Clerk says hand count confirms election vote A hand recount after the June 28 primary election matched the results of the optical tabulator that counted ballots on Election Day, County Clerk Joe Tirio reported. Tirio had introduced the measure to try to strengthen voter confidence in local election results. According to a news release, for […]
A Chicago man was arrested this week in connection with a year-old robbery of the Super 8 Motel in Woodstock. Trent J. Keegan, 27, was being held without bond at the Cook County Jail on multiple felony charges. With the use of a police dog from the Boone County Sheriff’s Department, local police tracked the […]
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