Chants of “boo” and “shame” broke after the Crystal Lake park board, which has a new majority post-election, voted to remove the district’s diversity, equity and inclusion policy from the books.

A Harvard man told members during a spiritual gathering that he was sexually abusing a child, a McHenry County prosecutor said in court.

Patrick Anderson, the man who held police in armored vehicles at bay for several hours Thursday at his McHenry home, was ordered by McHenry County judge to be detained while he awaits trial.

A man was taken into custody Thursday following a standoff at a home in McHenry.

The developer of Water's Edge in Crystal Lake received a $14 million incentive package from the city, and will also now get revenue from a new 1% sales tax that will imposed on shoppers there.

Nicholas Cammarata pleaded guilty to unlawful restraint stemming from charges filed after he forced a woman into his car. He had also been accused of shooting a gun into a Graylake dental office.

A registered sex offender from McHenry has been charged with reproduction or distribution of child sexual abuse materials while he was on probation for a previous plea to child sex abuse.

The planned widening of Route 47 through Woodstock has been delayed for a year. City leaders discuss ongoing talks over the cost and communicating with local businesses on updates.

A batch of mosquitoes from Lake in the Hills has tested positive for West Nile virus, marking McHenry County’s first positive test for mosquitoes in 2025.

Two people suffered minor injuries from a car crash that resulted in two vehicles crashing into a ditch Tuesday morning in Woodstock, officials report.

A McHenry woman accused of being culpable in the 2003 murder of her husband along with her suspected lover will be held on $500,000 bond in Kenosha County jail, a court commissioner ruled Tuesday.

Removing turn lanes at a McHenry intersection built 20 years ago could reduce crashes, McHenry officials hope.

Roxanna Collins, the McHenry woman has been charged with the 2003 murder of a man she was married to for two months, authorities said. Another man charged in the case was having an affair with Collins, officials said.

Friends of a Crystal Lake family start a fundraiser to help them recover after losing their home and five pets in a fire while they were at Six Flags Great America.

Wisconsin police has arrested two suspects, one being a McHenry woman, in a nearly 22-year-old cold case murder investigation, officials report.