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Hot-shooting Naperville North cools off Cary-Grove

Land with McHenry County’s oldest trees – up to 400 years – acquired by conservation district

Crystal Lake woman diagnosed with breast cancer at 30 unfurls Bear Down flag before Chicago Bears OT win

McHenry rejects $3M incentive to redevelop old bank building into apartments, calling plan into question

Isaac Muze, Huntley rally past Hampshire

Hampshire honors wrestler Deegan Kirschke: ‘This whole season will be for him’

Crystal Lake South falls short against Wauconda at Northern Illinois Holiday Classic

Jacobs’ Elijah Bell scores 1,000th point in loss at Hinkle Holiday Classic

From freestyle to folkstyle, Hampshire’s Amelia Nidelea-Polanin pushing for state wrestling title

IHSA football playoffs expanded with passage of Proposal 19

2025 Northwest Herald Football Coach of the Year: Richmond-Burton’s Mike Noll

2025 Northwest Herald Football Player of the Year: Prairie Ridge’s Luke Vanderwiel

Eye On Illinois: Warren’s Dec. 17 remarks may live in professional infamy

Rich Miller: Power shortages predicted

Eye On Illinois: Taking a look at new laws going on the books in 2026

Beyond Trim: Cocktails, cups and cancer

Reflections: The era when Christmas was a very different holiday

Historic Highlights: Christmas in Lincoln White House was low-key affair

5 Things to Do: Tribute to Trans-Siberian Orchestra in Dixon, last weekend for Holiday Lights in Rock Falls

Ring in 2026 with American English and The Beatles in Bloom at Raue Center for the Arts

Bears Film Study: Separating the fine line between lucky and good

Illinois praises judge’s order to restore school mental health grants

Mild weather ends hopes of a white Christmas

Chicago Bears’ Joe Thuney, Drew Dalman, Kevin Byard earn Pro Bowl honors