Two Central High School students in Burlington's District 301, Caleb Goldstein and Sanay Gulati, both juniors, achieved perfect scores of 36 on the ACT.

McHenry High School District 156 has students from around the world learning English and core subjects, with Kelsey Podgorski keeping watch on their progress.

On Monday, the Central Unit School District 301 school parted ways with superintendent Mongan.

The standoff has ended between an Elgin family and Burlington Central High over whether a student with an accessible parking placard.

Here are official results for the November 2024 for the Kane County Board, countywide offices and local legislative races, as well as several referendum questions.

Despite having an accessible parking placard, Gavin Hagge of Elgin says Central High administrators won't let him park at school because he doesn't have a school parking pass.

Richmond-Burton rebounded from its first loss of the season Saturday to capture its own tournament title. The Rockets are now 22-1 on the season. Plus info on Marian Central, Burlington Central and Hampshire in this week's volleyball notes.

Here are unofficial results for the 2024 March primary for the Kane County Board and local legislative races, as well as referendum questions for the Aurora Township Fire Protection District, Central School District 301, city of North Aurora and village of Pingree Grove.

Voters will decide Tuesday whether Central Unit District 301 should have a new, larger high school.

From revamped rosters to seniors leading a new charge, we look at 5 baseball storylines across Kane County teams heading into the 2024 season.

Crystal Lake Central defeats Burlington Central to win the IHSA Class 3A Woodstock Regional Championship girls basketball game on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, at Woodstock High School.

Take a look back at Northwest Herald photojournalist Gregory Shaver's 15 favorite photos from 2023, and why he chose them. The images were selected from more than 4,000 photographs that were published in the Northwest Herald in 2023.

Central Unit District 301 officials said firefighters were first called to the school at about 5 p.m. and discovered an air handler unit above the music room had burned out. No smoke had entered the ventilation system.

Sycamore freshman Cooper Bode got revenge (again), Caden Grabowski won a thriller for Kaneland, and the Spartans won the team title Saturday at the 2A Burlington Central Regional.

How much does conference strength play into playoff performance? Based on the first-round results, apparently quite a lot. Steve Soucie dives into what we learned from this past weekend's opening round.

The final week of the regular season provided plenty of intrigue as teams raced to secure places in the field of 256 teams. Here's what we learned in Week 9.

A “highly inappropriate” prom proposal involving students at Central High School in Burlington contained “racist remarks” and is under review by officials, District 301 Superintendent Todd Stirn said.

Richmond-Burton's Hailey Holtz threw a no-hitter for the Rockets in a 6-0 softball win over Woodstock. Plus results in baseball, boys tennis, softball and more.

Check out our team-by-team preview with the 2022 high school baseball season set to begin Monday.

Burlington Central forced 10 turnovers and allowed Kaneland to take just two shots in the second quarter Friday, turning a close game after 8 minutes into a 66-39 win for a Class 3A Sycamore Regional Championship.

Here are the matchups for local teams in the IHSA Boys Basketball State Tournaments which begin on Saturday, Feb. 19.

Fox Valley Conference champion Crystal Lake Central is one of many area teams competing at the IHSA Belvidere Cheerleading Sectional on Saturday. The top five teams in each of the four divisions advance to the state finals.

Here are the Northwest Herald area preview capsules for Week 9.

The cross country season is underway, and here are previews of teams from around the Kane County Chronicle coverage area.

McHenry’s Ella Boland led the way with nine kills as the Warriors picked up a 25-21, 25-20 Fox Valley Conference victory over Prairie Ridge on the road in Crystal Lake on Tuesday.

Led by Kane County Chronicle Girls Volleyball Player of the Year, Anna Loberg, here is the All-Area team.

Hampshire created four turnovers and scored 34 points in the first half Thursday to a 34-6 FVC win over Burlington Central.

Burlington Central rides Nick Carpenter and Carson Seyller to upcoming Fox Valley Conference title game with a 57-46 victory over Jacobs on Thursday.

When more than half of your team is out of commission, it’s time to improvise. So Sam Quigley Smith laced up her high-tops.