Claire O'Brien

A Woodstock-area gravel pit proposal that received strong opposition from neighbors has been withdrawn.

Roughly four acres were burned and a home damaged in a brush fire in Lake in the Hills that officials said started as a controlled burn.

Nearly 30 acres of land burned and a small piece of farm machinery was damaged in a brush fire near Marengo Monday afternoon.

The Kane County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a person who died in a crash near Huntley was the driver of a vehicle that caught fire and the only one inside but the person is not yet ID'd.

March 17 marks the 2026 primary, where McHenry County voters can pull a Democratic or Republican ballot to pick who appears on the ballot come November. All voters, partisan or not, can weigh in on referendum questions.

McHenry County officials say a sales tax brought in to fund the McHenry county Mental Health Board brought in more revenues than what the board got from property taxes.

After a water sample tested positive for higher than acceptable levels of manganese in Marengo's drinking water, city officials have provided an update.

One person was killed in a single-vehicle crash Sunday near Huntley.

Huntley officials are building a new facility for servicing the village’s vehicles.

A Woodstock Route 47 open house has been rescheduled for March 18.

A proposal to build a gas station on land near Lake in the Hills currently zoned residential has some neighbors fighting the plans.

A donkey that was on the loose in the Woodstock area met an untimely end Tuesday when it was hit by a train, its owner said.

Voters in many Illinois counties will see a question on their March 17 primary election ballots asking if Illinois should opt into a voucher-style federal scholarship program that would give donors a tax credit. It was created in the Big Beautiful Bill.

Lake in the Hills said a fuel supplier accidentally delivered the wrong variety of fuel, resulting in repair costs of more than $320,600 for public works vehicles that were damaged.

Dollar Tree is considering opening a new store in Huntley, which would be the village’s first.