McHenry County officials are warning people who have submitted planning and development or zoning applications to be aware of a scam going around.

Former Crystal Lake city clerk Nicholas Kachiroubas' own police report about an online extortion attempt led to charges against him, authorities said. He pleaded guilty to possessing an image depicting child sexual abuse.

'It's a Wonderful Christmas Carol' runs on select dates through Nov. 30 at the Woodstock Opera House.

A controversial solar farm near Johnsburg was among three the McHenry County Board took up at its meeting Nov. 18. Many opponents attended, some wearing "deny" stickers.

The McHenry County Board has voted to raise its property tax levy by the inflation-tied limit allowed under the tax cap, but it won't go with the "lookback" option.

A man and a woman found dead in a car along the road of a Crystal Lake residential neighborhood earlier this month have died from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, officials report.

The owners of Angelo’s Fresh Market in Johnsburg – closed since mid-September – are rebranding the store, plan to reopen in the spring and are having a liquidation sale though Friday.

With Huntley out of the running, the smaller town of Marengo is looking at whether it could be a stop along the Chicago-to-Rockford rail line. But leaders have a lot of questions.

Authorities encourage anyone with information to come forward about the death of Anna Schneider at 19 in Sleepy Hollow in 2009. Her manner of death was reclassified homicide in 2022.