Police arrest 3 for DUI during traffic campaign

 

Off-duty Belvidere police officers were hired back to perform seat belt enforcement zones at intersections throughout the city from Nov. 13 to 30, resulting in 186 traffic stops and 271 tickets and arrests.
Boone County Sheriff’s deputies conducted roving patrols looking specifically for DUI offenders during the Thanksgiving holiday. There were six different patrols. They arrested three subjects for DUI, stopped 35 cars and issued 38 tickets.

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Cops probe burglary in Blago's attorneys' office

 

Burglars broke into the offices occupied by two members of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's legal defense team overnight and stole eight computers and a safe, police said Friday.

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McHenry County eyes housing costs

 

2008, yearlong study by The Heartland Mid-America Institute on Poverty concluded that one McHenry County homeowner in three, and more than half of renters, do not have affordable housing. While the study identified the county’s median income at $72,000, about one household in three earns less than the $50,000 that the study’s authors estimate it takes to make ends meet in McHenry County.

The study identified about 21 percent of county households as “very low income,” or earning less than $35,000 a year. That population includes the working poor, senior citizens and people with serious physical and mental disability. But the study concluded that there is enough affordable housing in the county to accommodate only 16 percent of them.

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GM, Chrysler agree to reconsider dealer closings

By STEPHEN MANNING, AP Business Writer | Posted: Thursday, December 3, 2009 11:00 pm

General Motors Co. and Chrysler will reconsider decisions to close thousands of dealerships as part of a compromise meant to stave off federal legislation that would require them to keep the showrooms open.

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Gang gun law: New statute mandates prison for gang members caught with loaded weapons

minimum sentence of three years and a maximum of 10 years behind bars for unlawful use of a weapon by a gang member; under previous law such an offense was punishable by probation. Cook

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