A Crystal Lake man has been charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly charged at a police officer with a ukulele, according to court records.

A light fixture caught fire in the teachers lounge at Creekside Middle School in Woodstock.

Lakemoor trustees have voted to annex a golf course so that the property can be redeveloped as a solar farm, despite reservations by some nearby residents.

Three people were injured in a three-vehicle crash that resulted in an engine fire Wednesday afternoon in Lake in the Hills, officials report.

A Chicago man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison in a plea deal after he was charged with bringing in 17 kilograms of cocaine into a Super 8 Motel in McHenry.

Lake in the Hills is getting rid of special service areas. But in exchange, it will impose a higher property tax levy on local real estate owners.

The McHenry County Coroner’s Office has identified the person who died in a car crash near Harvard Saturday afternoon.

A McHenry home was deemed uninhabitable following a fire early Tuesday morning where no injuries were reported.

A person was flown after a crash Sunday evening near McHenry.

Crystal Lake School District 47 say multiple air quality tests have been completed, with no abnormal results, following concerns from staff and parents about odors at Bernotas Middle School.

A Ringwood man who pleaded guilty in March to aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a girl he met on Snapchat turned himself into the county jail Thursday to begin his five-year prison sentence.

The state has rested in the trial for a man who admits he struck her with a hammer and hatchet in her Crystal Lake apartment, but denies he was trying to kill her.

A woman who police said was drunk when she crashed into another vehicle in Huntley ejecting her 4-year-old passenger was sentenced to one year in prison.

A Wisconsin man has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13 in McHenry County – an allegation dating back 10 years.

Unique Japanese discount retail store Daiso is taking over the shuttered BuyBuy Bay property in Crystal Lake with a grand opening this weekend, becoming one of the first in the state and Midwest.