Amanda Marrazzo

Shaw Local reporter Amanda Marrazzo's dog Vinnie spent a day at Underdog Academy in Algonquin - something offered to all their potential customers for free – to "learn some manners," she writes.

A Wonder Lake man has pleaded guilty to possessing an image of child sex abuse and was sentenced to five years in prison.

The conviction and sentencing of a DCFS case worker – accused of not protecting a 5-year-old Crystal Lake boy from his abusive mother, who eventually killed him – was upheld by an appellate court.

A Crystal Lake man has been accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a Chicago parking garage near Millennium Park, police said.

The body of 5-year-old AJ Freund of Crystal Lake was found in 2019. This timeline runs from his parents' troubles before his death to when he was first reported missing to the convictions of his parents and a DCFS worker involved in his case.

A Woodstock man pleaded guilty to indecent solicitation after authorities said he made plans to meet up with someone he thought was a young girl.

Dozens of families with special needs children and adults searched for colorful Easter eggs stuffed with candy and stickers Saturday in Algonquin.

A judge ruled has ruled that a McHenry man is not guilty by reason of insanity for slashing a relative in the face and head with a knife.

A Huntley man has pleaded guilty to bribing a court-appointed employee not to report that he had tested positive for alcohol in a urine test.

The McHenry County trial has again been delayed for a Crystal Lake man accused of bilking a local veterans’ group – and who is now in federal prison term for an $8 million Ponzi scheme.

A surgeon who cared for a woman after she was viciously attacked in a McHenry park testified Wednesday that she suffered “significant trauma to her face, head and neck” and nearly died.

A Gurnee man got a six-year sentence after pleading guilty to cocaine possession in McHenry County after initially being charged with intent to sell cocaine and fentanyl.

A Crystal Lake man with four past DUI violations is now accused of a fifth and allegedly told officers during a traffic stop that he “had drank a ... ton.”

A Lake County felon was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for unlawfully possessing a pistol and illicit drugs found during a traffic stop in McHenry.

A Woodstock man who was convicted in 2024 of threatening to bomb Huntley High School has been sentenced to three years in prison for battery of a nurse authorities said he touched in an "insulting" manner.