The Sycamore and Crystal Lake South boys basketball teams played a Class 3A sectional semifinal game Tuesday night at Rochelle High School.

About 10 acres burned in the predawn hours of Tuesday, March 4, 2025, south of McHenry. The Nunda Rural Fire Protection District responded along with mutual aid agencies.

Huntley faces Loyola Academy in the IHSA Class 4A Gurnee Warren Supersectional girls basketball game on Monday, March 3, 2025, at Warren Township High School in Gurnee.

A look back at some of Northwest Herald photojournalist Gregory Shaver's favorite pictures in the Northwest Herald from February 2025.

Images from the 2025 IHSA State Girls Swimming and Diving Championships on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 at FMC Natatorium in Westmont.

McHenry faces Warren in the IHSA Class 4A McHenry Regional championship basketball game on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, at McHenry High School.

Crystal Lake South faces Cary-Grove in the IHSA Class 3A Prairie Ridge Regional championship basketball game on on Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake.

Huntley defeats Libertyville in the IHSA Class 4A Huntley Sectional Championship girls basketball game on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, at Huntley High School.

Northern Illinois University held a press conference Thursday at the Convocation Center to announce that they will be joining the Horizon League starting with the fall 2026 season for most sports other than football.

McHenry faces Jacobs in an IHSA Class 4A McHenry Regional basketball game on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, at McHenry High School.

Huntley faces Lake Zurich in an IHSA Class 4A Huntley Sectional girls basketball game on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at Huntley High School.

Crystal Lake Central faces Wheeling in the IHSA Class 2A Dual Team wrestling Sectional on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at Wheeling High School.

The Crystal Lake Central and Sterling girls basketball teams met Tuesday in a Class 3A sectional semifinal at Boylan Catholic High School in Rockford.

Crystal Lake Central faces Prairie Ridge in an IHSA Class 3A Prairie Ridge Regional basketball game on \Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, at Prairie Ridge High School.

People enjoy a story at Read Between The Lynes in Woodstock during the bookshop's weekly story time. The bookshop will be hosting a special story time celebrating Paper Bag Princess Day at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 1.