Hampshire

More women are finding work in the traditionally male-dominated union trades amid demographic and economic shifts.

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

Here are official results for the November 2024 for the Kane County Board, countywide offices and local legislative races, as well as several referendum questions.

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 75-year-old Hampshire man died after a crash Sunday afternoon on U.S. Route 20 east of Illinois Route 47 in Rutland Township,

St. John’s United Church of Christ in Hampshire is collecting gift cards for Home of the Sparrow, a Woodstock nonprofit that helps women and children during difficult times.

Students from schools throughout northern Illinois learn about and gets hands-on experience with various industries earlier this month during SkillsUSA Illinois' first Industry Pathways Career Experience event at Johnsburg High School.

Two DeKalb County residents will compete at the ballot box this fall, as both are vying for the Illinois House 70th District seat in the Illinois House of Representatives.

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

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

Shops in McHenry, Kane, DeKalb counties and throughout northern Illinois are participating in the Vintage Shop Hop, a self-guided road trip tour.

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

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.

A Hampshire man pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon and was sentenced to prison time.

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.

A line of dangerous storms prompted a tornado warning in parts of the McHenry County area Monday evening and again caused power outages and damage.

Someone caught video of a crash near Huntley last week that seriously injured three teens. Police say the person filming had just exited the car before it left the road and hit a tree.

A crash Friday evening caused serious injuries to three people. Two of them were airlifted to hospitals in Cook County.

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

Firefighters extinguished a fire inside a garage attached to a home in Huntley within 10 minutes Thursday afternoon, according to the Huntley Fire Protection District.

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.

The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that a state law restricting where previously convicted child sex offenders can live is constitutional, although it left open the possibility that it was improperly applied to one Kane County individual.

DeKalb County property transfers filed from Jan. 16 to 26, 2024.

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.

Eleven people were involved in a six-car pile up Saturday evening on Interstate 90 near Marengo.

State Rep. Jeff Keicher, R-Sycamore, recently proposed a bill that would designate Oct. 13 as Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day, and according to a news release a Hampshire constituent was his inspiration.

Teen charged as adult in Hampshire Township crash that injured 4

One person was killed and another hospitalized following a two-car crash at Walker Road and Route 72 in Hampshire Township on Sunday, according to a Kane County Sheriff’s Office news release.

The accident happened around 5:30 Sunday, Sept. 3 near Hampshire. It's the third fatal crash in Kane County since Thursday.

Swatting - when someone calls in a false police report to bring a large law enforcement response - caused a lockdown Wednesday at Dundee-Crown High School, school district officials said.

A Pingree Grove man, previously convicted seven times for drunken driving, now faces a Class X felony for his eighth arrest on April 9.

A McHenry County grand jury indicted these people on the following charges the week of May 1, 2023.

Two people were treated for breathing issues following an ammonia leak at a Hampshire butcher shop Wednesday evening that prompted a hazmat response from multiple agencies.

Hampshire, Huntley, Jacobs and Cary-Grove high school students were recognized last month by the Fox River Valley chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution at its annual Student Award Reception.

Hampshire’s Bria Riebel was locked in at the plate, homering in four consecutive games during the week of April 3. The Whip-Purs sophomore was voted the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week by readers.

Didi Dowling, owner and executive director of Live, Learn and Lead, out of Hampshire, shows off some of their animals Friday. They offer many different programs at their farm as well as in the surrounding areas ranging from education to recreation.

A McHenry County grand jury indicted these people on the following charges the week of March 13, 2023.

A Huntley man died of blunt-force injuries after a truck hit his car Sunday.

Plans to annex and rezone 316 acres near I-90 in Hampshire Township are on hold after Hampshire’s planning and zoning commission unanimously recommended denial of the request.

Those charged with felonies the week of Feb. 5, 2023, by the Cary, Crystal Lake, Harvard, Huntley, Johnsburg, McHenry, Spring Grove and Woodstock police departments, as well as the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.

Four other teenagers – including two from Huntley, one from Elk Grove Village and another from Arlington Heights – who were in the car also remain hospitalized, according to a news release from the Kane County Sheriff’s Office.

The Hampshire Area Chamber of Commerce will host its inaugural Heart of Hampshire Ice Sculpture & Cocoa Crawl from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, in downtown Hampshire.

Band students from all five Community School District 300 middle schools will perform the world premiere of “Magical Forest,” an original composition by Nubia Jamie-Donjuan.

Marengo coach Elisa Hanson believes her team can reach a higher level as the Indians vie for a Kishwaukee River Conference championship. Plus info on Alden-Hebron and a key FVC battle between Huntley and Hampshire in this week's girls basketball notebook.

Despite eight objections filed against McHenry County school board hopefuls, no candidates were kicked off the ballot after a hearing on Friday.

Martina Smith, the Algonquin-based Community School District 300's assistant superintendent of Title I schools, will step into the district's lead position when Superintendent Susan Harkin retires at the end of the 2023-24 school year.

Candidates for the Community School District 300 school board should no longer file petitions at the Kane County Clerk’s Office, but instead in McHenry County, the Kane County clerk said this week.