Several school districts across McHenry County are announcing closures or e-learning days Friday as an extreme cold warning is forecast to start Thursday night into Friday morning, bringing in dangerously low wind chills.

As students in Huntley Community School District 158’s two middle schools start the school year, their schools have new leadership.

The two Woodstock high schools in Woodstock School District 200 were named among the top 100 in Illinois in the state’s U.S. News and World Report rankings of high schools.

An 18-year-old man accused of being intoxicated during a crash that killed two other young people in McHenry has been ordered to be held in jail pending his trial on aggravated DUI charges.

Johnsburg Junior High social worker Nikki Brosh brings trauma-informed education practices, years of experience working with troubled kids to her school

Homeschool teachers Melissa Ryan and Tammy Massey created a STEM-focused robotics team in McHenry County that has now reached international competitions twice.

Voters this week in McHenry County determined who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries. See the results here.

This spring, McHenry County voters get to decide who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries.

The April 1 election for municipal offices is nonpartisan on paper, but the Democratic Party of McHenry County and at least one GOP Township organization are making recommendations.

The Golden Ratio, a McHenry County-based robotics team for high schooler students, are Houston-bound after qualifying to complete in an international robotics competition in April for a second consecutive time.

Nine educators in McHenry County from school districts in Crystal Lake, McHenry, Woodstock, Cary and Johnsburg have been recognized by the Illinois State Board of Education through this year’s “Those Who Excel" and "Teacher of the Year” awards.

Road conditions were worsening and many McHenry County schools called off after-school activities Wednesday as snow began piling up on its way to a possible half a foot of accumulation.

Linda Keyes of Lake in the Hills appeared on an episode of "Wheel of Fortune" that aired Tuesday Feb. 4. Another woman with local ties appeared Monday on the show.

McHenry County schools joined districts throughout northern Illinois and called off school on Tuesday.

Take a look back at some of the biggest news stories of 2024 in the McHenry County area.

This week, the Illinois State Board of Education released school- and district-level data showing what percentage of McHenry County students were considered proficient in math and reading last year. Check out this chart to see if that's an improvement over the prior year.

Students from schools throughout northern Illinois learn about and gets hands-on experience with various industries earlier this month during SkillsUSA Illinois' first Industry Pathways Career Experience event at Johnsburg High School.

McHenry County-based robotics team, The Golden Ratio, is looking to create a community center focused on science, technology, engineering and math at their new location in Crystal Lake.

A Johnsburg District 12 school bus collided with an SUV in Ringwood and four people were injured, officials said.

Tom Weaver, the Johnsburg District 12 coach who died last week, was the target of a police investigation because of allegation of misconduct involving a student, officials said.

Johnsburg High School special education teacher Joe Grisamore, a 20-year veteran of the district, died this week. His death marks the second tragedy for the district this week.

Tom Weaver was a staff member at Johnsburg High School for 15 years and a coach for 12 years before he resigned.

Johnsburg Junior High School Principal Jamison Pearce made it onto the game show "The Price is Right" and won a trip to Germany.

Jason Nault has been hired as the new deputy superintendent of Johnsburg schools and will become superintendent when Dan Johnson retires next year.

Disparities in absenteeism appear in most McHenry County school districts when the data are broken down by race and in comparing students with disabilities.

Teachers in many McHenry County school districts have been hard at work preparing for another school year.

Johnsburg Elementary School teacher Kara Lentine graduated from Judson University just two years ago, but brings new excitement and ideas to her classroom, her principal said.

Nearly four dozen of the local races in McHenry County will be competitive on Tuesday, as voters head to the polls to decide who will lead their school boards, municipalities, libraries and parks.

With McHenry County under an ice storm warning from 6 a.m. Wednesday through Thursday morning, a number of area schools have been cancelled.

Here are all the closures, cancellations and moves to online caused by the Feb. 16 and 17 weather impacting McHenry County schools and organizations.

A list of those who are running for school board across McHenry County

Johnsburg High School has announced that 11 students from its graduating class of 2023 have been designated as Illinois State Scholars.

Students from the Johnsburg High School marching band are walking and playing Wednesday in the Pearl Harbor Memorial Parade, in remembrance of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack.

Johnsburg High School’s Madrigal Dinner is back for this holiday season with Christmas carols and skits, as well as a three-course dinner in a setting decorated like a castle from the Middle Ages.

Search this chart to see what designation all McHenry County and Community School District 300 schools received

With a new principal at Johnsburg Junior High School, Jamison Pearce, students were welcomed back Tuesday with a red carpet, music, balloons and fanfare.

A new state law that takes effect this upcoming academic year regarding how Illinois schools handle sex education likely won’t mean sweeping changes regarding how the subject is taught in McHenry County classrooms, officials said.

Johnsburg High School won first place in the competition with its “Sweet and Savory Charcuterie Boards” idea.

Fourteen contestants from nine schools participated in the McHenry County Regional Office of Education’s annual spelling bee, which went 16 rounds before Johnsburg Elementary School’s Travis Melnick won.

Leadership Greater McHenry County announced its Youth Class of 2023, which pairs students from every high school in the county with a community member or Leadership Greater McHenry County alum.

Erin Harris teaches business at McHenry High School – in a classroom one floor above her father’s woodworking class. Her mother teaches preschool at Montini Catholic School in McHenry, and her sister is a teaching assistant at Johnsburg Junior High School.

Four of the Texas longhorns spotted around Johnsburg and Spring Grove are still at large, the Johnsburg Police Department said late Friday morning.

A roaming calf was spotted outside Johnsburg Junior High School Thursday morning, which officials at the school said was one of a few stops it made through town that day.

Starting in the fall of 2021 and continuing through this year, the McHenry Area Rotary Club distributed 16 grants totaling $43,415 to academic and humanitarian causes.

If Johnsburg School District 12 nowadays went through the same $3.7 million cut in state funding it saw early last decade, it could mean the elimination of about 68 entry-level staffers, Superintendent Dan Johnson said. That didn't happen though.

With double-digit, below zero temperatures in the forecast for Wednesday, Woodstock School District 200 announced it will be closed Wednesday.

The eight outbreaks across five schools usually were among students and staff members and happened both in the classroom and on the bus

Here are five boys basketball players to watch in the The Herald-News area this season.

Here are five girls basketball players to watch in the The Herald-News area this season.

Here are five girls basketball players to watch in the Northwest Herald area this season.