A rare, eight-sided barn – from a McHenry County farm where agricultural history was made – has been rebuilt and restored at Richardson Adventure Farm near Spring Grove to become an events venue.

A road by Crystal Lake School District 47 Lundahl Middle School will be closed for the summer starting Monday due to restoration efforts of Crystal Creek.

Huntley had four bunt hits, two sacrifice bunts and two sacrifice flies to beat Prairie Ridge 9-0 in a Fox Valley Conference baseball showdown Friday, avenging a loss from earlier in the week.

Jace Koth hit a walk-off single to lead Jacobs baseball over Crystal Lake Central, Alexa Avitia and Alyssa Weniger each homered in Huntley softball's win against Marengo and Harper Wright went 4 for 4 in Crystal Lake Central softball's victory over Glenbard West.

Nathan Neidhardt fired a complete-game shutout with eight strikeouts while allowing just two hits, Kaden Wasniewski belted a three-run homer in the first inning and McHenry baseball scored its 20th win of the season Friday, shutting out Burlington Central 6-0.

Three people, two requiring extrication, were injured in a rollover crash involving a pickup truck Thursday on Route 173 in Richmond, officials report.

Crystal Lake-based Community High School District 155 is among three dozen school systems in Illinois that the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating over policies related to gender and sexuality.

A man suffered serious burn injuries in a McHenry-area propane fire Thursday, Nunda Rural Fire Protection District spokesperson Alex Vucha said.

Community High School District 155 Superintendent Neil Lesinski has been named the 2026 Superintendent of Distinction by the Kishwaukee Region of the Illinois Association of School Administrators.

Marengo's Brady Kentgen homered against Richmond-Burton for the fourth time in his career, Max Broughton threw six innings of shutout baseball, and the Indians avenged a Kishwaukee River Conference loss with an 8-1 win Thursday.