Amanda Marrazzo

Two Woodstock 18-year-olds face felony charges after they were accused of holding a 13-year-old boy at knifepoint and demanding his bike and cellphone, according to authorities.

A pregnant ER nurse was kicked by a patient. Prosecutors, hospitals and nurses say violence has become routine – and convictions remain rare

A Marengo woman who was sentenced to prison time weeks ago for her 5th DUI got a new sentence for her 6th DUI.

Raymond Link's public defender doesn't deny he committed a "horrific," near-fatal attack on a woman in a McHenry park. But the defense wants a not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity verdict.

Workplace violence against nurses is rising – and hospitals are scrambling to respond, according to northern Illinois healthcare workers and hospital leadership.

A man accused of “randomly” stabbing another eight times outside a McHenry hotel will remain in county jail pretrial, a judge ruled Tuesday.

A Crystal Lake man accused of possessing more than $250,000 in cocaine and marijuana, along with $110,000 in cash and drug dealing paraphernalia, has pleaded guilty.

A McHenry man has pleaded guilty to disseminating child sex abuse images and was sentenced to six years in prison.

A Crystal Lake man accused of soliciting improper images from a child in New Jersey and another in Massachusetts pleaded guilty Wednesday and was sentenced to six years in prison.

This Sunday in downtown Crystal Lake, car enthusiasts will gather for Cars & Caffeine from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. while raising money for the city’s food pantry.

A McHenry-area juvenile was referred for felony charges following an alleged stabbing in a domestic incident, authorities said.

An Elgin man was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to failing to report a July crash he caused that injured another driver, and fleeing from Cary police in Crystal Lake.

A Crystal Lake boy has made it his personal mission to provide blankets to people who are homeless. He pitched his plan to his principal, and in the process got others at his school into giving.

Holly Eberle is a librarian, mentor, volunteer, advocate for people with mental illness, defender of intellectual freedom and more.

Tim Dempsey's job is to get kids in school, but in the process he sees a lot of families struggling to keep food on the table. “Could you look in a kid’s face that is hungry and tell them no? ... It is impossible," he said.