Michelle Meyer

A Crystal Lake middle schooler will be making his debut on the silver screen next week playing a role in a remake of the iconic 1987 “The Running Man” movie that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.

A pedestrian died in a hospital after being hit by a vehicle Thursday evening in Wonder Lake, officials report.

Army veteran Doug Katz started designing kitchen knives that wouldn't inflame his hand and shoulder pain. Now he's grown his Nulu knives into a business that specializes in helping those with disabilities.

Edward “Bud” Berthold will be 106 this month. The WWII pilot who flew a mission over France on D-Day has inspired a group of supporters to start The Bud Project to fix up his Fox River Grove home.

A commercial building with multiple tenants in Crystal Lake sustained $30,000 worth of damage from a fire that broke out Thursday morning, officials report.

A man and a woman have been identified after they were found dead in a car along the road of a Crystal Lake residential neighborhood Tuesday morning, officials report.

McHenry County nonprofit organization leaders are expressing fears of increasing demand, lack of housing affordability and childcare services in the area as the federal government cuts SNAP and Medicaid benefits.

Thirty years ago Saturday, a Metra train struck a school bus in the heart of Fox River Grove, killing seven Cary-Grove High students and injuring many more. The community and rail safety were forever changed.

A long, sometimes tense meeting over a controversial development and road extension in cary prompted the Village Board to delay a vote on the matter.

The Crystal Lake City Council has agreed to landmark one of the city’s oldest buildings – but only if preservationists can figure out a way to move it from its current location.

A man is believed to have suffered a medical emergency when he crashed into an Algonquin home and suffered injuries Wednesday afternoon, officials say.

Crystal Lake Park District board backtracks on their attempts to exit an intergovernmental agreement with Lakewood and Crystal Lake over lake ecology management after municipal leaders criticized the move.

The Crystal Lake Park District has once again rejected the consideration of purchasing a shuttered Northwestern Medicine Health and Fitness Center to turn it into a community center.

A teacher at Lotus Elementary School in Spring Grove entered an educational sweepstakes and learned she won a $25,000 classroom makeover when organizers showed up to surprise her.

About three weeks remain for the public to provide input on a road extension project planned in Cary that aims to improve mobility in the downtown area.