Yadira Sanchez Olson

Teacher Appreciation Week closed out fittingly this year with recognition teachers at the McHenry County Educators of the Year ceremony, hosted by the county's Regional Office of Education.

Lakemoor trustees have voted to annex a golf course so that the property can be redeveloped as a solar farm, despite reservations by some nearby residents.

Plans are well underway for July's Fiesta Days festival in McHenry, though one City Council member, who is running for mayor, voted against city permits for the chamber event.

At least two school districts and McHenry County College have released statements declaring their schools to be safe spaces for for all students

A developer plans almost 400 rental homes at a "luxury" mixed use development off Route 31 in Cary that would also have commercial spaces.

Crystal Lake-based District 47 chose between two options for middle school attendance boundaries, one of which had more parental pushback.

Police said they responded to a report of an altercation at Front Street Tap in Harvard and arrested a suspect for allegedly slashing another man's face.

While the return to school quickly approaches, many opportunities for families to get out and enjoy the outdoors remain, including in Crystal Lake, Harvard, Woodstock, Algonquin and Lake in the Hills.

The 52-year-old Craig Snyder takes over for Paul DeRaedt, who retired after more than 32 years of serving the community; nine of those as fire rescue chief.

Noé Mercado, brother of Elizabeth Alvarado-Garcia, said his sister broke up with the her alleged killer just three weeks ago. Daniel Alvarado-Aguilar was shot and killed by Harvard police, who said they arrived with him over the woman holding a knife.

Habitat for Humanity McHenry County held a celebration for two families moving into a new duplex in the Meadows of West Bay community.

Since the expansion of Northwestern Medicine’s Canning Thoracic Institute to Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital in 2022, more than 50 complex thoracic surgeries have been performed at the McHenry hospital, hospital officials say.

It only takes walking into Janet Moritz’s classroom to see her approach come alive, with kids helping one another and cheering each other on, Verda Dierzen Principal Tricia Bogott said.

Leah Pelletier and English teacher Stacy Rockweiler were recently recognized as distinguished advisors by the Illinois Directors of Student Activities.

Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital received a three-star rating from Society of Thoracic Surgeons, which places it the among the elite for heart bypass surgery in the United States and Canada, officials said.