Carpentersville

Jacobs High School had a short shelter-in-place order Monday following a police presence near the Community School District 300 school

The long tradition of Shop with a Cop, the initiative that brings police together with children to provide gifts and mentoring, continues this holiday season.

Dundee Township’s 21st annual Shop With a Cop provided children with presents, food and warm clothing this Christmas.

Crystal Lake City Council postpones the consideration of a 5% self-storage facility rental tax after industry leaders push back.

The Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway 2024 Holiday Train made a stop in Pingree Grove on Wednesday Nov. 27, 2024, entertaining crowds with live music and holiday cheer while also collecting food and donations for the D300 Food Pantry. The holiday train is touring the U.S. and Canada through Dec. 20.

Leo Bonilla of Neubert Elementary School aims to raise $3,000 for the D300 Food Pantry after his school won the Hunger Champion award for collecting the most food donations.

A Carpentersville man initially accused by McHenry County Sheriff’s Office of possessing 40 pressed oxycontin pills and other narcotics pleaded guilty Friday to a fentanyl charge and was sentenced to 6 years in prison.

A driver who was killed when two semi tractor-trailer trucks collided near Carpentersville has been named.

Retired District 300 teacher Laurie Parman of Sleepy Hallow is trying to unseat incumbent Democrat State Rep. Suzanne Ness of Crystal Lake in the 66th House district.

State Rep. Suzanne Ness’ fourth annual diaper drive is underway and runs through Monday, Nov. 4, with dropoff spots throughout the 66th District she represents.

A car fire that started in the attached garage of a Lake in the Hills home was quickly extinguished before it spread to the home, officials reported.

A fire broke out in a two-story, multifamily building in Carpentersville early Monday, displacing the occupants of 12 units.

The Fox River is adapting to a new flow through Carpentersville as crews continue to work on removing a dam.

Van’s Frozen Custard could be moving from East Dundee across the river to West Dundee.

A Pingree Grove charter school teacher has been awarded with the 2024 ISTA Middle School Educator Award.

A home remains habitable and no injuries reported in an electrical fire that started in an attached garage of a home Thursday evening in Lake in the Hills, officials report.

Multiple parents raise concerns over the safety conditions of a playground at District 300 Neubert Elementary School in Algonquin.

Lake in the Hills is looking at charging a tax for self-storage facilities and truck storage businesses in town.

The anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America will be remembered during ceremonies around the McHenry County area Wednesday.

The Fox River will soon flow freely from Algonquin to Elgin, as crews will begin work on a $1.2 million project to remove the Carpentersville Dam this month.

Longmeadow Parkway is finally complete and the bridge over the Fox River in northern Kane County opened to traffic Thursday afternoon.

Algonquin-based District 300 appointed a former school board member to fill a vacant seat.

A man whose remain were discovered in Carpentersville early Tuesday has been identified.

Carpentersville police ask anyone with information about a man found dead along Route 31 at Main Street early Tuesday morning to contact the department

National Night Out events are taking place around McHenry County over the next few days.

After nearly 10 years of planning, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources formally approved a contract to remove the Carpentersville Dam, part of the Fox River Shores Forest Preserve.

Girls flag football officially becomes an IHSA-sanctioned sport this fall. Local players got tips from the Chicago Bears at a camp at McHenry High School Wednesday.

Girls flag football becomes an official high school sport in Illinois this fall. Many players are new to the sport but are getting tips from the Chicago Bears.

If you live in or around northern Kane County, chances are you’ve heard about the Longmeadow Parkway. Soon, you’ll get to drive it to cross the Fox River — and you won’t have to pay a toll.

Algonquin-based Community School District 300 opens applications for a vacant school board member position after board member Randi Gauthier announced her resignation last month citing personal reasons.

Fireworks, as well as festivals, food, parades and live music are in store around in McHenry County during the Fourth of July week – and beyond.

Algonquin-based School District 300 board member Randi Gauthier announced her resignation last week citing personal reasons, District 300 officials report.

Several McHenry County-area chambers are getting Back to Business grants from the state to offset the effects of the pandemic.

Wanda and Allen Iverson have always supported their independent filmmaker son. Now his first feature length movie, "For Prophet" is debuting in theaters.

The Illinois Secretary of State’s Mobile Driver Services Unit will be at the Carpentersville Public Works Facility June 6. Find out how to register.

The "Wall That Heals," a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will receive a motorcycle escort through McHenry County Wednesday prior to a display in West Dundee. A Field of the Fallen flag display will take place in Cary this weekend also.

Algonquin police took a District 300 Jacobs High School student into custody after the student reportedly posted a weapon on social media, Algonquin Police reports.

Husband, wife, father, mother, Illinois State Police master sergeant and McHenry County Sheriff’s deputy. Robert and Khalia Satkiewicz have worn several titles during their 22-year marriage. With each title is a common thread: caring and wanting to help.

Each year, Leo Bonilla collects about $2,000 and 2,000 pounds for the school pantry. In the past four years, Leo has raised a total of $7,300 and 5,300 pounds of food.

McHenry County is dealing with both a flood risk and a winter weather advisory that could bring more snow.

Spring Hill Mall employees - some of whom worked at the mall for decades - gathered one last time Friday before the mall shut down for good.

As part of a recent initiative of nonprofit Crate Free USA, farmer Cliff McConville will visit Elgin’s Gail Borden Public Library later this month to talk to kids about eco-friendly life on his Kane County farm near Carpentersville and Algonquin.

When suburban farmer Cliff McConville teaches kids about his farm on the Brunner Family Forest Preserve in Carpentersville, where grass-fed cows, pigs and chickens roam freely across 150 acres of pasture, he hopes he’s inspiring not only future consumers but future farmers.

A District 300 school teacher and wrestling coach has been charged with grooming, sexual exploitation of a child and burglary, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office reports.

Matt Bishop, 34, died unexpectedly at his home in Elgin Saturday. He was a Dundee Middle School music teacher for 12 years and participated in the school's band, choir, orchestra, musicals, plays and multiple clubs.

Spring Hill Mall will close by the end of March, a mall official said Thursday. Tenants have been notified about the pending closure of the largely vacant mall, which straddles Carpentersville and West Dundee.

Two people, including an 18-year-old, were hospitalized Sunday after a two-vehicle crash in rural Cortland Township, authorities said.

Those charged with felonies the week of Jan. 14-20 by the Algonquin, Cary, Harvard and Marengo police departments, as well as the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.

The Longmeadow Parkway bridge over the Fox River had been planned as a toll bridge, but local funding allowed that to be eliminated.

Search for eagles in the wild along the Fox River and compete in various tournaments from RC racing to trivia this weekend in McHenry County.