This week, the Illinois State Board of Education released school- and district-level data showing what percentage of McHenry County students were considered proficient in math and reading last year. Check out this chart to see if that's an improvement over the prior year.

Wild Hunny Boutique moved from Ringwood to downtown McHenry, expanding retail offerings in city center.

Brian Dunlavy and Jeff Popp at The Glass Smith offer patrons the opportunity to try their hands at either working with glass melted in a furnace, or with a torch or watching glass artists at work while having a drink at the bar.

The Stardust Sanctuary, which has horses, cows, pigs, fowl and dogs year-round, was prepping for the cold snap expected to start Sunday, last through the week.

Kristine Porreca, a Richmond-Burton High School mom, brought her therapy dog Archie to the school on Monday, helping students grieve the loss of a classmate last week.

Disparities in absenteeism appear in most McHenry County school districts when the data are broken down by race and in comparing students with disabilities.

Work on a natural gas transmission pipeline in the Richmond area led to about a dozen calls reporting possible gas leaks, as well as the evacuation of Richmond Grade School, a Nicor Gas spokesperson said.

Voters went to the polls on Tuesday to elect school boards across McHenry County.

Nearly four dozen of the local races in McHenry County will be competitive on Tuesday, as voters head to the polls to decide who will lead their school boards, municipalities, libraries and parks.

Richmond-Burton High School District 157 Board President Tracey Highley resigned from the board this week, citing a move out of the district.

Almost 20% of McHenry County is without power as of early Thursday morning

With McHenry County under an ice storm warning from 6 a.m. Wednesday through Thursday morning, a number of area schools have been cancelled.

All McHenry County schools not already on winter break have closed or will dismiss early on Thursday due to the impending snow.

A list of those who are running for school board across McHenry County

Search this chart to see what designation all McHenry County and Community School District 300 schools received

The principal of Richmond Grade School will be the new leader of Oak Knoll Early Childhood Center in Cary starting next school year, the Cary School District 26 school board decided.

With remote learning a familiar feeling after the pandemic, some school districts plan to hold classes virtually on days that would traditionally be used as a snow day

Harvard District 50 officials canceled their first days back from winter break this week, opting to keep classrooms shut Thursday and Friday due to COVID-19 cases among staff, the superintendent said.

Without some type of influx of transportation staff or another schedule rearrangement allowing fewer drivers to transport more children, McHenry County education officials fear an unmanageable transportation conundrum will arise this winter as more drivers need days off for illness and other reasons.

Most districts have vaccinated at least 75% of their staff members, they reported Monday after Pritzker’s deadline for staff vaccinations took effect

Some McHenry County schools saw vaccination rates rise since the mandate to get shots or face weekly tests was put into effect last month by Gov. JB Pritzker, while others are still gathering data and have found teaching staff are more likely to already be inoculated than workers outside classroom settings.

“Of the four outbreaks, two outbreaks are related to the bus and the other two are in classrooms where mitigations were not strictly adhered to,” the McHenry County Health Department spokeswoman said.

“With home schooling, socialization looks a lot more normal right now than it does at schools,” said one Crystal Lake Elementary School District 47 mom who decided to home-school this year

The first day of school is quickly approaching for McHenry County students, but with federal and state guidance less than a week old, many McHenry County school districts said they’re still finalizing some details.

Out of 21 incumbents across nine contested races, most in position for new terms with tallies ongoing

Superintendent points to fully vaccinated staff, relaxed state guidance but says community still has ‘a long way to go before COVID-19 is no longer a daily concern’

National Weather Service reports 4 inches of snow in McHenry, 3.5 inches in Richmond

Cases opened by county Regional Office of Education already more than doubled so far this year compared to 2018-19 academic year

School districts in McHenry County and throughout the Chicago suburbs are facing a shortage of substitute bus drivers and teachers, both problems that existed before COVID-19 struck Illinois

Citing “too many unknowns” about the upcoming school year, Richmond-Burton Community High School District 157 and Nippersink School District 2 will conduct their first quarters remotely, Superintendent Tom Lind said in a letter Thursday.