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Roe Is a Travesty

— July 11, 2018

The prospect of overturning Roe v. Wade will be at the foreground of the battle over Justice Anthony Kennedy’s replacement, and it should be. Roe is judicially wrought social…

County attracting solar energy companies; Marengo site approved
— July 11, 2018

In recent years, McHenry County has gained the attention of companies specializing in alternative energy sources, due to the opportunities in rural open farmland areas. It not only…
McHenry County Calendar of Events July 11 – July 18
— July 10, 2018

July 13 Family Fun Night 5 p.m. Fox River Grove Memorial Library, 407 Lincoln Ave., Fox River Grove Free In this Family Fun Night program, young and old alike will be entertained by…
America’s Political Amnesia
— July 4, 2018

Here’s a pop quiz: What is the name of North Korea’s capital city? If you said “Pyongyang,” you probably have an above-average recall. I didn’t want to…
McHenry County News Briefs
— July 4, 2018

Port Barrington Deadline extended for trade scholarship program The village announced that the deadline to apply for the Mohr Vocational Skilled Trade Scholarship has been extended…

McHenry County News Briefs
— July 11, 2018

McHenry County Jacobson joins team at State’s Attorney’s Office The McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office announced that Scott Jacobson has joined the office as an Assistant…
Bell tower restored at Volo parish
— July 4, 2018

The massive bell now rings out every hour, on the hour, from the tower at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Volo. It is a sound that has not been heard since the late 1950s. Then, a…
What Trump Gets
— July 4, 2018

In the 1950s, the great neo-conservative intellectual Irving Kristol acknowledged Joe McCarthy’s stark failings, but famously refused to take the side of his critics. “For…