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A 24-year-old Round Lake Beach man was charged Thursday for selling firearms that were stolen in burglaries in McHenry and Ingleside, the Lake County Sheriff's Office announced Friday.

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The Illinois House Transportation: Vehicles and Safety Committee on Wednesday advanced legislation State Representative David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, is sponsoring to ban red light cameras in non-home rule communities in Illinois.

The Johnsburg High School Deca team took home several medals from the recent North Suburban Regional Competition, which was held last Friday at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont.

Deca is an international organization that hosts competitions for high school students in business-related areas. Categories include human resources, marketing, finance and many others. Students compete in role-playing scenarios where they take on the role of a professional in their category and pitch a solution to a scripted problem.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is on the verge of acquittal by the Senate, bringing an end to only the third presidential impeachment trial in American history in a vote at the start of the tumultuous campaign for the White House.

A majority of senators have now expressed unease with Trump's pressure campaign on Ukraine that resulted in the two articles of impeachment.

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Chris Wray said Wednesday that Russia is engaged in “information warfare” heading into the 2020 presidential election, though he said law enforcement has not seen ongoing efforts by Russia to target America's election infrastructure.

Wray told the House Judiciary Committee that Russia, just as it did in 2016, is relying on a covert social media campaign aimed at dividing American public opinion and sowing discord.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Senate appears virtually certain to acquit President Donald Trump on two impeachment charges as GOP lawmakers rail against what they say is a rushed process and Democrats decry Trump as a threat to democracy.

A California woman is wanted by police after they say she rerouted a McHenry County College administrator's paycheck to a potentially forged bank account.

Lois Anne Letterman, 57, of the 10300 block of Western Avenue, Downey, California is charged with theft, forgery and identity theft.

Karen Battaglia, trauma coordinator for emergency services at Northwestern Medicine McHenry, said asthma has affected five generations of her family.

This was particularly challenging for Battaglia – who was diagnosed with asthma at 12 – during one of her pregnancies.

The League of Women Voters of McHenry County hosted the last judicial candidate forum for this primary season Monday evening at McHenry County College.

The judicial panel was joined by 3rd SubCircuit of the 22nd judicial circuit candidates Jeannie Ridings, Justin Hansen, Mary McClellan and Donald Brewer; 4th SubCircuit judicial candidates, Kimberley Crum Klein and Mark Gerhardt; and Circuit Court Judge candidates Beth Vonau and David Gervais.

The goal of the forum, Catherine Williams, president of LWV in McHenry, said wa