A Crystal Lake single-family home sustained serious damage after a fire broke out in a second-floor bathroom Thursday afternoon, officials report.

With young wrestlers cheering from the stands, Prairie Ridge erased a double-digit deficit during its Fox Valley Conference dual against McHenry, winning five of the final six bouts to edge out the Warriors 36-35 on senior night.

Cary-Grove co-op boys swimming won 10 of 11 events in an FVC dual against Huntley, Sonny Marsalla rolled a 753 series to lead Woodstock boys bowling past rival Woodstock North, Hampshire boys wrestling beat Crystal Lake Central, and more in Thursday's roundup.

As a Marengo woman awaits adjudication in a fifth drunken-driving case from 2024, she has been charged with DUI again, according to court records.

Prairie Grove School District 46 has announced two interim superintendents will helm the district until the summer following John Bute's sudden departure.

Charles Gozzola, who went to prison for killing his wife in 2000 and was convicted last year of domestic violence, was denied his attempt to expunge a 2024 domestic battery case for which he was acquitted.

Prairie Grove School District 46 Superintendent John Bute has left his position in the middle of the school year, seemingly abruptly.

"The Crystal Lake City Council has the power to protect the Crystal Lake Academy building as a unique and irreplaceable part of Crystal Lake history," Robert Teetsov of Crystal Lake writes in a letter to the editor.

Brady Bauer hit two 3-pointers in the first quarter en route to a 14-point effort, and Cary-Grove's boys basketball team remained perfect in the Fox Valley Conference with a 67-38 win over Burlington Central on Wednesday night in Cary.

Nate Ottaway scored a team-high 26 points and was one of three McHenry players in double figures as the Warriors took down Jacobs 66-56 in a Fox Valley Conference boys basketball game on Wednesday evening.