Crystal Lake's 1850s Academy Building is expected to be demolished now that efforts to raise money to move the structure from church property have not succeeded.

Marian Central's Jenna Remke and Julia Lukey, who won Chicagoland Christian Conference and Class 1A sectional doubles titles while earning a top-eight finish at state, are the 2025 Northwest Herald Girls Tennis Players of the Year.

Here is the 2025 Northwest Herald All-Area girls tennis team.

The roof of a business in downtown Woodstock has collapsed, causing the block to be shut down amid concerns of further collapse.

AJ Berndt posted career bests of 26 points and seven 3-pointers, and Cary-Grove's boys basketball stayed hot by beating Crystal Lake South 59-52 in a Fox Valley Conference opener Wednesday night in Cary.

Aidan Gibbs scored a career-high 27 points to lead Huntley past McHenry, Laken LePage had 19 points for Crystal Lake South in a win against Grayslake North, and more results in Wednesday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

A woman who initially claimed an intruder shot her and her husband on their property in near Wonder Lake admitted Tuesday that she fired on her husband and was sentenced to 22 years in prison.

The leaves on the Oliver family's maple trees play a game with them every year as fall turns to winter. Who will win? The answer to that is a reminder of how little control we all have over certain things in life.

Joe Stanek, McHenry's mayor from 1973 to 1985, has died. He was credited with building the city's park and recreation department.