If you're looking for an experience that harkens back to summers past, take a road trip to these vintage drive-in restaurants and enjoy a burger, shake, root beer and more.

If Woodstock raises its sales tax, will it be the highest in McHenry County? Take a look at what shoppers pay in taxes for general merchandise in each county community.

The McHenry County Conservation District invites visitors to “Find Your Wild” and join its interactive journey through the county’s public open spaces all summer long in pursuit of fun prizes.

Stage 4 prostate cancer survivor Clark Atwater of Richmond raised awareness for men’s health with Advocate Health Care at a recent Chicago Cubs game.

Attempts are underway to preserve several old farms buildings around McHenry County – including one that just made a most-endangered list – but how to save them isn't always clear.

In 2012, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin was on hand to announce the creation of Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge, and was back Friday to see its latest addition before his pending retirement.

Find out where you can honor fallen service men and women this Memorial Day weekend in the McHenry County area.

Who sold and bought real estate in McHenry County the week of May 7 and for how much?

A look back at some of Northwest Herald photojournalist Gregory Shaver's favorite pictures in the Northwest Herald from April 2025.

A look back at some of Northwest Herald photojournalist Gregory Shaver's favorite pictures in the Northwest Herald from March 2025.

In honor of mothers everywhere, enjoy a gallery of our favorite Northwest Herald photos of mothers and daughters and mothers and sons - and grandmothers too! – from the past year.

Several mayors from McHenry County spoke to a real estate group, highlighting housing issues and what the end of the state's grocery tax could mean if towns don't enact their own.

McHenry County prosecutors say Cara Ullrich already got leniency in being allowed to plead guilty to a lesser charge than murder for the overdose death of her son.

A three-day sentencing hearing began Wednesday for the mother of a 14-year-old boy who died in his father’s Richmond Township home after ingesting her fentanyl.

Over 200 people gathered outside the McHenry Veterans Affairs Clinic with signs and flags Sunday afternoon to protest against potential nationwide staff cuts to the Department of Veteran Affairs.

Who bought and sold property in McHenry County for the week of April 21?

A McHenry County judge told Eric Ullrich Friday he showed no remorse and minimized his role in the fatal overdose of his son in his home near Richmond. Ullrich received a 12-year sentence but will serve much less time.

A few hundred people protested President Donald Trump and Elon Musk Saturday in traditionally Republican-leaning Richmond and Harvard.

Protesters line the U.S. Route 12 in Richmond to protest their discontent with President Donald Trump and his administration's policies. Over 100, people the Richmond protest. A second rally was held in Harvard, where a lone counter-protester displayed his support for Trump.

Prosecutors argued Eric Ullrich failed to act because he and his ex-wife didn't want to deal with child welfare officials again, and that their son would have lived had they acted sooner.

Who bought and sold property in McHenry County the week of March 17-23, 2025?

Shop at a craft fair at the McHenry VFW and hop along a bunny trail in Lake in the Hills this weekend in McHenry County.

Join the W.A. McConnell Foundation for its third annual McConnell Ball Saturday at The District, 10308 Main Street in Richmond.

Several McHenry County-area mayors and village presidents faced and fended off ballot-box challenges – but not all. Here's a look at who won and lost and who got a free pass for another term.

The Anderson family has been making chocolates at Anderson's Candy Shop for more than 100 years but a late Easter means more chocolate for customers

A late Easter this year, on April 20, means a longer chocolate season at Anderson's Candy Shop, a longtime business in Richmond and before that in Chicago.

Charlene Wexler, a Richmond resident, was inducted into the Senior Illinoisans Hall of Fame for her exceptional authoring of numerous award-winning novels and essays.

McHenry County voters go to the polls on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, to cast their ballots in the 2025 Consolidated Election.

In McHenry County, turnout in Tuesday’s local election has surpassed 2021 and 2023 totals, though it’s still expected that fewer than 1 in 5 registered voters will have cast ballots.

A doctor said that a 14-year-old boy would have lived had his parents called 911 after finding him unresponsive in his dad’s home near Richmond and suspected he had ingested his mother’s fentanyl and xylazine.

Natural gas odor may be present in the Richmond area as a gas company works on pipes at an intersection Wednesday, officials report.

McHenry County property transfers for the week of Dec. 12-20, 2024

Area spellers challenge themselves as they compete in the McHenry County Regional Office of Education’s 2025 Spelling Bee on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at Bernotas Middle School in Crystal Lake. The 21 contestants are vying for a spot in the 100th Scripps National Spelling Bee.

A former Richmond woman has been convicted after fraudulently selling off more than $25,000 of an elderly Spring Grove man’s stock.

Richmond's St. Patrick's Day celebrates takes place Sunday.

At the start of a Richmond dad’s sentencing Thursday in connection to his son’s fatal overdose, prosecutors played body-cam footage from detectives who responded to his home when his son was unresponsive.

A look back at some of Northwest Herald photojournalist Gregory Shaver's favorite pictures in the Northwest Herald from February 2025.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a special dinner in Island Lake and McHenry this weekend in McHenry County.

Inches of snow started accumulating around McHenry County Wednesday.

Cara and Eric Ullrich were both charged in the death of Trent Ullrich, 14, who overdosed on fentanyl and a dangerous animal tranquilizer – drugs authorities said his mother had bought for herself.

If you’re excited and inspired by the sight of a bald eagle soaring majestically above, then your Super Bowl has arrived.

Outtakes from recent assignments from the Northwest Herald for Jan. 26, 2025.

Two men were taken to the hospital Friday after a burn incident in Richmond.

A winning Illinois Lottery ticket worth $500,000 was sold at the International House of Wine and Cheese in Richmond, even if the owner said it might not seem like a typical lottery retailer.

Here are the properties that changed hands in McHenry County during the week of Nov. 7-15, 2024.

A Richmond dad will be sentenced in March after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter on the one-year anniversary of the death of his 14-year-old son, who overdosed on fentanyl and xylazine, court records show.

Richmond dad Eric Ullrich pleaded guilty Friday to involuntary manslaughter on the one-year anniversary of the death of his 14-year-old son Trent.

Here’s a look at the 24 most-read stories in the Northwest Herald online in 2024.

From trumpeter swans to cows to the snowy owl that captured, and then broke, our hearts, here are some of the animals our staff and contributors captured in photographs in 2024.

A selection of some of the best feature photos from 2024 in the Northwest Herald.