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Some Illinois inmates deemed unfit for trial or not guilty by reason of insanity will soon be housed in the McHenry County jail.

A Minnesota woman has died following a crash Sunday near Union, the McHenry County Sheriff's Office reported. Several others were injured.

A Lake in the Hills man and registered sex offender was sentenced to six and a half years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty to unlawful possession with the intent to deliver cocaine.

McHenry County might soon house “forensic detainees” in the county jail from other jurisdictions. That includes those who are unfit to stand trial or not guilty by reason of insanity.

A McHenry County Corrections Officer has died after a battle with brain cancer, a post from the sheriff’s office said.

McHenry County police testified about their cars being shot at while they were responding to 911 calls. The testimony came during the trial of Lake County man accused of attempted murder.

A person was killed in a crash near Bull Valley Monday evening involving a car that hit a tree and caught fire, responders said.

A crash shut down a stretch of Mason Hill Road in Bull Valley Monday evening.

A McHenry woman has been accused of stealing more than $22,000 from her minor daughter’s estate.

Illinois officials are warning of a tollway phishing scam involving textws claiming people have to pay up unpaid tolls or could face consequences.

Dawn Udesen recalled how her husband Jimmy remained hopeful despite "devastating" medical news. He was a McHenry County corrections officer and youth baseball coach.

A California who man admitted Thursday to scamming a Crystal Lake woman out of $30,000 was sentenced to two years conditional discharge and ordered to pay her back.

A Harvard man was sentenced to six years in prison after police found baggies of fentanyl and cocaine hidden in an air duct in his bedroom last year.

Local authorities confirmed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was in Crystal Lake Tuesday, but what they were investigating and other details are unknown.

Three men were arrested on drug charges in a Cary home Monday night after police conducted a search warrant, officials report.

A man was taken to Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside after a single-vehicle crash Saturday near Marengo.

A Spring Grove man was killed and two others were injured Friday evening in a crash.

The teen driver of involved in an October crash near Woodstock that killed him and two others tested positive for marijuana, according to toxicology reports released by the McHenry County Coroner Michael Rein.

McHenry County Sheriff Robb Tadelman says state law limits his office’s ability to work with ICE on the mass deportations that President-elect Donald Trump has promised.

State seizes an estimated $1 million in cash and property in 2022 drug bust and money laundering case

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A Wood Dale man is charged with speeding through a fatal crash scene in McHenry County, according to court records.

About 250 McHenry County children got the chance to Shop with a Cop Sunday.

A McHenry woman convicted in 2018 of embezzling nearly $67,000 from a youth sporting association now is accused of stealing more than $200,000 from a Woodstock business where she worked.

A man was airlifted following a Saturday morning crash near Harvard, a Harvard Fire Protection District spokesman said.

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.