
Suspect in baby’s death might seek insanity defenseWOODSTOCK – A woman accused of allowing her newborn baby to die under a kitchen sink will have psychiatric evaluation to see whether she’s fit to stand trial.
Woman fractured heels in escape from condo fireMcHENRY – From the hospital Monday afternoon where she sat with two fractured heels, 70-year-old Marge Whitman recalled how she escaped her smoke-filled condo about 12 hours beforehand.
She didn’t smell any smoke, instead awoken shortly after midnight by a neighbor yelling outside her door at 307 Creekside Trail. Health officials talk pet limitsThe McHenry County Animal Control Advisory Committee will meet Wednesday night to discuss whether the county should limit the number of animals that residents can own. McHenry council votes to raise ratesMcHENRY – For the second time in less than a year. McHenry residents will see an increase in their water and sewer bills.
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Top StoryBurris denied seat in Senate to succeed ObamaWASHINGTON – Roland Burris failed in his bid to take President-elect Barack Obama's Illinois Senate seat on Tuesday in a scripted piece of political theater staged just before the opening of the 111th Congress.
Suspect in baby’s death might seek insanity defenseWOODSTOCK – A woman accused of allowing her newborn baby to die under a kitchen sink will have psychiatric evaluation to see whether she’s fit to stand trial.
Woman fractured heels in escape from condo fireMcHENRY – From the hospital Monday afternoon where she sat with two fractured heels, 70-year-old Marge Whitman recalled how she escaped her smoke-filled condo about 12 hours beforehand.
She didn’t smell any smoke, instead awoken shortly after midnight by a neighbor yelling outside her door at 307 Creekside Trail. Health officials talk pet limitsThe McHenry County Animal Control Advisory Committee will meet Wednesday night to discuss whether the county should limit the number of animals that residents can own. McHenry council votes to raise ratesMcHENRY – For the second time in less than a year. McHenry residents will see an increase in their water and sewer bills.
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