Johnsburg News

WAUCONDA – A man once charged with concealing the homicide of a Johnsburg teen has died from a heroin overdose, posing serious issues for Mario Casciaro's second murder trial, his attorney said.

JOHNSBURG – The McHenry Township Fire Protection District completed its remodeling upgrade of Station 2, while an expansion of the district's oldest station remains on hold indefinitely.

BNC principals met in Genoa Thursday morning and voted to invite Johnsburg and Dixon to join by the 2014-15 school year, it not a year sooner.

Johnsburg graduate Kyle Fiedorowicz had no time to waste during a three-day rookie minicamp with the New Orleans Saints.

WOODSTOCK – A Chicago man has been sentenced to five years in prison for agreeing to sell cocaine near a Johnsburg school.

The defense attorney for Mario Casciaro, who is charged in the 2002 murder of Johnsburg teen Brian Carrick, wants more blood from the crime scene tested for DNA along with the admissibility of statements made by a former state witness that he lied about seeing Casciaro with Carrick the night Carrick disappeared.

JOHNSBURG – A group of former School District 12 special education students dedicated to local community service has planned a bowling fundraiser to support families affected by HIV/AIDS in Zambia.