Huntley girls basketball stayed undefeated with a 51-23 win over Hampshire on Wednesday night. Plus more girls and boys basketball scores.

Local authorities confirmed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was in Crystal Lake Tuesday, but what they were investigating and other details are unknown.

Fox Lake police are investigating the death of a man found inside a burning SUV that damaged a home Tuesday afternoon.

Everything old is new again, or so the saying goes. Sadly, that seems to be true about a resurgence of use of nitrous oxide on college campuses. It was a bad idea back in the late 1980s, and it remains a bad idea now.

State Rep. Martin McLaughlin says he's interested in filling the Illinois Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Dan McConchie, who has announced his plan to step down.

Doug "Dougie" Webster was killed Nov. 12 in a Woodstock apartment building fire. He was a prolific artist and student at McHenry County College, which now has a retrospective of his work on exhibit.

The Cary Village Board has chosen a developer to build apartments and townhouses at the former Maplewood School property. Not all the neighbors are pleased.

Johnsburg's Ashton Stern didn't make a shot in the first half. The Skyhawks junior came out at halftime and hit 5 of 8 shots from 3-point range, scoring the first 15 points of the quarter for the Skyhawks in a 68-39 win over Richmond-Burton.

Woodstock North boys basketball scored a season high in points to beat Marengo, Hampshire knocked off Huntley in FVC play, and more in Tuesday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.