The Crystal Lake Park District will host its second annual Once Upon A Time Princess Fest April 26.

Both usage and base rates for Woodstock water and sewer customers will go up starting in May. Find out how much.

Woodstock resident Diane Brokaw will continue her fundraising efforts - just on a smaller scale - after completing her final fundraiser last year in honor of her son, Zach, who died in a car crash at age 20 after falling asleep behind the wheel. 

Crystal Lake appoints its deputy city manager as city clerk for an automatically renewable four-year term once the term of the current elected clerk, who is facing felony charges, ends this month.

Healthcare workers from McHenry County joined the Cary-based Joshua Mission in a weeklong trip to Negril, Jamaica to provide free medical services to over 500 people.

In front of a generally friendly crowd in red McHenry County, U.S. Rep. Bill Foster explained Democrats’ “calculation” on whether to impeach President Donald Trump again.

Three people were hurt in a UTV crash near Cary, including two minors and an adult who was pinned beneath the vehicle.

Children hunted for 6,000 candy-filled eggs in three hunts divided by age groups at the Johnsburg Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 19, 2025 at Sunnyside Memorial Park.

A few hundred people protested President Donald Trump and Elon Musk Saturday in traditionally Republican-leaning Richmond and Harvard.

Protesters line the U.S. Route 12 in Richmond to protest their discontent with President Donald Trump and his administration's policies. Over 100, people the Richmond protest. A second rally was held in Harvard, where a lone counter-protester displayed his support for Trump.

A Wauconda developer has pulled plans to build an eight-building storage unit facility in Sleepy Hollow following a no vote from the village’s planning and zoning commission.

A man pleaded guilty and got jail and probation in the fatal overdose of a Hebron man, but the man's sister said justice wasn't done.

A Woodstock man and former McHenry County-area firefighter pleaded guilty Thursday to violating an order of protection and electronic harassment and got probation. He called and emailed threats to woman hundreds of times, authorities say.

Mike Shorten is a McHenry County Board member and is also now the supervisor-elect of Nunda Township. He plans to hold both offices; longtime township government critic Bob Anderson called on Shorten to resign from the county board.

Sycamore batters blasted three home runs, and Spartans junior Bella Jacobs pitched a two-hitter Friday as the squad cruised to a 10-0 nonconference win over Huntley.