Daily Herald | McHenry County unseals hundreds of impounded search warrant files

I guess my question should be:  Does Boone County need to unseal any search warrants? 

While many counties unseal search warrant documents as a matter of routine once the related investigation is complete, McHenry County court officials have left them permanently impounded, even after charges have been filed or the case that sparked the search ended.

Bianchi said his office sought the attorney general's opinion on the practice last year after a judge in downstate St. Clair County, ruling in a lawsuit brought by a local newspaper, declared that search warrant documents should be open for public inspection unless doing so would irreparably harm a pending investigation

Daily Herald | McHenry County unseals hundreds of impounded search warrant files