Andy Bittman was elected to the Huntley District 158 school board after opposing COVID-19 rules, but abruptly resigned in late December. Board President Paul Troy recognized him while acknowledging their heated exchanges.

Ever since the family of Alan Jerousek lost him to a car crash at 16 years old in 1987, they have been donating money to Crystal Lake Central High School basketball players to keep his legacy alive.

Marian Central won its third straight Chicagoland Christian Conference boys wrestling title this past weekend. Now, the Hurricanes turn to the postseason, where they'll try for a fourth straight regional title and a third straight trip to dual state.

A Cary man twice convicted of attempted murder in Cook County, and acquitted of murder as a teen in 1980, has turned himself in after being wanted on a sixth alleged offense of drunk driving.

A woman who had to be helped to the witness stand described the brain damage and other injuries she suffered when she was randomly beaten in a McHenry park by man who said he's "angel of death."

A set of twins were in a hurry to be born – they were delivered in the ambulance on the way to Northwestern Medicine Huntley Hospital from a Crystal Lake-area home.

After responding to a reported explosion, firefighters put out a garbage fire next to a home near Cary that officials said might have caused some tires to burst.

A Crystal Lake man who a judge said advertised and sold drugs on social media admitted Wednesday to selling cocaine and ecstasy and was sentenced to eight years in prison.

The attempted murder trial is set to begin Thursday for a man accused in a violent attack on a woman in a McHenry park that authorities said was unprovoked; he also allegedly beat a man who tried to intervene.

Woodstock first-year coach Juel Mecklenburg wanted the ball in Aiyana Fourdyce's hands with the game on the line. The 6-foot freshman didn't disappoint, helping the Blue Streaks hold off Richmond-Burton 56-55 in their Kishwaukee River Conference game Wednesday.