Hayden Smith scored 43 points to lead Alden-Hebron to girls basketball to the win. Johnsburg girls basketball stays unbeaten. Plus more scores from around the area in Thursday's Northwest Herald sports roundup.

Johnsburg captured its first conference championship since 1995 with a 47-31 dual win over rival Richmond-Burton on Thursday. "To see Johnsburg wrestling has made a comeback, this is what I’ve been waiting for."

A longtime McHenry County assistant public defender has been appointed as the new head of the office, replacing the public defender who's soon to retire after 40 years on the job.

Several school districts across McHenry County are announcing closures or e-learning days Friday as an extreme cold warning is forecast to start Thursday night into Friday morning, bringing in dangerously low wind chills.

McHenry City Council members have asked the staff asked to find economic development help for Niko Kanakaris' redevelopment of Vickie's Place, as TIF is not available for site.

Several school districts across McHenry County are announcing closures or e-learning days Friday as an extreme cold warning is forecast to start Thursday night into Friday morning, bringing in dangerously low wind chills.

Nic Geudtner and his mother, Diana Geudtner, are farming vertically and aeroponically growing greens and herbs year-round in rehabbed Fox Lake warehouse

Two Republican Party candidate forums will take place in McHenry County Thursday, Jan. 22 and Sunday, Jan. 25

In light of the recent fire that impacted two businesses on Riverside Drive in McHenry, McHenry Athletics is spearheading a fundraiser. Plus, news on Dundee-Crown and Crystal Lake South in the Northwest Herald boys basketball notebook.

Pulte, the same developers for a 175-home single-family plan in Crystal Lake, are looking to build a duplex neighborhood in Algonquin off Randall Road.