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A McHenry woman faces felony charges after police said she threatened an officer with an 8-inch carving fork.

Ashley M. Michaels, of the 900 block of Black Partridge Road, is charged with aggravated assault to a peace officer and resisting a peace officer.

A 24-year-old McHenry man was taken into custody Friday after barricading himself inside the bathroom of a home and threatening officers with a knife, Crystal Lake police said.

Officers responded about 4:30 p.m. to the 500 block of Darlington Lane after a report of a burglary in process, according to a news release from the Crystal Lake Police Department.

Upon arriving, police found Matthew R.

The McHenry County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help to find a 95-year-old "at risk" man who went missing Friday night.

Stanley E. Szczesny was last seen in the 2500 block of Scheid Lane in the McHenry area at 3:30 a.m. Friday.

Wrestlers compete in the semifinals action at the State Farm Center at the University of Illinois Champaign on Friday night, Feb. 21, 2020 in Champaign. Winners advance to the finals on Saturday night.

A 24-year-old McHenry man was taken into custody Friday after barricading himself inside the bathroom of a home and threatening officers with a knife, Crystal Lake police said.

Officers responded about 4:30 p.m. to the 500 block of Darlington Lane after a report of a burglary in process, according to a news release from the Crystal Lake Police Department.

Upon arriving, police found Matthew R.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As a presidential candidate in 2016, Donald Trump promised a $1 trillion infrastructure plan that would use tax incentives to spur private investment in public works projects.

He has so far failed to persuade Congress to pass anything like that.

In another election year, Trump has outlined a new $1 trillion plan for spending on roads, rails, water systems and other infrastructure. This time, the president is proposing to rely fully on federal spending.

HARTFORD, Conn.

SEOUL, South Korea – Cases of a new virus swelled Friday in South Korea, making the country the newest front in a widening global outbreak centered in China and now reverberating elsewhere.

South Korea said two people have died and 204 have been infected with the virus, quadruple the number of cases it had two days earlier. Schools were shuttered Friday, churches told worshipers to stay away and some mass gatherings were banned.

The multiplying caseload in South Korea showed the ease with which the illness can spread.

ISLAMABAD – A temporary truce between the U.S. and the Taliban took effect Friday, setting the stage for the two sides to sign a peace deal next week aimed at ending 18 years of war in Afghanistan and bringing U.S. troops home.

If successfully implemented, the weeklong “reduction in violence” agreement, which came into effect at midnight Friday local time, will be followed by the signing of the peace accord Feb.

WASHINGTON – Mike Bloomberg said Friday he’d free three women from confidentiality agreements that bar them from speaking publicly about sexual harassment or discrimination suits filed against him over the last three decades.

The billionaire former mayor of New York also said his company, Bloomberg LP, will no longer use such agreements “to resolve claims of sexual harassment or misconduct going forward.”

His remarks come after days of intense scrutiny over the treatment of women at the company he’s led for thr