Jon Styf

Superintendent John Bute reported to the school board on Tuesday night that the school plans to have students return to in-person school five days per week starting on March 1, the beginning of the third trimester

Prairie Grove School District 46 confirmed that it will bring back students to hybrid learning starting on Jan. 19 at its school board meeting Tuesday night.

A Crystal Lake home sustained $75,000 in damages but all the occupants were able to get out of the home quickly from a fire soon after midnight on Christmas.

Illinois regional health centers are expected to receive the first shipment of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Dec. 10, Illinois Department of Public Health Director Ngozi O. Ezike told county and municipal leaders from across the state

If restaurants in McHenry County are forced to close to indoor dining again next week, it could be devastating for restaurant owners like McClain.

The hybrid plan, presented by Superintendent John Bute, will have early childhood and pre-K through second grade students will begin hybrid on Oct. 13

The details of the case, where Acosta was the caseworker and Crystal Lake’s AJ Freund ultimately died, are well documented. So is public opinion, which is both Freund’s parents and DCFS should pay for his death.

A 48-year-old Lake in the Hills man died after a Monday night two-vehicle crash in Hebron that resulted in multiple charges against the other driver, a 28-year-old Woodstock man.

Andrew Freund is scheduled to appear in court again next Friday for a status hearing. Eventually, one of these hearings is likely to announce a plea agreement.

Rise Up Foundation promised to bring one of the best music lineups McHenry County has seen with its 2020 two-day charity concert. Now, because of COVID-19, those concerts will have to wait until 2021.

Headliners Brantley Gilbert and Eli Young Band now will be the top billing for the foundation’s June 19, 2021, “Splash into Country” concert. All tickets bought for the 2020 event now will be honored in 2021 at Petersen Park.

While we work through the new system of live virtual learning, lunch breaks and homework (isn’t it all homework now?), I am extremely uncertain how we’re going to make it all work.

Country Donuts in Crystal Lake temporarily closed last week after an employee had tested positive on a COVID-19 quick test.

Thirty-five years just isn’t enough. JoAnn Cunningham made her son AJ Freund's life hell from the start, born addicted to heroin. And she ended it in the most cruel and inhumane way imaginable.

Firefighters in Cary were able to quickly extinguish a garage fire on Wednesday night at a residence on Boxwood Drive.