A McHenry man is accused of advertising a vehicle for sale on social media and scamming a would-be buyer out of thousands of dollars before reposting the car for sale, according to court records.

McHenry High School English teacher uses Dungeons and Dragons to help new English learners connect with the language

Hikers may come upon winter fish kills this time of year in ponds or small corners of lakes in the McHenry County Conservation District.

Fans can catch the brand new “Super Mario Galaxy Movie” this April and get a chance to play Mario Bros. games on the giant screen. The theater opens for the season April 3.

McHenry County College and community partners held a pop-up job fair to connect laid-off Brake Parts workers with companies who have dozens of positions to fill.

Members of two households have been displaced after a fire damaged their homes and a detached garage Friday afternoon in Holiday Hills.

After a year on Green Street, The Pieceful Project in McHenry is closing; it's next door neighbor Bumble Bread Co says it has grown in the past year.

McHenry County is facing a lawsuit over the County Board’s denial of a pair of solar farms.

Jett pressed on the need for additional TIF districts and road construction his annual State of the City address, part of the McHenry Area Chamber of Commerce's annual luncheon.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a former Lake in the Hills woman who is accused of threatening to harm McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese, court records show.

A fire engulfed several high-ticket items near McHenry Wednesday that required an extra engine.

A McHenry man is accused of starving and not providing medical treatment to multiple pit bulls, court records show.

A man pleaded guilty Thursday to burglarizing a vehicle in McHenry “with intent to commit a theft” and was sentenced to six years in prison.

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The trial of a man accused of randomly attacking a woman as she walked her son’s dog in a McHenry park is set to resume Friday afternoon.

Three men were rescued off thin ice on Pistakee Lake near Johnsburg Thursday and quickly brought back to shore by responders from the McHenry Township Fire Protection District.

McHenry neighborhoods that did not get their leaves picked up before the early first snowfall last year are set for April pickup dates.

The McHenry City Council has approved a 10-year, $142,000 sales tax rebate deal with Niko Kanakaris, a restaurateur who is set to buy and rehab Vickie's Place on the Fox River.

Editor’s note: Today’s Part 2 of Shaw Local’s human trafficking series examines law enforcement crackdowns, how to recognize trafficking victims, and resources for those seeking help

McHenry Township firefighters extinguished a fire in a single-family home in less than 10 minutes Monday night near McHenry.

Officials from Richmond, Spring Grove, Volo, Fox Lake and Lakemoor updated the public on their communities at a area chamber event recently.

Real estate news: The single-family residence located at 7015 Burning Tree Circle in McHenry was sold on Feb. 2, for $530,000, or $148 per square foot.

The former owner of a McHenry smoke shop has been sentenced to jail time and probation in a felony LSD possession plea deal.

McHenry's City Council is looking at how it wants to recognize residents in lieu of street sign program

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The Hobby Lobby in Algonquin is relocating to a new home still within the village’s boundaries.

No injuries were reported in an attic fire Saturday in a home near McHenry.

A Harvard 18-year-old accused of strangling and sexually assaulting a woman after she “crashed out” has been detained in McHenry County jail pretrial.

A Wonder Lake man has pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver heroin and was sentenced to six years in prison after authorities said several people tipped them off to his dealing.

The owner of McHenry’s Freundly Designs teamed up with McHenry High School Athletics to create limited-edition “Riverside Strong” T-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies.

More students from schools across McHenry County walked out of class Friday to protest the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

The United Way of Greater McHenry County lost a major sponsor years before corporate owners indicted in January.

Simply Elton will perform at the special dinner event on Feb. 14.

Two McHenry County-based nonprofits working directly with veterans were awarded grants this week, thanks to the Illinois Lottery.

A Carhartt jacket, loaned by the owner's girlfriend to a woman shivering outside the Vixen in McHenry on New Year's Eve 2024, has been been returned.

McHenry's Happy Jack's restaurant, which has operated for decades in town, has reopened and is serving up subs, burgers and ice cream under new ownership.

The women who craft together each Thursday morning at the McHenry Moose Lodge #691 are looking for more locations to donate to

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Lawsuits filed between Addison’s Steakhouse and the McHenry Golf Club have been settled, according to documents filed recently in McHenry County court.

Employees at the now-shuttered Brake Parts in McHenry say they were told their jobs were safe in months leading up to closure. Now hundreds are out of work and the company founder indicted.

A Crystal Lake man who pleaded guilty to a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme in federal court started his 4 1/2-year prison sentence Friday after multiple attempts to push it back.

Before a packed courtroom in McHenry County Thursday, friends and family of 24-year-old man killed by a drunk driver spoke of the light and love he brought to their lives.

Today marks the first of a two-part series about the use of automated license plate readers, commonly known as LPRS or Flock cameras, in northern Illinois. Today’s installment focuses on how cities use the cameras and the successes they have noted

Brake Parts Inc. LLC has permanently closed its McHenry operations and 389 employees there will be or have already been laid off, according to the company's state filings.

In northern Illinois’s largest cities to its smallest towns, counterfeit pills, whose effects are boosted by fentanyl, kill users and devastate the families they leave behind.

Alan Hanke of Crystal Lake succeeded in delaying his sentencing several times. Now he's due to report to federal prison for an $8 million Ponzi scheme but continued to seek more delays as he awaits trial in McHenry County.

Hundreds of people assembled along Route 31 in McHenry Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, to protest recent actions by ICE, particularly the shootings of two American citizens in Minneapolis.

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A single-family home in Spring Grove that sold for $660,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in McHenry County in the past week

Indivisible McHenry County is hosting an "ICE Out Now!" roadside protest rally from noon to 2 p.m. Sunday at Route 31 and McCullom Lake Road in McHenry.