McHenry County

RISE Up Festival is now the McHenry Music Festival, which announced Monday some of the acts set for the September concerts.

Before most McHenry County voters get a chance to vote this April, Algonquin, Grafton and Nunda township voters will choose on who will appear on ballot.

The former BuyBuy Baby site in Crystal Lake is revived as a Michaels opens and Japanese discount store Daiso is set to open end of March.

Teams from 14 high school, including Huntley, recently participated in the first mock trial competition held at McHenry County courthouse.

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.

Start counting your chickens: A Chick-fil-A is headed to McHenry this year.

“A Sisterly Snow Day: A ‘Frozen’ Character Dining Experience" takes place Sunday at Galati's Hideaway in Cary.

A Rockford man was sentenced to 18 years in prison after authorities in Woodstock found 900 grams of heroin in the vehicle in which he was a passenger.

No injuries reported after a fire broke out at an equipment manufacturer in Crystal Lake Saturday morning, officials report.

After years of contentious relations between Algonquin Township Supervisor Randy Funk and trustees, he’s now facing a challenge to his reelection bid by Richard Tado in Tuesday's GOP primary.

Marko Stojich came off the bench to score all nine of his points in the fourth quarter, and McHenry's boys basketball team rallied to beat host Huntley 47-44 Friday night and clinch a share of its first Fox Valley Conference championship.

Kaneland sophomore guard Amani Meeks scored a career-high 20 points, and the Knights held off a hot-shooting Laken LePage and Crystal Lake South for a 60-47 win and their second straight regional championship Friday night.

Crystal Lake South senior guard AJ Demirov set a career high with 43 points, including 30 in the second half, and the Gators battled back to beat Hampshire 77-53 Friday and earn a share of the Fox Valley Conference title.

Hoping to resolve a legal challenge, a group of suburban Republican leaders on Friday announced it is reopening applications for the vacant 26th Senate District seat.

Mike Shorten just won another term on the McHenry County Board. But he's running in Tuesday's GOP primary for Nunda Township supervisor against incumbent Leda Drain, and intends to do both jobs if he wins.

A city official said there are no plans "whatsoever" to demolish Landmark School in McHenry. But its pending sale still begs the question: What to do with the building that will sustain it?

The postseason for boys basketball begins Monday. Here are the top storylines to watch for teams in the Northwest Herald area.

A Harvard man who led police on a high-speed chase before officers found marijuana, LSD and nearly $14,000 in his vehicle was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Ruby Macke had 34 points and 12 rebounds, and Crystal Lake Central's girls basketball team beat host Burlington Central 54-38 Thursday night to capture a Class 3A regional championship.

Huntley‘s already historic season turned a little more special Thursday night following a convincing 56-25 victory against Rockford Auburn in the Class 4A Rockford Jefferson Regional final. "We still have another whole level we can reach.”

Kennedy Manning and Ellie Mjaanes each scored 17 points, and Cary-Grove used a stifling defense and consistent offense to beat Lake Forest 49-34 for the Class 3A Cary-Grove Regional title.

The new downtown Woodstock hotel is going to be open a little later than originally projected.

The former president of a McHenry girls softball league has pleaded guilty to stealing $16,000 from the league and was sentenced to two years probation.

Plans are well underway for July's Fiesta Days festival in McHenry, though one City Council member, who is running for mayor, voted against city permits for the chamber event.

Over objections from nearby residents, the McHenry County Board approved a gravel pit near Marengo late Tuesday. But it won’t have a ready-mix plant on site.

An intersection west of Woodstock is closed during weekdays for the next couple of weeks for filming for the Netflix series “Monster.”

A 33-year-old Elgin man was identified as the person killed in a crash Sunday in Woodstock that injured several other people, including minors.

A man filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital, saying a surgical sponge was left inside his neck for four months, court records show.

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.

A registered child sex offender solicited a child through Snapchat to send him “indecent” images, Lake in the Hills police and prosecutors said.

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.

A car crashed into a townhome in Cary, causing natural gas to leak for more than three hours.

The McHenry County Board is set to decide the fate of a potential gravel pit and ready-mix plant near Marengo that many area residents oppose.

McHenry County Board Chair Mike Buehler, who just was reelected to a second term in November, recalled some of the largest stories and successes of the year in his State of the County address Thursday.

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

One person died at the scene and five others were injured, four critically, when two cars collided in Woodstock Sunday.

The McHenry City Council will hear ideas Tuesday for additional TIF districts in the city in hopes to attract more development and redevelop some areas

A crash Sunday shut down some lanes of Route 31 in the Crystal Lake area.

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.

Silesia Flavorings plans to construct a building of about 119,660 square feet in the Huntley industrial park near Route 47 and Interstate 90.

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

A Barrington Hills village trustee and children's charity founder has been tapped as the new state senator for Illinois’ 26th Senate District.

Two men accused of selling more than 25 grams of fentanyl-laced cocaine twice in May to an undercover informant are seeking pretrial release from the McHenry County jail.

A Facebook post asking about the legality of busking in McHenry led to a long-time street entertainer now playing at The Vixen

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.

Crystal Lake and Lakewood leaders touted some of their communities' biggest successes of last year Friday – including the new businesses opening up along the Route 14 corridor

Northern Illinois could see more snow Friday night and throughout the day Saturday, a couple days after a snowstorm forced school closures and other cancellations.

Vocalist Maureen Christine and woodwind artist Michael Bazan will perform “Music from the 1980s and More” at McHenry County College Feb. 16.