Claire O'Brien

McHenry County has promoted a familiar face to the county administrator role.

A Crystal Lake District 47 school board member apologized for the disruption caused by her posts about Charlie Kirk following his killing. Some community members asked for her to resign. The board declined to censure her.

Former Huntley Village Board member Niko Kanakaris is running for a seat on the McHenry County Board.

A $600,000 federal health grant to McHenry County - which had been cut by President Trump's administration - was among those reinstated after the Illinois attorney general and other states sued.

The McHenry County Board is expected to take up Tuesday whether to increase the salaries of most of the countywide elected officials as it weighs the impact on taxpayers.

A man was flown to hospital Sunday after crashing his motorized bike into a fence.

Huntley will install new crosswalks and stop signs. Find out where.

Despite fears of immigration enforcement activities, thousands of people celebrated Mexican Independence Day on Sunday in Woodstock.

Lake in the Hills has raised its local cannabis dispensary tax from 2% to 3%, the most allowed under state law.

A sealed bid auction of abandoned properties in McHenry County is going on through Sept. 19. Find out how to bid.

Politicians around northern Illinois mourned Charlie Kirk, who was from the Chicago suburbs and was fatally shot Wednesday while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University.

Wauconda is among several communities in the Chicago area that have canceled events related to Latino heritage.

The McHenry County Coroner's Office identified the man killed in a crash near McHenry Tuesday.

The Woodstock Fire/Rescue District hosted the first-ever McHenry County Sept. 11 Memorial Stair Climb in remembrance of what firefighters who responded to the World Trade Center faced that day.

A McHenry man died, and a woman and two child passengers in another car were injured, when their two cars collided near McHenry Tuesday.