District 47 board candidate disregarded contact tracing order, records show Crystal Lake Elementary District 47 school board candidate Cascia Talbert
Updated 3/16/2021 8:51 AM
A social media post by a Crystal Lake Elementary School District 47 board candidate last month suggesting she would ignore the district s request for her to quarantine her kids led to concerned parents and residents reaching out to the district, the McHenry County Department of Health and the Crystal Lake Police Department, records show.
Cascia Talbert, who currently is not a member of the school board but is running for a spot in the upcoming election, posted an email from a school nurse saying a person who rode on a district bus tested positive for COVID-19, according to screenshots of the Facebook post sent into the Northwest Herald. According to the email, Talbert should quarantine her children if they were on the bus that day.
Judge denies Illinois State Police officer s motion to quash DUI arrest Matthew E. Konie
Updated 1/29/2021 11:15 AM
Crystal Lake police had sufficient evidence to arrest an Illinois State Police officer on drunken driving charges in 2019, a McHenry County judge ruled Thursday.
Matthew E. Konie appeared in court beside his attorney, Patrick Walsh, who sought to quash Konie s arrest and suppress related statements, photographs, witness testimony and blood alcohol content results tied to his client s 2019 arrest.
Konie, 51, of Lake in the Hills, had been a master sergeant with the Illinois State Police since at least 2017 at the time of his arrest, state comptroller records show. He worked for the department as recently as 2020 and earned $115,000 that year, records show. The public salary database did not list Konie as an Illinois State Police employee for 2021.
UpdatedWed, Dec 30, 2020 at 10:35 am CT
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It s time to say good-bye to 2020. We are recapping the top stories for Crystal Lake and Cary. (Patch Graphic)
CRYSTAL LAKE AND CARY, IL It s hard to believe a year ago today, the coronavirus was not even a blip on our radar. Times sure have changed, and it goes without saying, 2020 is a year that many of us are ready to leave behind.
Crystal Lake and Cary have been far from immune to bad news about the virus and have seen their fair share of heartache due to COVID-19, as well as some strange crimes. Remember early in the pandemic when some were getting in trouble for coughing in people s faces and threatening to give them the virus? Those stories got plenty of attention locally.
plastic. it is with heavy heart that the crystal lake police department reports that we have located what we believe to be the body of andrew a.j. freund. reporter: tonight, his parents under arrest. both joann cunningham and andrew freund are being charged with the death and disappearance of a.j. reporter: investigators today seen carrying items from the family home, including a child s mattress, along with a shovel. police say when they confronted the parents with cell phone evidence, they led them to the body. i just want my kids, that s all i have. that s my life. they re my kids. reporter: for days, a.j. s parents pleaded for his return. a.j., please come home. we love you very much. reporter: his father calling 911 to report him missing. when was the last time you ve seen him? last night. probably 9:30, when he went to bed. reporter: by morning, he said a.j. was gone. when i got back from the doctor s appointment and i checked in on him, say good morning