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Compassion for Campers, the program that provides essential gear and equipment to the unhoused and underhoused population of McHenry County, has scheduled a special benefit program.

The pencil eraser was patented in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by Hymen Lipman, a Jewish immigrant from Kingston, Jamiaca, on this day in history, March 30, 1858.

On Saturday, Oct. 22, Tree of Life Unitarian Universalist Congregation in McHenry will host an online forum to discuss the truth about the Pretrial Fairness provisions of the SAFE-T Act.

On Saturday, Oct. 8, Tree of Life Unitarian Universalist Congregation and Live4Lali will be provide free Narcan kits and training.

The backlash against the show in McHenry County was seemingly centered on it being open to children, the owner said.

The series of drenching thunderstorms and gale-force winds that swept McHenry County this week and are expected to continue struck the homeless population especially hard.

McHenry Countys lawsuit that sought to throw out a new state law banning its contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was dismissed by a federal judge Monday.

The Tree of Life Unitarian Universalist Congregation in McHenry presents "Leaves of Tree of Life -- A Virtual Verse Night" on Saturday, Dec. 11, on Zoom.

A short book on IWW strikes and organizing after the unexpected modest resurgence of the union in the late 1960s.

Compassion for Campers starts new year with new gear Jan. 5 in Woodstock Compassion for Campers volunteers and Warp Corp personnel at a November distribution. Courtesy of Compassion for Campers   Updated 1/2/2021 1:46 PM With the support of The Faith Leaders of McHenry County, the host church, and Ridgefield-Crystal Lake Presbyterian Church volunteers Compassion for Campers, the program that provides supplies and gear for the McHenry County homeless who have no steady shelter, wi...