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"Groundhog Day" movie inspires fashion

The long tradition of Shop with a Cop, the initiative that brings police together with children to provide gifts and mentoring, continues this holiday season.

Dundee Township’s 21st annual Shop With a Cop provided children with presents, food and warm clothing this Christmas.

Developers are getting closer to getting a green light to build a “luxury” car condominium complex with retail and clubhouse space in Gilberts.

Take a walk around Greenbriar Cemetery in Gilberts, go on a Monster Purge in Maple Park and take a ghost tour of Aurora this month.

A “high-end car condo” facility – two-story garages that owners can use as separate spaces away from home – will be making its debut in Crystal Lake.

A line of dangerous storms prompted a tornado warning in parts of the McHenry County area Monday evening and again caused power outages and damage.

At least three people were injured in a head-on crash near Huntley, one with life-threatening injuries, fire officials said.

Here are five things to do this weekend, January 20-21, in Kane County

Kane County grand jury indictments for the week of Nov. 7, 2023

Carpentersville water came in first, Geneva was second and Sugar Grove and Aurora tied for third, in an annual competition for the best tasting water in Kane County.

Those charged with felonies the week of Dec. 17-23, 2023 by the Crystal Lake, Fox River Grove, Harvard, Hebron, Huntley, Johnsburg, Lake in the Hills, Marengo, Spring Grove and Woodstock police departments, as well as the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.

Bryce Simon,16, of Gilberts, was killed in a crash Thursday Route 72 at Reinking Road in Pingree Grove, according to police and the Cook County Medical Examiner.

When the COVID-19 pandemic and tanking economy shut down one Huntley woman’s business, she used the time to sort through her late mom’s antiques.That sentimental pastime lead Dina Napoli, owner of CDM Promotions in Gilberts, to a side new hustle.

For anyone wondering what to do with that broken laptop from five years ago, Illinois state law says that whatever you do, it’s illegal to throw your old electronics in the trash.

Lexi Gilbert, who lost her mother and best friend within nine months of each other, found what she needed to help grieve in One Million Monarchs, a program that helps both grieving teens and their families with the healing process.

A 21-year-old McHenry man accused of beating and torturing two cats named Winky and Dipsy, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a McHenry County courtroom.

By a margin of just 69 votes, Connie Cain is on track to be the Republican nominee for the 66th House District in Illinois after her opponent, Arin Thrower, conceded the race Wednesday evening.

State Rep. Suzanne Ness will hold mobile office hours 10 a.m. to noon July 11 at the Huntley Area Public Library as part of an effort to remain accessible and bring services to every part of the district, according to a news release.

The incumbent is leading in one of two contested legislative primaries in McHenry County while just 64 votes, or less than a percentage point, separated the Republican candidates in the race for the 66th House District.

Competitive races line both the Democratic and Republican ballots as early voting continues ahead of Tuesday’s primary election. Here's a round-up of who and what is on the ballot.

Only about half the non-incumbent congressional candidates in the north, west or northwest suburbs have filed financial disclosure reports with the U.S. House that were due in May, records show.

While the McHenry County Department of Health and other local health agencies recommended the continued use of masks as part of a “layered approach” to slowing the spread of COVID-19 in schools, some McHenry County school districts decided to recommend but not require masks.

A 44-year-old West Dundee man was killed in a car crash early Monday morning in Gilberts, the Kane County Coroner’s Office said Thursday.

Happenings this weekend include Gilberts’ tree-lighting ceremony, a pickle-hunting contest in Woodstock, and a winter farmers market at the county fairgrounds. And Veterans Day observances continue.

Other happenings this weekend include Gilberts’ tree lighting ceremony, a pickle hunting contest in Woodstock and a winter farmers market at the county fairgrounds.

‘When there’s a major disruption like this, that’s when innovation can happen,’ Huntley School District 158 superintendent says

Curbside pick up to end Feb. 7; some services remain unavailable

Teachers unions optimistic, will continue to monitor efficacy of safety plans