Claire O'Brien

Fire crews, an equine veterinarian and sheriff's deputies all assisted in a tricky effort to rescue a horse from floodwaters near Marengo.

A Crystal Lake industrial building caught fire Saturday afternoon.

The Woodstock Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry has launched a new digital gift card program as way to help people support local businesses.

Thunderstorms that hit Thursday night left their mark in McHenry County, with downed electrical wires, tree damage, flooding and a collapsed home reported.

Flashing red traffic lights at the intersection of Del Webb Boulevard and Route 47 in Huntley are causing a significant backup.

Lake in the Hills has a new fuel supplier, weeks after the village was left with a repair bill of over $300,000 after officials said its former vendor mistakenly put hundreds of gallons of unleaded gasoline in diesel tanks of public work trucks.

The long-awaited – and long-delayed – Route 47 widening is finally coming to Woodstock.

A poetry panel is scheduled for Sunday, at the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake.

No Kings rallies took place Saturday across McHenry County, protesting the policies of the Trump administration.

An 18-year-old male with a puncture wound was flown to a hospital by a medical helicopter late Friday following an incident near Johnsburg High School, authorities said.

The Trump and Truth Store, which moved to Crystal Lake following an eviction from the shop’s previous location in Huntley, is shutting its doors, at least temporarily.

Seven acres of prairie grass burned in a brush fire Thursday in Prairie Grove.

A program called One Click College Admit offers free admission – without the essays or recommendations needed – to most of the state’s public universities and all of its community colleges

Woodstock is considering a city cost-sharing sidewalk repair program. But questions remain over how much property owners should pay for the program.

Weeks after McHenry County was sued for turning down a pair of solar farms in December, two more solar developers who were denied that night also have filed lawsuits against the county.