Next to your home, or even the cost of rent, your automobile is probably your largest investment. You depend on your vehicle. You need it to get to and from work, or to and from the train station, if that’s how you get from McHenry to downtown. You depend on your car to drop the kids off at school, for doctor’s appointments, to run to the store for groceries and more. Try to imagine your life

They're back! Yes, school is open andthe school buses are back on McHenryCounty roads. In some communities of McHenry County, the buses have already started rolling. And when the buses roll, the children are in the area. Often, children are running and playing, or running to catch a bus at the last minute. In either case, they may not pay attention to traffic the way that they should. Hitting a

With school is approaching get out there for that mini-vacation now Hopefully, you and your loved ones have made the most of summer. Oh, it’s not over yet but that time is drawing close. McHenry high schools open this week and McHenry grammar and middle schools open next week. So, if you had hopes of getting away this summer before the kids had to go back to school, the time to act may have passed. With

A nasty mix of nitric oxide, carbon monoxide and unburned hydrocarbons drifts out of your car, truck or SUV’s tailpipe as you cruise down Route 120 in McHenry on a weekend evening. Unless you have an electric car (and it’s important to remember that the electricity used by your electric vehicle requires the generation of electricity at some kind of an electric plant somewhere), you can’t drive