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By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com Voters wanting to do their homework in the weeks before the March 18 primary can hear from the candidates running in seven races. The League of Women Voters of McHenry County is sponsoring a total of four forums for all
contested Republican county government races and the contested Democratic primary for the 14th Congressional District. McHenry County College will host the forums, all of them starting at 7 p.m. The first, set for Monday, highlights the 14th District primary race between Dennis Anderson and John Hosta. Anderson, of
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Gurnee, and Hosta, of Spring Grove, are running for the seat now held by incumbent Republican Randy Hultgren of Batavia. The 14th District includes all of McHenry County, except for Algonquin Township, which is in the 6th District. Tuesday evening’s forum, co-sponsored by the Northwest Herald, will feature the hotly-con-
ing between Nygren and State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi. Zinke alleges that Prim’s understanding of the office is “naive” and accuses Prim of being long on political rhetoric and short on ideas. Republican candidates for county treasurer and county clerk will be featured at the
tested sheriff’s primary between former Des Plaines Police Cmdr. Bill Prim and Undersheriff Andy Zinke. Sheriff Keith Nygren is not seeking re-election. Accusations have flown back and forth in the acrimonious race. Prim accuses the office for which Zinke works of having an “entitlement mentality” and blames it for the political infight-
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Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman
Drug chief’s arrest The Chicago Crime Commission named Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, head of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, the city’s Public Enemy No. 1 last year because they said his cartel supplies most of the narcotics sold in the city. The only other person to have the notorious label was Capone. He earned it in 1930, at height of the Prohibition-era gang wars.
MEXICO CITY – A massive operation that mushroomed through the western Mexican state of Sinaloa last week netted the world’s top drug lord, who was captured early Saturday by U.S. and Mexican authorities at a condominium in Mazatlan, officials from both countries said. Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, 56, arrived at the Mexico City airport in the afternoon, looking pudgy, bowed and much like his wanted photos. He was marched by masked marines across a tarmac to a helicopter waiting to whisk him to jail. Guzman was found with an unidentified woman, said one official not authorized to be quoted by name, adding that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the Marshals Service were “heavily involved” in the capture. No shots were fired. Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam described an operation that took place between Feb. 13 and 17, presumably in Guzman’s home state of Sinaloa, though he didn’t say what city. Mexican security agencies came upon several houses where Guzman was known to stay, Murillo Karam said, adding that they found tunnels connecting seven homes and the city’s sewer system, presumably for escape. The doors were reinforced with steel, which delayed entry by law enforcement, presumably allowing Guzman to flee several attempts at his capture before Saturday. Murillo Karam didn’t say how authorities traced him to Mazatlan, but said they knew of his whereabouts several
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Leah Iverson of Cary talks with Onsite Accounting and Tax Services owner Yvonne Cornett (not shown) while looking over her taxes Wednesday in Crystal Lake. Less than 1 percent of taxpayers actually face an audit by the Internal Revenue Service.
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By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com Underreported income, large deductions and even a simple mathematical error can all draw the prying eyes of the Internal Revenue Service. People across McHenry County and the nation in the coming weeks will begin filing their individual income tax returns ahead of the April 15 deadline. But after the paperwork is submitted, the IRS in rare instances will perform audits on individuals with questionable returns. Records, receipts and documentation are always the
best defenses against the IRS in those situations, according to area tax professionals. “It’s the knowledge of what can keep you safe, how you document, and what the IRS expects in your documentation,” said Pixie Reay, owner of ABP Tax Service in Wonder Lake. “Keep all documents related to anything you are going to put on your tax return.” IRS auditors trained to look for tax fraud audit fewer than 1 percent of returns. But individuals with an inaccurate return often face various fines and penalties. Reay, who has owned ABP
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D-156 UNION BALKS AT PROPOSAL The latest contract proposal from the District 156 School Board has upset the McHenry Community High School Teachers Association. The union said the school board is not negotiating in good faith based on the “final proposal,” which calls for a three-year deal. The talks in the past nine months have centered around a two-year deal. For more, see B1.
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