Woman in N.Y. 4th anthrax case
An NBC News employee in New York became yesterday the fourth American to be discovered with a rare anthrax bacterium, raising fears that media companies may have been targeted for...
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Anthrax probe widens as second case discovered
Federal officials widened their probe yesterday into the death of a Florida man from anthrax, acknowledging that they are considering bioterrorism after anthrax spores were found on the victim's computer...
DOUBLE-SLAYING MOTIVE: MONEY
For nearly a week, police considered Alan Edward Christensen the prime suspect in the beating and stabbing deaths of an elderly Arlington Heights couple during an apparent robbery at their...
LICENSING OF BOATERS TESTS WATER
Local governments along the Chain o' Lakes and Fox River have tried imposing no-wake zones to tame the snarling powerboats that terrorize their waterways every summer. They have floated marker...
POSTAL VIOLENCE HITS PALATINE MAIL CENTER
In a scene similar to more than a dozen deadly outbreaks of violence in post offices across the country, a U.S. Postal Service clerk walked into a crowded mail distribution...
POLICE WIRETAP CHARGES GROW IN WOODSTOCK
The legal troubles of a former Woodstock police chief mounted Thursday when prosecutors added 17 counts to an indictment charging him with illegally tape-recording the phone calls of his own...
VOTERS TO DECIDE ON FIRE ELECTIONS
A critic of the Cary Fire Protection District said Thursday evening that he had enough signatures to put a referendum proposal on the ballot in November that could make fire...
COUNTY BOARD MEMBER TO LEAD REGIONAL GROUP
McHenry County Board member Wayne S. Kurzeja has been elected director of the Great Lakes region of an affiliate of the National Association of Counties. Kurzeja was elected to his...
’95 FAIR CLOSES DOWN; VOLUNTEERS CLEAN UP
Some 50 volunteers spent Monday closing down and cleaning up the McHenry County Fair grounds on Illinois Highway 47 in Woodstock. The five-day annual agricultural festival ended Sunday with lower...
WOMAN HIT BY CAR AFTER PARTY BRAWL
Police charged a 19-year-old man with reckless driving after he was accused of speeding onto a lawn during an underage drinking party and hitting three teenagers, giving one a serious...