Michelle Meyer

Local restauranters are getting candid about the struggles they're facing in today’s economy and are asking for community support to keep their businesses alive.

For the first time since the 40-year-old building was built, the McHenry County Coroner’s Office got a major upgrade with renovations to the office and morgue.

At any hour and in any weather, two retired firefighters dedicate themselves to assisting fire departments in emergency calls across McHenry County by keeping bellies full and hearts warm.

After a Cary woman started a free food pantry on her front porch, neighbors starting taking it upon themselves to help keep it stocked.

New Directions Case Manager Joe Ledesma shares how he went from living in the organization's sober living facility to helping those who are in the same position he once was in.

An Island Lake man is now a millionaire after winning the grand prize of an Illinois Lottery scratch-off ticket.

A home was deemed uninhabitable after a fire damaged the side of the house and the attic Monday afternoon in McHenry, officials report.

Developers are one step closer to transforming the former Maplewood School property in Cary into a multi- and single-family residential area, despite significant resident pushback.

An infant who was found unresponsive at a Woodstock daycare Tuesday has died, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

The Fox River Grove Village Board censured one of its trustees for raising questions of conflict of interest within staff in what they considered “potentially slanderous.”

A Crystal Lake man is charged with exposing himself to children while they were outside a School District 47 school during recess, officials report. He previously worked for the district, officials confirmed.

A five-story mixed-use development will occupy the vacant block along Route 14 in Fox River Grove after the village board gave the plan a thumbs-up.

Two people were rescued without injury after a sailboat capsized Wednesday evening on Crystal Lake, officials report.

Approaching the third year of celebrating LGBTQ+ pride in Crystal Lake, organizers of the event have established an independent nonprofit organization aimed at securing pride celebrations in the city for years to come.

Fox River MedSpa in Algonquin said on Facebook it's mourning one of its employees who officials say died from strangulation at a Schaumburg home.