Zaiden Vess scored 17 points, Curtis Czeslawski added 15, and Woodstock North's boys basketball team beat visiting Harvard 53-33 Tuesday night for its first win of the season and first under coach Tim Paddock.

Aubrina Adamik scored a game-high 19 points, Evie Freundt added 12, and the Huntley defense stifled Burlington Central on Tuesday, using active hands and footwork to force several turnovers in a 70-41 Fox Valley Conference victory.

Two people were rescued falling through the ice on a private lake Tuesday afternoon in Cary while attempting to ice fish, officials said. A third person fell through the ice while attempting to help.

McHenry's GameStop among several closed across the state in recent days

One of Crystal Lake’s oldest buildings, constructed in about 1853, was completely torn down Tuesday after a year-long effort to preserve it was unsuccessful.

Despite efforts to save the structure, built in the 1850s, Crystal Lake's Academy Building became a pile of rubble Tuesday with the completion of demolition.

A man knocked on the door of a 89-year-old Crystal Lake woman, claimed to make home repairs and then stole $15,000 from her, authorities allege.

Edwin Garcia, 21, of Lake in the Hills is charged with aggravated fleeing and eluding a police officer; authorities said he fled without his lights or and didn't have valid plates.

First-year Marian Central boys basketball coach Lafeyette Bell got the chance to coach against his sons Elijah and Malachi Bell, who play for Jacobs, on Saturday. Malachi Bell, a freshman guard, scored eight of his 14 points in the fourth quarter, as Jacobs won 57-48.

Woodstock freshman Alex Nowacki and sophomore Emma Bierman combined for 46 points Monday night in a 55-34 win against Harvard, giving the Blue Streaks their fourth straight win following a seven-game losing streak.

Indivisible McHenry County held what organizers say was 14th protest in past year, brings out residents with family affected by ICE

Crystal Lake Central's Cait Jones, who was diagnosed with epilepsy after a seizure during her freshman year, is back on the mat and enjoying a strong start to her senior season.

As Shaw Media continues its 175th-anniversary celebration, today we look at historical newspaper covers, including our coverage of Amelia Earhart’s solo flight across the Pacific

More than 600 people came out Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, on Route 31 in McHenry for an anti-ICE protest, organized by Indivisible McHenry County. The national organization encouraged protests over the weekend in response to the death of Renee Good Wednesday in Minneapolis.

As Shaw Media reflects on its 175-year legacy, we look back at four front pages from January 11. These archives highlight the diverse stories that have shaped our region, from the harsh winters of the 1970s to the political shifts and natural disasters of the 21st century

Catch up on the week’s top McHenry County news in minutes. Hear the week’s 5 most popular stories, read aloud for you, for the week of Jan. 4-10

Hundreds of residents have organized against plans for a battery storage facility near Prairie Grove, with concerns over the potential impacts on safety and wildlife.

A third customer has sued Fun City Adventure Park in Algonquin last year has filed a civil lawsuit seeking more than $50,000 claiming, like the others, that she was injured after jumping into a foam pit.

Football fandom is split between the Bears and the Packers in the McHenry County area, which has some official Packer bars.

McHenry senior Natalie Corona, a three-time state qualifier, earned the 100th win of her high school wrestling career during McHenry's dual tournament last weekend. 'It’s definitely a goal I’ve been trying to achieve for four years, and I’m glad that I got it done."

A former McHenry man and registered sex offender is accused in Arkansas of kidnapping, sexually assaulting a child and threatening her with a firearm, according authorities there.

Luke Robinson had 23 points and nine rebounds, Gavin Radmer added 16 points in his second game back from injury, and Richmond-Burton's basketball team beat visiting Woodstock 53-38 Friday night in Kishwaukee River Conference action.

Cary-Grove's Malaina Kurth scored a game-high 20 points and helped spark a fast start for the Trojans, who earned their seventh straight victory Friday night with a 64-39 Fox Valley Conference win against Hampshire.

Huntley's boys wrestling team recorded its 20th dual win of the season and remained undefeated in the Fox Valley Conference on Friday, cruising over Dundee-Crown 62-17 and moving one step closer to a conference title.

Local artist and All Ways gallery owner Pat Marek has big plans to make Fox River Grove an artist’s haven.

A Crystal Lake single-family home sustained serious damage after a fire broke out in a second-floor bathroom Thursday afternoon, officials report.

As a Marengo woman awaits adjudication in a fifth drunken-driving case from 2024, she has been charged with DUI again, according to court records.

A suburban congressional candidate’s name was struck from upcoming primary ballots Thursday because the Illinois State Board of Elections decided her petitions fell one signature short of the legally required 799.

A trailer bill tweaking some parts of the state’s transit rescue bill could surface when the General Assembly reconvenes, legislative leaders said Wednesday at a City Club Chicago forum.

Charles Gozzola, who went to prison for killing his wife in 2000 and was convicted last year of domestic violence, was denied his attempt to expunge a 2024 domestic battery case for which he was acquitted.

Prairie Grove School District 46 has announced two interim superintendents will helm the district until the summer following John Bute's sudden departure.

Stage Left in Woodstock will host an Open Mic Night, while the Marengo Ridge Conservation Area will offer candlelight cross country skiing on Friday, Jan. 9.

Brady Bauer hit two 3-pointers in the first quarter en route to a 14-point effort, and Cary-Grove's boys basketball team remained perfect in the Fox Valley Conference with a 67-38 win over Burlington Central on Wednesday night in Cary.

Nate Ottaway scored a team-high 26 points and was one of three McHenry players in double figures as the Warriors took down Jacobs 66-56 in a Fox Valley Conference boys basketball game on Wednesday evening.

Trump and Truth Store owner Lisa Fleischmann hopes to reopen her store in a few weeks in Crystal Lake.

Longtime Democratic U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky has endorsed fellow Evanstonian Daniel Biss as her successor in the 9th Congressional District.

A crash Wednesday morning has shut down a stretch of Route 23 near Marengo.

A candidate for a largely West suburban congressional seat was struck from the March 17 primary ballot Wednesday because of petition problems while another in the 11th district will keep his spot.

As part of Shaw Media’s 175th anniversary celebration, we looked back at four January 7 front pages spanning more than a century, including the attack on the U.S. Capitol five years ago

With about 30 observers in the courtroom and on Zoom, a former Wonder Lake ski team instructor and grocery store owner admitted Tuesday to sexually abusing a child in the mid-1990s.

A Crystal Lake officer was the subject of an internal investigation after he misplaced a personal weapon, which was picked up by a convicted felon, authorities said. Here is the result of the investigation of the officer.

Johnsburg never trailed Tuesday and held off Marengo 42-37 to move to 14-0 and into sole possession of first place in the Kishwaukee River Conference.

Olivia Leuze posted a 13-point, 14-rebound double-double and Malaina Kurth added 11 points as the Cary-Grove girls basketball team handed Burlington Central its first Fox Valley Conference loss of the season, defeating the Rockets 42-35 on Tuesday night.

Prairie Grove School District 46 Superintendent John Bute has left his position in the middle of the school year, seemingly abruptly.

A nonprofit that provides housing in Woodstock said it was cooperating with law enforcement after a man who said he lived in their housing was accused of attacking a woman and attempting to blow up a gas station.

Parts of the Woodstock Walmart reopened Tuesday after a fire on New Year’s Eve that authorities said was intentionally set and caused millions of dollars in damage.

Bud Shanahan drained two 3-pointers during a 16-2 run in the second quarter, and Crystal Lake Central went on to beat visiting Woodstock 66-50 Monday night in a nonconference boys basketball game between 10-3 teams.

An Antioch man was fined $300 for emitting black smoke called “rolling coal” from his pickup truck at protestors during an anti-Trump rally in McHenry last year.

Authorities said a man is in a medically induced coma and may lose his eye from a fight outside a bar in McHenry on New Year’s Eve, for which a local man has been charged.

Developers have not walked away from their proposal of redeveloping the former Maplewood Elementary School property in Cary despite a public notice made by the village seeking more applicants.