receive a 35% pay hike next year. Tirio is seeking reelection in 2026.
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Island Lake man detained on charges he had thousands of sex abuse videos
Jul 13, 2025 10:30 am - An Island Lake man will remain in custody at the McHenry County jail while awaiting trial on charges he possessed thousands of videos depicting child sexual abuse.
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‘I’m not going to give into this’: North Barrington woman turns adversity into actionJul 13, 2025 8:19 am - North Barrington resident Joanne Dalessandro spent a decade trying to determine why she was having trouble with walking and other physical activities. Now that she knows it’s the result of a disease known as FSHD, she’s working to bring attention, and hopefully a cure, to the illness.
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14 injured when transport van crashes into utility pole in McHenryJul 13, 2025 7:53 am - Several people were hurt after a transport van smashed into an electric pole Saturday night in McHenry, firefighters said.
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Justice Dept. fires more prosecutors, support staff involved in Trump prosecutions, AP sources say
Jul 12, 2025 8:54 pm - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has fired additional lawyers and support staff who worked on special counsel Jack Smith's prosecutions of President Donald Trump, acco...
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Russia warns US, South Korea and Japan against forming security alliance targeting North Korea
Jul 12, 2025 8:50 pm - SEOUL, South Korea — Russia’s foreign minister warned the U.S., South Korea and Japan against forming a security partnership targeting North Korea as he visited his count...
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FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
Jul 12, 2025 7:35 pm - Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a ...
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Texas leads nation in flood deaths due to geography, size and population
Jul 12, 2025 7:29 pm - Even before the Central Texas floods that killed more than 100 people, the state was by far the leader in U.S. flood deaths due partly to geography that can funnel rainwa...
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Palestinian American from Florida killed in the West Bank, family says
Jul 12, 2025 7:11 pm - AL-MAZRA’A ASH-SHARQIYA, West Bank — A 20-year-old American citizen from Tampa was beaten to death by Israeli settlers on Friday while visiting family in the occupied Wes...
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Russian drone, cruise missile and bomb attacks kill at least 6 in Ukraine
Jul 12, 2025 6:33 pm - Russia pounded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles overnight and Saturday as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that killed at least six people and wounded do...