A Huntley man has been sentenced to conditional discharge after he was accused of cruelty to dozens of animals, including a turtle, 17 cats and a dog.

An 18-year-old Chicago man was arrested Wednesday after he was charged in the theft of an Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio from a Crystal Lake dealership last year.

Woodstock Willie doe not see his shadow when he emerged on Woodstock Square early Sunday, meaning an early spring according to Groundhog Day lore.

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The weather is expected to be relatively balmy but somewhat windy for Woodstock Willie's big Groundhog Day reveal Sunday. This year's festivities include the local debut of the musical take on the locally shot film.

A Wonder Lake resident is sentenced to two years probation in a plea deal after being charged with multiple felony counts of aggravated battery to police officers in October, including punching, biting and kicking one officer in the “groin area."

Hundreds of people lined up outside a bookstore in the Woodstock Square Saturday afternoon with hopes to meet with actor and “Groundhog Day” star Stephen Tobolowsky.

Construction workers who noticed a fire that broke out in a garage of a home in Huntley Saturday afternoon helped put out the fire while firefighters were in route, helping prevent the fire from spreading into the home, officials report.

A Woodstock man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in a plea deal after he was charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a child.

A Carpentersville man was sentenced to two years of conditional discharge after he was charged with intimidation, trespassing and resisting a police officer after police say he fled on foot through an Algonquin neighborhood.

Woodstock Willie appeared – both in mascot and in animal form – in the rodent’s namesake city Thursday evening to commence the Groundhog Day festivities.

Lake in the Hills smoke seen Wednesday was from a prescribed burn, the chance of wildfires is reduced, and flooding is possible over the weekend, according to the weather service

Fourteen acres of land were burned Thursday afternoon in a Harvard-area brush fire, and some farming equipment was lost.

In McHenry County, federal money has been used in far-reaching ways, helping fund roadwork, health care programs, nonprofit programs for those in need, specialty courts, workforce housing and much more.