McHenry County Sheriff's Office

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office issued 238 citations during the recent Halloween “Click It or Ticket” enforcement period, including 47 tickets for seat belt violations.

One of two men charged last year with having defaced handguns and large-capacity magazines in their Lake in the Hills home, pleaded guilty Wednesday to unlawfully possessing a firearm while being younger than 21 and was sentenced to 21/2 years in prison.

Prosecutors say a Marengo man held a woman against her will with a shotgun in his trailer on Friday, according to a criminal complaint filed in McHenry County.

A Crystal Lake man was found guilty for exposing himself to a child as she walked to her school bus 15 years ago Monday.

Get started on holiday shopping at the Country Christmas art show and parade in your costume in Cary and Fox River Grove this weekend in McHenry County.

Firefighters worked for nearly an hour on extricating a driver who crashed into a tree and suffered serious injuries Sunday morning in Prairie Grove, officials report.

McHenry County voters have two choices for county board chair: Republican incumbent Mike Buehler or Democrat challenger Kelli Wegener. Both are arguing they'll do the most to control spending and taxing.

A McHenry County jail inmate suffered “serious injuries” after falling down a flight of stairs Thursday morning at the jail located in Woodstock, officials report.

Two people who were apparently shot at a home near Wonder Lake Thursday survived and were taken by medical helicopters to separate hospitals.

Two people are reported to have been shot Thursday near Wonder Lake, officials report.

A juvenile boy suffered serious injuries after being stabbed by another juvenile Tuesday in Wonder Lake, officials report.

The McHenry County Sheriff's Office announced it has identified a person of interest and a vehicle believed involved in the hit-and-run crash that killed Austin Stanek, 24, of Island Lake on Friday.

The McHenry County Sheriff's Office is still searching for the driver whose car hit and hilled Austin Stanek, 24, of Island Lake. The Wauconda High School graduate's family has created a GoFundMe for a scholarship in his name.

McHenry County starts budget process, upholds promise to remove Mental Health Board levy on budget.

Police say a driver hit a person who was walking with a group near Island Lake and then drove off. Officials are looking for the driver and have identified the person killed as an Island Lake man, 24.

Alcohol is believed involved in a motorcycle crash northwest of Huntley that left the driver in critical condition early Sunday morning, authorities said.

A “large number” of vases were stolen from gravestones at McHenry County Memorial Park in Woodstock earlier this month, officials report.

Two people were injured when a motorboat crashed into a seawall Thursday afternoon along the Fox River in Cary, officials report.

A missing horse was found by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office in the early hours Saturday morning near Harvard, officials report.

Woodstock police on Thursday arrested a Wonder Lake man now charged with 20 child pornography counts

A Johnsburg District 12 school bus collided with an SUV in Ringwood and four people were injured, officials said.

Sixteen jail inmates were taken to various hospitals after the bus they were riding in crashed in Lake County on their way to McHenry County Jail.

A man with a felony conviction drove off during a traffic stop, injuring two McHenry County Sheriff's deputies, and he was found to have a stolen firearm, authorities allege.

A man was taken to Northwestern Hospital Huntley with serious injuries following a crash Tuesday morning near Marengo.

A felon arrested in Spring Grove pleaded guilty Wednesday to possessing a stolen car and firearm and was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison.

A 40-year-old Woodstock man was identified Thursday as the second victim of a double fatal UTV crash near Hebron late Saturday

A UTV crash caused the deaths of two Harvard men after their UTV crashed late Saturday near Hebron involving high speeds on a county road that does not allow those types of vehicles.

The McHenry County Coroner’s Office identified one of the men who died in a UTV crash on Thayer Road near Hebron late Saturday.

A 19-year-old struck by a vehicle at about midnight Saturday in unincorporated Harvard was flown to a Rockford hospital in critical condition, a news release sent Tuesday by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office said.

Two men from Harvard have died after a UTV, or utility terrain vehicle, crashed near Hebron late Saturday.

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office will be using drones at Sunday’s pro-Trump rally at the McHenry County Fairgrounds in Woodstock.

Details emerge from April 11 dog attack near McHenry that led to one dog killed by police and one on the loose for six days. The owner of the dogs was in court Thursday.

A rollover crash involving a dump truck closed a portion of Route 31 due to a fuel leak early Tuesday evening, according to the Richmond Fire Protection District.

McHenry County police departments are urging people to remove valuables from cars and lock them amid a spate of burglaries to cars.

A 19-year-old woman is accused of cutting a man with a steak knife in Fox River Grove and then spitting on two officers and shattering a police phone, according to court documents.

A police training exercise was going on in Union Wednesday.

Downed power lines and trees across McHenry County were reported after an early morning thunderstorm Tuesday, officials report.

A Wisconsin man accused of crashing his vehicle near Richmond while drunk, injuring a disabled child passenger, had his pretrial release revoked, records show.

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

A child who was hit by a car while riding an electric mini-motorbike near Johnsburg remains in critical condition and an investigation continues.

Hebron's police department is now down to one sworn officer and one community service officer following the ouster of the chief and departure of another officer.

Emergency responders responded mid-morning Wednesday to a crash involving an SUV and a child on a scooter, officials said

The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office is accepting applications for social workers to join its Police Social Work Division.

Two men were arrested and charged last week after authorities said they found 17 kilograms of fentanyl and cocaine in the men's possession at a Super 8 Motel in McHenry.

McHenry County officials have warned about real estate tax and jury duty scams going around.

A former Algonquin man, 19, had been charged in a spate of burglaries from cars in Crystal Lake and Cary and an attempted residential burglary.

Nick Kachiroubas, the Crystal Lake city clerk, has been charged with grooming and possession of images of child sexual abuse, authorities say. He also serves on the Illinois Community College Board.

Authorities said it was lucky no humans or pets inside the home were injured after a car hit a residence in Wonder Lake Sunday. The driver was injured and charged, police said.

Charges will not be filed against the McHenry County Sheriff’s personnel in the death of an inmate found unresponsive in his jail cell last year.

People learn about the McHenry County Regional Training Center in Cary on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, during an open house.