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Sterling graduate Mason Hubbard is set to compete at the 2025 Optimist International Junior Golf Championships at Trump National Doral in Miami this Sunday. 'This is another great spot to see where my game sits amongst players all over the world.'

Forty-six of the area's top golfers will compete for the title in the Illinois Valley Men's Golf Championship on Saturday and Sunday. More than 160 golfers total are playing.

Residents of an Elburn neighborhood were relieved that their property taxes were not set to go up $2,000 and $3,000 per year - at least not as long as their HOA keeps up maintenance.

The 12U Wolfpack-Holloway baseball team, comprised primarily of Ottawa-area players, ended its season by capturing the Silver Bracket Championship title at Cal Ripken Experience in South Carolina.

Woodland's Nick Plesko has committed to continue his education at Monmouth College and his basketball career with the Fighting Scots.

A La Salle County jury will decide Thursday whether Malcolm Whitfield fired the shots that killed Shaquita Kelly and injured two others.

Runners of all ages and fitness levels are invited to lace up their running shoes and attend the second annual McHenry Runathon one-hour challenge on Thursday, Aug. 7 from 8 to 9 p.m. at McCracken Field in McHenry.

As Sycamore's soccer team gears up for a new season, senior Noah Daykin is ready to embrace a pivotal role in the middle, aiming to transform adversity into leadership as the Spartans seek to build on last year.

The city of Sycamore has joined DeKalb, Genoa and Sandwich by also enacting a 1% grocery tax, which will replace the sunsetting 1% state tax on most grocery items.

Here is a look at the results from three more divisions during the second day of the 35th Annual Emma Hubbs Tennis Classic.

The Dixon Minor girls 4th grade fast pitch softball team won the Rock River championship on July 14 in Byron.

A Dixon man has been charged with six offenses, including four felonies, in connection with gunshots reported around 4:25 a.m. Monday, July 21, 2025, in a field off Tilton Park Drive.

The Geneva City Council voted unanimously Monday to adopt a proposed facilities master plan that will guide officials as they decide what to do with aging, obsolete buildings.

Five days after Shaquita Kelly was shot and killed, Malcolm Whitfield sat for a police interview and admitted being at a fight in Streator – but said he wasn’t the instigator and he wasn’t carrying any gun.

Prairieview won a sixth straight Lincoln Highway golf tournament on Sunday as Ryan Jahn took first, while Jason Wombacher and Andrew Canfield tied for second with Emerald Hill's Jarred Hippen. Sunset's Brian Weidman was also inducted into the tournament's Hall of Fame.

Bishop McNamara will be adding boys and girls swimming to its slate of athletics this fall.

Streator's Makenna Ondrey has chosen to continue her education at Lake Land College and her softball career at the NJCAA Division I level with the Lakers.

Race director Paul Bosnich Jr. said the field for the Lake DePue Pro National Championships “is one of our biggest in a while” with 180-185 boats.

The Beecher Muskies went 3-1 in their games over the last week, improving to 21-7 on the season overall.

The committee believes the city could fund it with a 20-year bond. However, during Monday’s committee of the whole, some aldermen weren’t convinced.

The 35th Annual Emma Hubbs Tennis Classic kicked off on Monday with four different age divisions competing. Brooklyn Arjes and Joel Rhodes won the 18 and under mixed doubles division over Jenna Mustapha and Aron Rivera.

Here is a list of property transfers for Lee County for July 14-18, 2025.

An Elgin-area man has been charged with 28 felonies after authorities said a multi-agency federal and local police investigation uncovered “hundreds of suspected explosives” and other chemical equipment inside a Kane County home.

The excavation of the new Hopkins Pool support building in DeKalb has been delayed, but officials said that won’t deter plans for reopening in time for summer 2026.

Tim Lowry, a 1969 Yorkville graduate and boys basketball scorekeeper since 1999, is being remembered as a "Yorkville Fox, through and through" who was loved by everybody. Lowry died on July 16 at the age of 73. "It's going to be different without him."

The Shrimp are 9-1 in their last 10 games entering Monday’s game and sit in second place in the Northwest Division for the second half.

Chase Holland earned a payday in the modified feature, Austin McCarty won his fifth straight pro late model feature and more result from the Kankakee County Speedway's July 18 races.

Marquette's Ashton Grady has signed on to continue his education at North Central College and his golfing career with the Cardinals.

Longtime club coach Dan Carl, former Sycamore coach Dave Lichamer first two inductees into DeKalb County Soccer Hall of Fame.

Here is a list of property transfers for Whiteside County for July 14-18, 2025

Casey Hintz realized a life-long dream when the Seattle Mariners selected him in the 16th round of last week's MLB draft. Hintz, who grew up in Crystal Lake and Lakewood, signed his first professional contract over the weekend. "It finally came true."

Four Genoa residents were hospitalized recently after an ATV rollover crash involving seven total people on a trail at Apple Canyon Lake, according to the Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Office.

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

Check out some of the best pictures captured by Daily Chronicle photographers for Shaw Local News Network the week of July 12 through July 18, 2025.

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.

Here is a list of property transfers for Ogle County for July 14-18, 2025.

Serena graduate Nicollette Walsh has signed on to continue her education at Knox College in Galesburg and her volleyball career at the NCAA Division III level with the Prairie Fire.

The DeKalb School District 428 Board took a first look at its Fiscal 2026 budget this week.

Here is a list of property transfers for Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties for July 7-11, 2025.

DeKalb City Council approved cannabis tasting rooms in a pair of unanimous decisions this week. “I think that this is so unique and just a brilliant business model," 1st Ward alderwoman Carolyn Zasada said.

Heavy rains that passed through DeKalb Saturday morning didn’t stop some protestors from demonstrating outside Hopkins Park as part of a series of protests organized to show opposition to President Donald Trump.

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.

Streator graduate and Times All-Area Boys Soccer first-teamer David Paton has signed on to continue his education and soccer career at Governors State University.

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

Cary-Grove graduate Quinn Priester started the Milwaukee Brewers’ second-half opener Friday night and struck out 10, including Shohei Ohtani, Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman in the first inning, and completed six scoreless innings in a 2-0 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

St. Charles’ likely new top cop will come to the city with more than 30 years of industry experience, including high-level management roles with the Illinois State Police, officials announced Friday.

Sidney A. Schiltz, age 42, of Sheridan and Melissa Vissman, age 31, of Ottawa, were discovered cause of death will be withheld at this time pending further forensic testing and court proceedings, Ploch said.

Burbank, the Illinois state champion, beat Iowa state champion Southeast Polk twice Thursday to win the Senior League Baseball Central Region Tournament for the fourth time in a row.

To better serve students and families in a space of their own, DeKalb School District 428 this week finalized the purchase of Mitchell Elementary School just in time for the start of classes this fall.

Ex-police officer James Corralejo, 26, of DeKalb, was sentenced by a judge Thursday to four years in prison for driving drunk and causing a 2023 crash that killed Graciela Reza Contreras. “I don't expect to be forgiven," Corralejo told Graciela's family in an emotional hearing.