Louis A. Bianchi, McHenry County State’s Attorney, announces that 22-year-old Armando Ferral-Mujica, formerly of McHenry, was sentenced to 16 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the Class X offense of Aggravated Battery with a Firearm.

A couple leading the charge for stronger tenant protections in Woodstock is in a legal dispute with their landlord, who they say is evicting them in retaliation for bringing the company's alleged health and safety violations to light.

A growing dental practice with offices in the Loop and the northern suburbs is grappling with an alleged loan default, partner infighting and even a broken marriage, highlighting the challenges doctors face in managing the rapid expansion of their businesses.

Call it coincidence, serendipity, or fate—it seems clear that Ross Carponelli and Dominic J. Buttitta, Jr. were destined to be law partners at some point in time—for a very long time. The Barrington Hills attorneys and their families have been intertwined for years, ever since their fathers first became friends nearly a quarter century ago.

Dominic Buttitta, former Assistant State's Attorney at the McHenry County State's Attorney Office, has established a law partnership in Barrington and now is in private practice.