Richmond-Burton High School District 157

A former student, now 19, has been charged with making an online threat against Richmond-Burton High School that prompted alert to parents.

Nearly 1,000 acres of current farmland is set to become part of Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge, which straddles Illinois and Wisconsin and aims to protect wildlife corridors.

Stevie Hyder, 15, is one of the students at Richmond-Burton High School whose images were manipulated to appear naked. She said if more people speak out, "the cops will be forced to do something about this.”

Richmond-Burton High School alerted parents late Monday to "sensitive images" created and circulated on a computer. Authorities are now investigating.

Trent Ullrich, a 14-year-old who died of an overdose, had fentanyl and xylazine in his system, the McHenry County Coroner said.

Richmond-Burton High School officials said in an email to parents a social media threat was investigated and addressed.

Kristine Porreca, a Richmond-Burton High School mom, brought her therapy dog Archie to the school on Monday, helping students grieve the loss of a classmate last week.

A Richmond-area boy died Wednesday after he was found unresponsive; authorities say a woman has been charged in connection to that investigation.

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

Ryan Carlson, who has resigned from his teaching job, was cleared a second time of criminal charges involving an interaction with a student.

A lawsuit filed Aug. 7 against Richmond-Burton High School District 157, a woman claims she was not rehired as COVID-19 restrictions changed as she was pregnant.

A McHenry County judge Monday agreed with defense attorneys in finding a Richmond-Burton High School teacher and cross-country coach was not guilty of a crime when he touched a student’s shirt as he commented on her “groutfit.”

Katie Murphy has been working to bring new, nationally recognized biomedical pathway classes to Richmond-Burton High School.

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.

Richmond-Burton High School District 157 Board President Tracey Highley resigned from the board this week, citing a move out of the district.