]The village of Lakewood is joining other communities around the country in class-action litigation concerning chemicals contaminating water supplies.

The Algonquin Area youth Organization's Twisters baseball team for children with special needs gives them an opportunity that they might not otherwise to play sports and socialize.

The first of its kind in the area, Crystal Lake will be hosting a free event dedicated to celebrating people with disabilities Saturday.

Two developers are set to pitch the McHenry City Council Monday on separate ideas for converting two highly visible downtown buildings into apartments.

A man suffered critical injuries after a tractor rolled over him into a body of water, trapping the man about three hours before he was discovered Sunday afternoon near Harvard, officials report.

Honey and Louie are comfort and therapy dogs at the McHenry County courthouse. Now they've officially been sworn in for service.

Cary village officials seem to be on board to add a 1% non-home rule general sales tax and continuing a 1% grocery tax for next year.

Customers at McHenry's Preserved Peculiarities can find bugs mounted under glass, dioramas of dried flowers and butterflies, animal skulls, rabbits feet from real rabbits, tattooed pigs ears, and exotic animal mounts.

Zoning commissioners have asked builders of a proposed luxury mixed-use development in Cary to come back with clearer details.

A Lake in the Hills teen and a Carpentersville man were taken to an area hospital following a electronic scooter crash Thursday.

A band from Mexico whose van crashed in McHenry last week while traveling from Aurora, hospitalizing nine people, is trying to regroup and raise money to help cover medical expenses.

Una banda de México cuya camioneta se estrelló en McHenry la semana pasada, hospitalizando a nueve personas, ahora está tratando de reagruparse y recaudar fondos para ayudar a cubrir los gastos médicos.

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office will partner with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services to place a deputy in the Woodstock DCFS office for three years.

More than 1,000 people lined up along Route 14 in Crystal Lake Thursday evening in another protest against recent actions of the administration of President Donald Trump.

Amid threats to federal funding for libraries, McHenry County libraries were awarded nearly $383,000 in annual state grants provided by the Illinois Secretary of State’s office to fund books, staffing and capital upgrades.