A Republican candidate running to succeed longtime U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky in the largely suburban 9th District was convicted of a sex crime against a juvenile decades ago, records show.

The Green Street Cafe's owners will rent the building from McHenry for up to a year under agreement to sell it to the city before they retire.

Prosecutors allege that a Crystal Lake man asked a stranger online for sexually explicit images of children ages 8 to 12.

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People gather to honor late veterans during a wreath-laying ceremony on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery in McHenry. The event was hosted by McHenry American Legion Post 491 and Team Home Depot. Organizers and supporters adorned thousands of gravesites with wreaths at St. Mary's and several other cemeteries in the area.

A Sleepy Hollow woman said Friday she is offering a $30,000 reward for information leading to a conviction in her daughter’s 2009 death, which authorities ruled in 2022 was a “homicide.”

A chunk of ice, believed to have come from a truck driving ahead, smashed through a van's windshield near Marengo Friday, hospitalizing the driver.

A judge said a Woodstock woman in jail on drug charges “made several phone calls” to her roommate about “hiding narcotics still in her residence.”

McHenry County businesses are having another go at Small Business Saturday this weekend after last week’s promotion was mostly derailed by almost a foot of snow that blanketed the region.

Santa Claus is coming to Huntley – and will be among the first participants in a new holiday parade at Very Merry Huntley. And find a listing of other weekend Christmas events.