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The two candidates for Chicago mayor have very different ideas about the future of the heavily Democratic city.

A 23-year-old Rockford man charged with abuse of a corpse for stealing a funeral home van containing a body that was later dumped in Chicago has been arrested in Wisconsin.

On Thursday, a McHenry County judge denied a motion to reduce the 31-year prison term of a man he found guilty but mentally ill of first-degree murder in causing a head-on crash near Hebron.

A McHenry County grand jury indicted these people on the following charges the week of Feb. 27, 2023.

Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas and Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, an Elgin native, are in a tumultuous runoff to replace outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot.

The Northwest Coalition Against Sexual Assault, which serves McHenry and Cook counties, is receiving less federal dollars, meaning more sexual assault survivors will be on waiting lists for services.

The Chicago region has been named a top metro area in the U.S. for corporate site selection and relocation following the formation of a partnership that aims to drive economic growth across the region.

Those charged with felonies the week of Feb. 19, 2023, by the Crystal Lake, Harvard, Holiday Hills, Lake in the Hills, Marengo, McHenry, Richmond and Woodstock police departments, as well as the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.

The Chicago-based chain plans to open in the former Kojak’s of McHenry location, 3102 W. Route 120, by April 1, a company official said.

A Chicago police officer has died after being shot. Police Superintendent David Brown says the male officer was shot on the city’s Southwest Side while responding to a call of a man chasing a woman with a gun.

A Chicago man was arrested on charges of criminal sexual assault and abuse of a 26-year-old woman in Bolingbrook.

Chicago is holding a mayoral election, but it will likely take a runoff before a winner is declared

Spenser Davis, as director, has created something searing and indelible in this almost perfect production brilliantly written by company member Shannon O'Neill.

Whether it’s concerns about topics such as crime, economic development or public transit, or even the future home of the Chicago Bears, residents across northern Illinois are keeping an eye on this race.

Whether it’s concerns about topics such as crime, economic development or public transit, residents and officials across northern Illinois are keeping an eye on how Chicago’s next mayor might impact the greater region,