The cold weather has snuffed out the luminary light display and music that had been planned for Thursday evening in downtown Crystal Lake, but organizers hope Luminary Nights will be back Dec. 11 and 18.

Crystal Lake's 1850s Academy Building is expected to be demolished now that efforts to raise money to move the structure from church property have not succeeded.

The roof of a business in downtown Woodstock has collapsed, causing the block to be shut down amid concerns of further collapse.

A woman who initially claimed an intruder shot her and her husband on their property in near Wonder Lake admitted Tuesday that she fired on her husband and was sentenced to 22 years in prison.

Joe Stanek, McHenry's mayor from 1973 to 1985, has died. He was credited with building the city's park and recreation department.

A Woodstock man is accused of giving a Richmond officer false identification during a traffic stop while being sought on an arrest warrant and in possession of drugs.

A two-story home in Huntley was left uninhabitable from a fire from which firefighters rescued three pets, officials reported.

A child was injured after a school bus crashed into a ditch, hitting a utility pole and downing live wires Monday afternoon near McHenry, officials reported.

On Friday, the McHenry American Legion is set to lay 3,000 wreaths on veteran graves at seven area cemeteries.