Measles vaccination rates among Illinois schoolchildren have continued a gradual decline for the fifth straight year, according to state data released this month, prompting renewed warnings from public health officials concerned about the risk of outbreaks.
Jurors heard a recording Tuesday of a woman crying and saying “stop” when she said an Island Lake man sexually assaulted her late on Christmas Eve 2021.
This May, during National Mental Health Awareness Month, Lauren Sharp will dedicate 10 percent of all of her sales to the National Alliance on Mental Illness of McHenry County.
Chicago Fire Department Captain David Meyer, who was killed in the line of duty Wednesday, was remembered by neighbors at his Johnsburg vacation home.
A driver suffers life-threatening injuries after crashing into a utility pole early Thursday morning along Route 14 near Harvard, officials report.
The Highland Park man who admitted to fatally shooting seven people and wounding dozens of others during a 2022 Independence Day parade was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The mother of Caitlin Hodges – the Crystal Lake woman whose remains were identified this month – said she hopes authorities are able to figure out how she died. The family suffered the loss of another daughter recently too.
Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate early Thursday morning to replace retiring Senator Dick Durbin
McHenry County's only I-90 interchange is at Route 23 in Marengo and opened five years ago. The land around it remains mostly agricultural but Marengo aims to bring new development there.