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2 killed after single-vehicle crash in Richmond

A 35-year-old man and a woman were both killed after their vehicle drove off the roadway and struck several trees in Richmond Sunday evening. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and Richmond Fire Protection District responded around 10:20 p.m. Sunday to the 7900 block of East Tryon Grove Road in unincorporated Richmond for a vehicle crash […]

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McHenry man charged with drug-induced homicide

A McHenry man has been charged with drug-induced homicide for selling a fatal combination of fentanyl-laced heroin to a 27-year-old man. Steven C. Glennon, 59, of the 3700 block of Millstream Street in McHenry, was charged with three counts of drug-induced homicide, a Class X felony, and three counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled […]

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McHenry County Sheriff’s Office will not enforce governor’s stay-at-home orders

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office announced Saturday morning they will not criminally enforce Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home orders. “The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office at this time has no plan to enforce the Governor’s order as a criminal offense,” McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim said. Prim referenced a quote from Pritzker on May 6 when he […]

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McHenry County leaders ask Gov. Pritzker to move the county out of the Northeast health region

All of McHenry County’s 25 mayors and village presidents have formally asked Gov. J.B. Pritzker to move the county out of the Northeast health region in order to reopen sooner. The mayors and village presidents of all 25 of McHenry County’s municipalities along with County Board Chairman Jack Franks sent an eight-page proposal letter to […]