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Early voting in McHenry County got off to a slow start on Monday with only one vote being cast inside the first hour of polls being open.

But by late afternoon, McHenry County Clerk and Recorder Joe Tirio said around 17 people casts their ballots, which was more than he had expected.

Tirio added it is not uncommon to have such a low turnout on the first day.

“SMALL ISLAND: A THEATRE CINEMA BROADCAST”

WHEN: 2 p.m. Feb. 9

WHERE: Woodstock Opera House. 121 W. Van Buren St., Woodstock

COST & INFO: Experience the play adaption of Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel, filmed live on stage as part of National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday. “Small Island” embarks on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury, England.

A 22-year-old Crystal Lake man is facing an attempted murder charge after shooting a man who attempted to buy marijuana from him, the Kane County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday.

Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a Huntley-area hospital at around 6 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD — A programming error in Illinois’ automatic voter registration system that mistakenly enrolled more than 500 people was a “wakeup call,” the state’s top elections official said Wednesday.

One string of code among 8.5 million others controlling the “hundreds of functions” of the secretary of state’s office resulted in 574 people who identified themselves as non-U.S. citizens being registered to vote, the agency’s senior legal advisor, Nathan Maddox, said.

Of those people, 15 cast ballots.

The 13th Annual My Sister’s Dress sale will be held on Saturday, March 7 in an effort to make prom affordable to area high schoolers. The sale, organized by Panouly Moua, Development Coordinator at Home of the Sparrow, will be at the Sage YMCA in Crystal Lake from 9 a.m to noon. 

Over 1,000 new and like-new prom and formal dresses will be offered for only $25.

The McHenry County Administrative Services Committee voted Wednesday to delay the effective start date of a resolution seeking to eliminate mileage reimbursements for County Board members to attend regularly scheduled meetings.

But in light of recent allegations against McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks, one committee member suggested that matters such as these should be put on hold and the County Board instead should focus on state-mandated matters for the time being.

The committee once again discussed the possi

The largest U.S. treatment setting for people with serious mental illness isn’t the country’s network of hospitals.

Shaw Media correspondent

WOODSTOCK – It has been described as a “breathtaking scenery for your ears.”

A mix of Americana and Celtic music, the award-winning duo of Brian FitzGerald and Martin McCormack make up the band Switchback. The two have performed together around the globe for more than 20 years. In 2019, they released their 17th album, “Birds of Prey,” an exploration of love and commitment triumphing in the face of adversity.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Governors of both major political parties are warning that a little-noticed regulation proposed by President Donald Trump's administration could lead to big cuts in Medicaid, reducing access to health care for low-income Americans.

The arcane fiscal accountability rule proposed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, would tighten federal oversight and approval over complex financing strategies states have long used to help pay for their share of the $600 billion program.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unleashed his fury against those who tried to impeach him at a prayer breakfast Thursday, a day after his acquittal by the Senate.

“As everybody knows, my family, our great country and your president have been put through a terrible ordeal by some very dishonest and corrupt people," Trump said at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington.