A proposed townhome development northeast of the Route 23 and Plank Road intersection in Sycamore won’t be moving forward to the City Council after members of the public criticized the plans this week.

Kayden Loomis led Forreston with four touchdowns in a 36-28 comeback win over Fulton. E-PC fell to Galena, Oregon fell at Byron, Polo beat West Carroll 30-20 and more in Friday's Sauk Valley football roundup.

In a split vote this week, the DeKalb City Council shut down plans backed by a Champaign-based developer to build a data center and solar facility off Peace Road.

An urgent care physician assistant James Yanke, 57, was filming Homeland Security/ICE/ATF arrests of Hispanic people at the Kane County Judicial Center on Aug. 14, 2025. When he interfered with a screaming woman's arrest, Yanke himself was arrested and briefly detained.

A sealed bid auction of abandoned properties in McHenry County is going on through Sept. 19. Find out how to bid.

Kankakee and Bishop McNamara each picked up blowout wins in their conference openers and more football results in Friday's Daily Journal Roundup.

A slow start for Ottawa quickly turned disastrous Friday, as La Salle-Peru raced to a 21-point lead and never looked back, rolling to a 41-24 victory.

Joliet West got touchdown passes from three different quarterbacks and held off a late Plainfield South rally to grab a 30-22 win and earn its first victory of the season.

Prairie Ridge earned a comfortable road win over Hampshire, Woodstock held off Harvard and Alden-Hebron beat Hiawatha as all three teams moved to 3-0. Plus more in the Week 3 McHenry County roundup.

Jamen Williams threw for 204 yards and three touchdowns and Jake Thies had one of three Fenwick interceptions and a 67-yard TD run as the Friars remained unbeaten with a 43-26 win over Joliet Catholic that dropped the Hilltoppers to 0-3.

A ribbon cutting was held for The Bridge at Belle Vue Park on Sept. 5 in Sugar Grove and followed by a community bike ride to Waubonsee Community College and back.

The Princeton boys soccer team beat Earlville and more results in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

After Reed-Custer screamed to a 28-0 lead, they had to withstand a furious Streator rally to open Illinois Central Eight Conference play with a win on Friday.

Here are the football scores from Friday night in The Herald-News area.

St. Bede allowed big plays on defense and had turnovers on offense that proved costly in a 20-14 loss to North Boone on Friday.

Herscher's defense came up with a huge goal-line stop on the final play Friday to beat Manteno 28-23, improving to 1-0 in ICE play and beating the Panthers for the first time since 2018.

Ellis Johnson completed the first 10 passes he threw and tallied three touchdown passes, two to Lyzale Edmon, as Bradley-Bourbonnais moved to 3-0 with a convincing win over Waubonsie Valley on Friday.

Hall-Putnam County held Mendota under 100 yards and scored three times of plays of 45 or more yards in an 18-6 win Friday.

David Croom III ran for three touchdowns and Brady Cloherty threw for three as Plainfield East steamrolled Joliet Central 55-6

Tremont broke a 20-game losing streak Friday, 42-14, icing it with a wild 21-point flurry in the fourth quarter during which Fieldcrest did not get a single offensive snap

Longtime local hoops coach Alex Renchen's 815 Basketball skills camp returns later this month.

No DUIs, 2 seat belt, 3 distracted driving, 5 moving violations and 24 warnings made.

Meet the Daily Journal Athlete of the Week, Bradley-Bourbonnais senior boys golfer Max LaMore.

Everett Swanson won the online voting for Grundy County Athlete of the Week

The store will host a grand opening on Friday, with a festive weekend filled with fun, music and kids’ activities, the company said in a news release.

Here is a list of Lee County property transfers for Sept. 1-5, 2025.

The Bradley-Bourbonnais boys soccer team matched last year's win total already with a 4-0 win at home against Herscher on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025.

Streator, Newark, Somonauk and Serena girls volleyball all picked up conference victories, Sandwich boys golf prevailed, plus more in The Times Thursday Roundup.

Coal City's boys soccer and Cissna Park's girls volleyball both improved to 9-0 on the season, and more in Thursday's Daily Journal roundup.

After assisting Fransisco Adrian's goal at the end of the first half, Bennett Dykstra scored two of the Boilermakers' three second-half goals to help Bradley-Bourbonnais pull away from Herscher.

The L-P boys and girls golf teams won, the L-P volleyball team edged 2A No. 1 Bloomington Central Catholic and more in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

Plano and Newark volleyball were winners, Oswego Co-Op beat Yorkville girls golf in a dual meet, and Sandwich boys golf was a winner in Thursday's roundup.

Rylee Rud fired a 77 for a four-shot victory, leading Crystal Lake Central's co-op girls golf team to the championship of the McHenry County Tournament. Plus, boys soccer and girls volleyball in Thursday's Northwest Herald roundup.

After back-to-back losses, the St. Bede girls volleyball team bounced back with a win over Woodland on Thursday.

Minooka soccer stays unbeaten, Lincoln-Way East wins third straight plus more scores in Thursday's Herald News Sports Roundup.

Led by eight kills from Kaitlyn Davis, seven from Kinley Rick and five from Kelsey Cuchra, Marquette evened its overall mark to 5-5 and improved to 2-1 in Tri-County Conference play.

Semin Razman snapped a scoreless tie with a five-yard shot early in the second half and assisted a second goal, as Wheaton Warrenville South beat Wheaton North 2-0 to win the Wheaton Cup for the sixth straight year.

Only seven total points separated Manteno and Coal City on Thursday night as the Panthers earned a three-set home win over the Coalers, improving to 4-0 in Illinois Central Eight Conference play this season.

Oregon boys and girls golf win Big Northern Conference matches on senior night, plus more scores in Thursday's Sauk Valley Media Sports Roundup.

After falling behind early in the opening set, Newman roared back to win and then carried that momentum to a big lead in the second set in a 25-23, 25-13 win over Oregon on Thursday.

Prairie Ridge senior setter Addi Smith helped direct the Wolves to a key early-season victory over three-time defending Fox Valley Conference champion Huntley 25-23, 19-25, 25-18 on Thursday.

The Sycamore volleyball team cruised to a win against IMSA, Hiawatha knocked off Mooseheart, Gavin Crouch had a second-half hat trick and more in the roundup.

Huntley goalkeeper Christian Cuellar replaced injured starter Ethan Knaus and recorded seven saves to help the Red Raiders shut out Dundee-Crown 1-0 during Fox Valley Conference play Thursday evening.

Rochelle volleyball beat Oregon and Stillman Valley, plus tennis results in the Rochelle News Leader high school sports roundup.

Batavia boys soccer senior Connor Verde, who scored two goals to help Batavia to a 4-2 victory over Kaneland, their first in 28 games, was voted as the Kane County Chronicle Athlete of the Week.

Seniors Lauren Curran and Jayda Dixon hope to be celebrating even more this season with their Downers Grove South teammates. In 2024, the Mustangs reached the Class 4A supersectional after winning their first sectional title 2004. “Were trying to get one game further, to state."

A Marengo woman's pollinator garden was removed by city officials, video of which has gone viral. But the video doesn't capture all aspects of the story.

As summer faded for students and staff, DeKalb School District 428 wrapped up multiple facility projects to welcome students and staff for the start of a new school year.

Timothy Christian senior Bella Potempa, named the tournament MVP at Evergreen Park's invite in leading the Trojans to a 13-0 start to the season, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.

Oswego Co-op sophomore golfer Alli Wiertel, who was a medalist at three meets and earlier in the season shot a Whitetail Ridge course record 59, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Joshua Welge.