McHenry County's request for disaster relief from damaging storms in August was rejected. Officials plan to appeal.

Donations for state Rep. Suzanne Ness’s 5th annual Diaper Drive will be collected through Monday, Nov. 3 at locations throughout her 66th House District.

A wooded area near Woodstock houses a little known, long-abandoned and vandalized cemetery from the 1800s. McHenry County's treasurer hopes to find an entity to care for the property and the graves.

Huntley will open its retail incubator, Shops on Main, on Saturday with 10 small retailers selling everything from clothing to candy to kitchen gadgets and pastries.

Businesses in downtown Woodstock and Crystal Lake welcomed kids of all ages for trick-or-treating Friday.

McHenry County residents can learn about ways to live more sustainably - and smash their Halloween pumpkins - Saturday at the Green Living Expo hosted at McHenry County College.

Woodstock's Halloween on the Square Trick-or-Treating is 4-5 p.m. Friday, while Crystal Lake's Halloween Handout is 3-5 p.m. Friday.

Fall is a bold time for young coyotes. As sightings increase during “dispersal season,” here’s what you need to know to ensure you co-exist peacefully with our canine neighbors.

Huntley is set on Saturday, Nov. 1 to debut Shops on Main, an incubator with 10 small store spaces downtown where new brick-and-mortar retailers are able to test out their business models.

From Capitol News Illinois: The plan calls for raising the existing Regional Transportation Authority sales tax by 0.25 percentage points, to 1% in Lake, McHenry, Kane, DuPage and Will counties and 1.25% in Cook County

Mike Domek started TicketsNow.com, sold it to Ticketmaster and, with his earnings, founded Bunker Hill Farms near Woodstock to raise millions for charity. With his death in June, the resort is shutting down.

Drivers are being advised to avoid an area of McHenry because of a gas leak.

Most McHenry County communities will have their sanctioned trick-or-treating hours on Halloween Friday.

Aqua America, the company which owns area water supplier Aqua Illinois, has been sold. It supplies water in DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kankakee, Lake, McHenry, Ogle, Will counties, among others.

In addition to his acclaimed acting career, Daniels is also a celebrated singer-songwriter.

An Island Lake man had been accused of viewing thousands of videos depicting child sexual abuse that one investigator called among "the worst" he'd seen. The man pleaded guilty to one video and is headed to prison.

Search our table to see what designation your McHenry County school received on the 2025 school report card.

“I permitted an event to an animal abuser. I did,” DeKalb County Interim Administrator Derek Hiland said of an Aug. 2 rodeo in Kirkland. In the past few years, steer-tailing events have drawn widespread criticism, though some say animal abuse allegations are hard to prosecute.

In the past few years, steer-tailing events in DeKalb, Will, Ogle and McHenry counties, among others, have drawn widespread criticism. Some say animal abuse allegations are hard to prosecute, however.

Rosa Luna, 65, Harvard's 4th Ward alderwoman, has died. Her family was among the first Latino families to settle in the area.

One person was airlifted in critical condition following a two-vehicle crash near Marengo early Wednesday morning that left one of the vehicles up against a nearby home.

A prominent Democratic candidate for a largely suburban Congressional seat now faces a criminal charge stemming from protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview.

The Cary Village Board has approved a apartment complex off Route 31 that prompted serious opposition from neighboring residents, mainly because of plans to extend a road to the highway.

A man who was killed during a farming accident Monday near Marengo has been identified by the McHenry County Coroner's Office.

A 23-year-old pedestrian was hit by a car and killed while crossing Route 31 in Johnsburg.

A 38-year-old Woodstock man has died in a farming accident near Marengo Monday evening.

A man accused of threatening to kill Barrington Hills police officers in a video he posted on YouTube has been found unfit to stand trial.

Leadership Greater McHenry County has tapped a McHenry County College official to lead the organization.

The Cook County Medical Examiner has released the cause of death for a Spring Grove girl who died following dental visit.

A Lake Zurich cop was seriously injured in a crash last year. He and his family recently thanked firefighters from Nunda and McHenry townships who rescued him. No longer able to work as an officer, he now plans to enter the ministry.

Less than a year after Joe Cicero's departure from Crystal Lake's Star 105.5 morning show, he and co-host Tina Bree are getting back together

McHenry County Sheriff Robb Tadelman was among the countywide officeholders who filed nominating petitions Monday to run in the Spring 2026 primary election. Tadelman is seeking his second term, so far without opposition.

Candidates line up Monday at the McHenry County Clerk's Office in Woodstock to file their paperwork to run in the Spring 2026 primary election.

A fire, apparently started in a bathroom, left a Lake in the Hills home uninhabitable early Monday.

Students at Westwood Elementary School in Woodstock can now visit the Amy Roeder Memorial Garden, in remembrance of the school volunteer, classroom aide and mother of three who died in a crash a year ago Monday.

Drivers who have to use the detour for the Miller Road closure in Lake in the Hills will be getting a holiday gift from McHenry County.

A blaze early Sunday morning left two apartments uninhabitable with heavy fire damage in Algonquin.

Raymond Link is accused of attempted murder of a woman he allegedly attacked in a McHenry park last year and of a man who tried to stop him. Link's lawyers are exploring an insanity defense, court records show.

Filing for the March 2026 primary election begins Monday, Oct. 27. Which McHenry County seats are up next year and which incumbents say they're running again?

A man working on the roof of a home under construction near Huntley was taken to the hospital after injuring his leg and being rescued by fire district personnel.

Thirty years ago Saturday, a Metra train struck a school bus in the heart of Fox River Grove, killing seven Cary-Grove High students and injuring many more. The community and rail safety were forever changed.

A Florida man is accused of exposing himself to a child in a Fox River Grove park and urinating on the floor of the police station.

A man with a past violent conviction was detained after he was accused of starting a vehicle fire near Harvard and wielding a butcher knife when authorities arrived, a prosecutor said Thursday.

A segment on WTTW's "Chicago Stories" about iconic, defunct department store Marshall Field's features commentary by a McHenry County College instructor.

Police activity in Huntley Thursday related to authorities serving a search warrant in the Talamore , which led to an arrest on child sex abuse materials charges, authorities said.

On Oct. 25, 1995, a school bus was hit by a Metra express train in the heart of Fox River Grove, killing seven Cary-Grove High School students, injuring many more and prompting big changes in rail safety across the country.

A long, sometimes tense meeting over a controversial development and road extension in cary prompted the Village Board to delay a vote on the matter.

An Arizona woman who traveled to McHenry County with her son – smuggling 120,000 fentanyl pills as alleged carriers for a Mexican cartel – was sentenced Thursday to 17 years in prison.

The Crystal Lake City Council has agreed to landmark one of the city’s oldest buildings – but only if preservationists can figure out a way to move it from its current location.

A man is believed to have suffered a medical emergency when he crashed into an Algonquin home and suffered injuries Wednesday afternoon, officials say.