Richmond-Burton's Emmett and Lelan Nelson have relied on each other during their successful seasons. Now the brothers will lean on each other this weekend as they each try to win state titles, starting Thursday at the State Farm Center in Champaign.

One month after his 3-pointer at the buzzer in overtime beat Huntley, Prairie Ridge guard Ben Gablenz scored a career-high 34 points to lead the Wolves to a 57-44 win over the Red Raiders in a Fox Valley Conference game Tuesday night.

Carson Trivellini scored a career-high 30 points, teammate AJ Demirov scored 14 in the fourth quarter alone, and Crystal Lake South kept its Fox Valley Conference title hopes alive Tuesday with a win over Jacobs.

Senior point guard AJ Demirov celebrated Crystal Lake South's senior night Friday by becoming the program's all-time leading scorer in the Gators' win over Crystal Lake Central.

The stages are set for both the boys and girls wrestling IHSA individual state tournaments. Here is a list of McHenry County-area wrestlers who will compete in their respective state tournaments.

Outtakes from recent photo assignments from the Northwest Herald for Feb. 16, 2025.

Some Huntley leaders like the idea of housing development of attached rentals in the village, but not the proposed location.

As Cary moves forward with plans to build 200 apartments and 50 townhomes on the long-shuttered Maplewood property, neighboring residents are still advocating for single-family homes.

Marian Central qualified eight for state and had four sectional champions, Richmond-Burton will send six and Johnsburg three from the Class 1A Oregon Sectional. Burlington Central boys and girls wrestlers also qualified for state.

Huntley sophomore Radic Dvorak captured the 157-pound championship at the Class 3A Barrington Sectional to earn his spot at state. Teammates Colin Abordo and Wyatt Theobald and McHenry's Ryan Hanson, a two-time state qualifier, also advanced.

Hampshire made history Saturday by qualifying the school's first three girls wrestlers to state, which included two sectional champions. Plus wrestlers from Huntley, Dundee-Crown, Crystal Lake South and McHenry all advance from the Schaumburg Sectional.

Crystal Lake Central's Cayden Parks and Cary-Grove's Lucas Burton each won sectional titles at Saturday's Class 2A Crystal Lake Central Sectional. The duo led a group of seven McHenry County-area wrestlers who qualified for the state tournament,

Two people were taken to the hospital Friday night following a crash near Harvard.

McHenry County-area businesses face great unknowns over the potential impact of new tariffs.

Woodstock's seniors celebrated senior night with a 47-36 win over Johnsburg on Friday to sweep the season series and dash the Skyhawks' hopes of winning the Kishwaukee River Conference championship.