After almost two hours of discussion and public criticism, the Woodstock City Council rejected a proposal to install security cameras on the Woodstock Square – for now.

A commercial building with multiple tenants in Crystal Lake sustained $30,000 worth of damage from a fire that broke out Thursday morning, officials report.

A Crystal Lake man is accused of “repeatedly” sexually abusing and assaulting a child from 2018 through 2023, when she was between 6 and 10 years old, a McHenry County judge said.

The historic Dole mansion will host the first Indoor Winter Market for the season on Sunday, Nov. 9.

A Crystal Lake man with two pending cases from 2021, alleging he solicited and possessed images of child sex abuse, has been detained again on new, similar charges.

A man was taken into custody outside the McHenry County courthouse Wednesday by agents wearing masks and Homeland Security vests who witnesses said smashed the window of his car before detaining him.

A man has admitted to threatening children who were riding bikes at Crystal Lake South High School and telling them that he was going to shoot them.

McHenry city officials say taking advantage of new property growth could allow them to raise their property tax levy while the average homeowner's portion to the city goes down.

An IDOT worker told a Shannon woman who admitted to hitting him with her car on a Marengo roadway that although his “life has changed forever,” he forgives her.