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With Thanksgiving nearing, plenty of holiday events are starting all over McHenry County to get everyone in the spirit this winter. This list include celebrations, parades, walks and festivals.

This event transforms the traditional Santa meet and greet and Christmas light show into a "one-of-a-kind experience" that includes professional actors, photo opportunities, full-sized trolleys and trackless trains, audio-visual enhancements, parody songs and more.

A Volo man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to delivering the drugs that resulted in the overdose of a man who died in a McHenry hospital.

The Wonder Lake woman accused of shooting her husband at their home last week appeared in a McHenry County courtroom Wednesday and was appointed an assistant public defender.

A woman charged with attempted murder in an apparent shooting in her home near Wonder Lake Thursday was the subject of a missing-persons report 12 years.

Beware the looming spider dangling from the trees. She’s bigger than a Bentley, and she has her eyes on you. At least, she will have, if you’re among the brave who embark on a Halloween Experience trolley tour at the Volo Museum this season.

The Halloween Experience trolley tours start Friday, Sept. 20.

Visitors can get close to many of Evel Knievel’s and Kaptain Robbie Knievel’s authentic stunt vehicles, suits, merchandise and more, directly from the Knievel family’s private collection.

The Volo Museum auto sales department is selling over 20 rare Corvettes from the museum’s founder’s personal collection starting Wednesday.

Celebrate the spirit of Christmas with family fun and fantastic entertainment from July 26 to 28. The legendary Rock-afire Explosion animatronic band, of ShowBiz Pizza Place origin, will perform their rarely seen live Christmas shows dating to 1982 and 1987.

Santa is coming early this year to the Volo Museum, and the public is invited to share in what surely will be a most magical, memorable experience.

Plenty of festivals to look forward to this summer in McHenry County including McHenry Fiesta Days and Lake in the Hills Summer Sunset Festival.

The Volo Museum's popular Titanic exhibit, just over a year old, was unexpectedly flooded amid severe thunderstorms.

The museum, renowned for its historical exhibits and classic car collection, is also famous for its paranormal activity. No water was found in the building's perimeter or other exhibits.

Visit Jurassic Gardens Mini-Golf at Volo Auto Museum this summer for a fun and immersive putt-putt experience.

Migratory Bird Days will be celebrated in the McHenry County area with events starting April 27.

In the span of two days, members of the Lake County Sheriff’s Office de-escalated two potentially deadly incidents.

The animatronic rock band Rock-afire Explosion that once graced the stages of ShowBiz Pizza Place and Chuck E. Cheese locations will have a new home at the Volo Museum this summer.

The McHenry Outdoor Theater will start its season this weekend plus plenty of Easter egg hunting activities in McHenry County this weekend.

The Volo Museum has planned a weeklong Spring Break Staycation that will offer plenty of smiles — without breaking the bank.

The spring break week will be bookended with opportunities to interact with costumed characters ranging from Jasmine to Ironman, and many other activities in between.

Redwood Homes cited interest rates and construction costs in its decision to pause plans to construct 110 rental homes, aimed at empty nesters, in Johnsburg.

Bailee R. Parks, 18, is charged with aggravated battery causing great bodily harm and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, both felonies, authorities said.

Lake County Sheriff’s traffic crash investigators continue investigating a Sunday evening head-on traffic crash that left three people seriously injured in Volo.

Richmond, Spring Grove, Fox Lake and Volo village presidents share their state of the village reports at annual Chain O' Lakes Chamber of commerce luncheon.

Lake County Sheriff’s detectives concluded a death investigation resulting in the arrest of a Volo man in connection with delivering the fatal dose of drugs that ultimately killed a 33-year-old Volo man.

Complete a puzzle with friends and watch a ice carver in action this weekend in McHenry County.

Tim Dempsey is McHenry County's truancy officer. He decided to start helping struggling families he's encountered on the job.

A driver suffered minor injuries after hitting a parked car and rolling into a front yard Monday morning in Volo, the Lake County Sheriff’s office reports.

A man is in custody after stealing a car in Volo and leading police on a chase, police said.

The public is invited to hop aboard the Time Warp Express for a Jolly Trolley Adventure to Save Santa this holiday season at the Volo Museum.

The black Mercedes Benz that Britney Spears steered through her most tumultuous year is going up for sale for $69,998 -- listed by its current owner, the Volo Museum.

For the first time in its 63-year history, the Volo Museum is offering guided tours, included at no additional charge with regular admission.

Alcohol appears to be a factor in the crash, the Lake County Sheriff’s Office said.

Elvis fans won’t want to miss the Volo Museum’s celebration of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s life Sunday, Aug. 20.

Celebrate this year's Bands, Brews and BBQ in McHenry along with other themed events from ice cream to Barbie

An 83-year-old Oakwood Hills woman was killed Aug. 12 when the car she was driving was struck by a fuel tanker truck near Volo, authorities said.

A man accused of “fraudulently” attempting to charge nearly $2,000 at a Best Buy in Gurnee, using a credit card stolen from a woman at the Johnsburg Walmart, is being sought on a $20,000 warrant, according to documents filed in the McHenry County courthouse.

A $50,000 warrant was issued Wednesday for the arrest of a woman accused of stealing an elderly woman’s credit card and charging thousands of dollars in gift cards on it at Home Depots in McHenry and Volo, according to a criminal complaint filed in the McHenry County courthouse.

Massages, live acoustic music, Mom-mosas and more await mothers who spend part of their Mother’s Day weekend being pampered at the Volo Museum.

Among the 5 things to do in and around McHenry County this weekend are, Spring Fling around the historic Woodstock Square, Pioneering Days in Crystal Lake, Huntley Kite Fest, Rotary Club of Cary-Grove’s inaugural Chili Cook-Off and Mother's Day at the Volo Auto Museum.

Volo Museum will debut on Friday its newest exhibit, “A Tribute to the Tragedy,” featuring period clothing, travel gear and lore.

You never know which princesses or superheroes you might greet when checking out the Volo Museum during Princess and Superhero Day, which this year will be Saturday, March 25.

Dennis Anderson: “It will be a crazy day,” said Chicago St. Patrick's Day Parade Queen Casey Doherty, of McHenry, “and it’s a cool tradition to be part of.”

A McHenry County grand jury indicted these people on the following charges the week of Feb. 5, 2023.

At first blush, the bedraggled ‘77 might look out of place alongside the more pedigreed models on display at the Illinois Camaro booth at the Chicago Auto Show.

Despite uncertainty in the economy and rising interest rates, city officials and developers are confident in housing projects going into the new year

Over the last six years, Scott Uglinica, of Volo, with a 1928 Ford Model Popcorn Wagon in tow, has raised thousands of dollars to help children in need in McHenry and Lake counties.

What once was an animal barn just east of the ticketing area at the Volo Museum is fast becoming a party barn.

Those charged with felonies the week of Jan. 1 by the Crystal Lake, Johnsburg, Marengo, McHenry, Spring Grove and Woodstock police departments, as well as the McHenry County Sheriff's Office.