A car crashed into downtown Crystal Lake business Angelo’s Shoe Repair Wednesday afternoon completely breaking the front window.

Veteran Democratic U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Evanston plans to announce she won’t seek reelection, likely early next month, according to media reports.

A motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene of a crash Wednesday morning along Route 14 in Woodstock, officials report.

Robert Crimo III will get a life sentence for killing seven people at a Highland Park parade, but victims are testifying at his sentencing hearing, to which he did not show Wednesday.

A warrant was issued for a Sean Fitzpatrick, who failed to show up for his trial on charges of stealing cars from a Marengo home, court records show.

McHenry and Woodstock have received a combined roughly $1.7 million of state funding for downtown projects.

Plant trees in Huntley for Arbor Day and learn about wild weather in Crystal Lake this weekend in McHenry County.

Marengo High School District 154 is court ordered to pay back nearly $364,000 to taxpayers filed a lawsuit claiming the school district levied an “excessive” amount in 2022, according to court documents.

The driver of a car that collided with a storefront on Route 47/South Eastwood Drive on Tuesday was not seriously injured, according to the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District.

An Island Lake man, who admitted along with a Glenview woman to cruelly housing 46 cats in a U-Haul truck for months, began serving his 40-day jail sentence last week.

The Government Finance Officers Association has honored the McHenry County Conservation District with its National Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting.

Join Woodstock Recreation and Associated Electrical Contractors for an evening stroll through Merryman Fields Friday.

As Democratic U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky decides whether to seek a 15th term, political newcomer Kat Abughazelah already is campaigning for Schakowsky's 9th District seat — and creating national buzz.

Health teacher Nicole Thompson of Bernotas Middle School in Crystal Lake was honored with the inaugural Turning Point Heart Award.

A Wisconsin man was sentenced to six years in prison for passing off a fake cashier’s check for $11,900 when buying a car in McHenry.