Woodstock residents will be seeing an increase next year in the portion of their tax bills that goes to the city.

Crystal Lake-based Community High School District 155 is planning to break ground on the multi-million football stadium renovations for Prairie Ridge High School early next year.

Three people were hospitalized following a vehicle crash near Pingree Grove in Kane County on Christmas Eve.

John Clauson was adopted and never knew about his biological family. But after searching for years, he learned the identity of his birth father - and would reconnect with the eight children his father later had.

Cary Park District continues annual tradition of Holiday Party in a Bag for the sixth year to bring hot food and festive gifts to seniors in the area.

Woodstock is the latest McHenry County town to mull adding a special tax for self-storage units, which generally don't generate the kind of property or sales taxes of other types of commercial ventures.

Jeeps on the Run delivered an estimated $130,000 in toys and $60,000 in cash for the US Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots programs in Lake and McHenry counties – despite an overnight snowstorm the day of the event.

Heading into the Christmas holiday, flu activity remained at “high” levels in McHenry County.

McHenry County College’s Nursing Program was recently named the top nursing school in Illinois for 2026 by registerednursing.org.