On the day wildfires destroyed much of Lahaina and killed at least 101 people, poor communications between Maui’s mayor and top state and local emergency officials stymied their realization of how serious the situation was. At one point, Maui’s top emergency management official rejected an offer of additional help from Honolulu. And evidence since gathered indicates the catastrophic fire that exploded on the afternoon of Aug. 8 ignited in the same area where a downed powerline had sparked an...
A deadly combination of high wind, power outages, communication failures and a lack of leadership from the Maui Emergency Management Agency created chaos during the Aug. 8 wildfires, according to the first phase of findings from a state investigation.
The state attorney general has released the first phase of a Maui wildfire investigation report. The report reveals top county leaders lacked urgency and underestimated how bad the Lahaina wildfire could become.
McHenry County State's Attorney Patrick Kenneally was running unopposed on the November ballot.
A complaint was filed in Federal District Court on behalf of Komar Investments.
"This is about never letting this happen again.”
The McHenry County state’s attorney announced his sudden withdrawal from the 2024 race for state’s attorney and said he will leave office at the end of his term in November. McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally said in a statement late Tuesday morning that he has decided to remove himself from the 2024 race for […]
The McHenry County First Assistant State’s Attorney has announced her run for office after McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally, who won the Republican primary, dropped out of the race. McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally said in a statement late Tuesday morning that he decided to remove himself from the 2024 race for McHenry […]
The fire Sunday ravaged a mobile home in the Valley View mobile home park in Amity Township.
The state’s attorney has declined to file charges in connection with three in-custody deaths of McHenry County Jail inmates. A fourth inmate death is still under investigation. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday afternoon that they recently received the final investigations of the in-custody inmate deaths of Sean Grendel, Randy Little and Timothy Mumford. […]
The McHenry County state’s attorney said more than 50% of non-local defendants released under the SAFE-T Act after being arrested for retail theft failed to show up in court this year. 34 people have been indicted for felony retail theft, which is a theft over $300, in McHenry County in 2024. Only six of the […]
Chautauqua County Executive PJ Wendel celebrated successes of 2023 while sharing goals for 2024 in his annual State of the County address. Wendel delivered his address at the monthly County Legislature meeting. He said the county is in a solid fiscal position, “Chautauqua County’s property tax rate stands at $6.91 per $1,000 of assessed valuation—a […]