Firefighters rescue a dog unharmed from a fire that broke out at the rear deck of a home Tuesday morning in Johnsburg, officials report.

Backyard chickens will stay banned in Marengo, for now, after an informal poll indicated a small majority of the City Council didn't favor allowing them.

Three people died in McHenry County car crashes between Monday evening and early Tuesday morning, and a fourth person was flown in a serious crash earlier Monday. Here’s what we know.

A McHenry man pleaded guilty Tuesday to harassment of a witness tied to texts messages he sent a woman threatening to “shoot up” the McHenry County courthouse and attack the judge presiding over his child custody case.

A man reported missing in Fox Lake has been found safe.

Before losing reelection as Nunda Township Highway commissioner, "Iron Mike" Lesperance used taxpayer money for projects that went beyond the office's legal authority, his successor contends.

Daniel Swiderski is now accused of attempted murder after McHenry County prosecutors said he hit and strangled a woman multiple times while police attempted to make contact with him.

If Woodstock raises its sales tax, will it be the highest in McHenry County? Take a look at what shoppers pay in taxes for general merchandise in each county community.

A Lake in the Hills man was sentenced to three years in prison after he was accused of striking and choking a woman as she slept in her home - while awaiting trial on charges of beating the same woman.

A child reportedly was pulled from the water Sunday at Sunburst Bay Aquatic Center in Cary and later taken to the hospital.

Developers are looking to create six "industrial condos” in Crystal Lake to house manufacturing businesses – space the plan commission sees as a potential business incubator.

A woman has died in a drowning in an above-ground pool Saturday afternoon near Harvard.

An arrest warrant issued earlier this month for the owner of the Trump and Truth Store in Huntley was quashed in court Friday morning.

A Chicago man who was on parole when he was accused of multiple thefts – including stealing Christmas presents from a Crystal Lake church – pleaded guilty Wednesday to burglary from a vehicle.

An 80-year-old women who was last seen Thursday morning has been safely located Friday morning, officials report.