Families gather for the kickoff youth soccer ceremony on Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, at Peck Park in Ottawa. Check out these photos by MaKade Rios.

The Pistol Shrimp closed out their 2025 season with a 4-7 loss against the Clinton LumberKings on Thursday, July 31, at Schweickert Stadium in Peru.

The 16-year-old won two bronze medals in taekwondo at the USA Team Trials in individual and pair competition in the freestyle poomsae discipline.

After more than a century as a gathering place for high society, the Oak Brook Polo Club is closing.

Drone soccer teams from Dixon High School and Reagan Middle School scrimmage Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, to hone their drones in a qualifying match for a chance to go to nationals.

Sterling Park District installed a nine-hole disc golf course at Kilgour Park, 400 W. 15th St., off West LeFevre Road.

Dixon plays DeKalb Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023 in volleyball action at Dixon High School.

In December Joseph “Jo Jo” Awinongya Jr. of Joliet won the USA Boxing Nationals 2022 for his weight class. He also recently received a full scholarship to the University of St. Francis in Joliet.

The 23rd annual Reagan Run saw a familiar face cross the finish line first Saturday, July 1, 2023. Jacob Gebhardt of Sterling has won the race four times now.

Huntley hosts McHenry in a Fox Valley Conference on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, at Huntley High School.

The 68th annual O’Reilly Auto Parts World Series of Drag Racing returned over the weekend, the first World Series for new owners Dan and Shelly Crownhart of Sterling, who have invested thousands into track upgrades.

MCH provides festive Christmas lights for the pocket park to enhance each child’s visit with Santa Claus, and offers leadership in the Morrison Chamber of Commerce, the Morrison Area Development Corporation, the Morrison City Council, and the Morrison Rotary Club.