Winnebago County

Plea agreement had been reached in Eric Hentges’ Ogle County offense, which occurred March 4.

A springtime winter weather advisory has been issued for DeKalb, Lee, Ogle and McHenry counties through noon Wednesday, bringing with it a potential for two to four inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service.

Any private landowners with forests, from homeowners to farmers, can apply for the Improving Oak Ecosystem Health in the Great Lakes Region in Northeastern Illinois program until March 29.

Sycamore falls in girls basketball. That and more in Monday's roundup.

Weather officials have words of warning for those debating whether to travel today in northern Illinois: If at all possible, don’t do it.

Roads throughout northern Illinois Tuesday morning were seeing some of the early effects of a snow storm expected to drop up to a foot of snow in some areas today.

A heavy, wet snow is expected to begin falling Monday night for most of northern Illinois and last all day Tuesday, bringing with it almost a foot of snow in some areas and chances of freezing rain further south, forecasts show.

Lee, Ogle, Boone and Winnebago counties are now at high for COVID hospitalizations; severals others in the northern Illinois region have moved to medium.

Illinois state Rep. Tony McCombie’s winter clothing drive is accepting any winter gear like coats, hats, gloves or scarves in all sizes, from infant to adult.

A 24-year-old Harvard man was killed in a crash Saturday in Roscoe, according to a news release from the Winnebago County Coroner’s Office.

Cortland Elementary teacher Viviana Castillo longs to pursue a career that more closely aligns with the Bachelors degree in psychology she received a couple years ago from NIU. She's set to be part of a pilot program meant to address school psychologist shortages in Illinois.

The mother of a Harvard woman whose boyfriend killed her and hid her remains in a U-Haul storage locker called her daughter’s killer “a coward” before he was sentenced to 28 years in prison Friday.

Dry conditions, low humidity and strong winds have led to all of northern Illinois being placed under a red flag warning for “extreme fire behavior,” the National Weather Service said.

Eastern McHenry County remains under a severe thunderstorm warning until 9 p.m. along with Lake, Will, DuPage and Cook counties, and a tornado watch remains in effect until 10 p.m. northeastern Illinois

At 2:35 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch until 10 p.m. for most of northern Illinois and parts of Wisconsin