A Huntley man is charged with unlawful restraint, a Class 4 felony, as well as public indecency involving lewd exposure, according to a criminal complaint filed in McHenry County court.

Catherine Jones is relatively new to her role as executive director of Leadership Greater McHenry County, but has a long professional history of connecting people with potential employers, mainly through her previous role at McHenry County College.

A family of four has been displaced after a car crashed into their Woodstock townhome early Saturday.

Lake in the Hills officials have approved a solar farm and battery storage plant.

Amid frustration with state laws that limit their ability to vote down solar farms, McHenry County officials are considering a new fee on solar farm developers to cover the impact of their construction on county roads.

The People over Parking Act prohibits municipalities from enforcing their parking minimums for development projects within a half mile of a public transportation hub.

Huntley senior Will Geske tied for seventh at the Class 2A boys tennis state tournament, while McHenry, Jacobs, Marengo, Richmond-Burton and Burlington Central baseball all lost in regional finals Saturday. Read more in the Northwest Herald roundup.

Cary-Grove's Logan Abrams ended his high school career with a third-place finish in the Class 3A discus, while Marengo's Jackson Heimsoth, Woodstock North's Adan Castaneda and Dundee-Crown's Oreoluwa Sobodu earned two state medals at the IHSA Boys Track and Field State Meet.

Facing Barrington for the 10th straight postseason, the Red Raiders saw their season end with a 2-0 loss to the host Fillies on Saturday in a Class 4A Barrington Sectional final. "We all played our hearts out. We wanted it, but just came up a little short."

Nolan Dabrowski hit a two-run, walk-off single with none out in the bottom of the seventh inning, lifting Crystal Lake South's baseball team to a 4-3 win over Carmel in the title game of the Class 3A Vernon Hills Regional.