Meet the 2026 Northwest Herald All-Area boys wrestling team.

The McHenry Township Fire Protection District responded to a brash and rubbish fire Wednesday near Holiday Hills.

Matt Bychowsky pitched a two-hitter, and Crystal Lake South's baseball team beat St. Viator 4-1 to improve to 2-0 in Tampa Bay, Florida. Plus, more baseball, softball results in Wednesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

A surgeon who cared for a woman after she was viciously attacked in a McHenry park testified Wednesday that she suffered “significant trauma to her face, head and neck” and nearly died.

Almost six years to the day that Illinois went into lockdown at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus finally caught up with the Olivers. As expected, it wasn't worth the wait.

McHenry County College will raise tuition rates by $5 per credit hour starting in the fall semester.

A Gurnee man got a six-year sentence after pleading guilty to cocaine possession in McHenry County after initially being charged with intent to sell cocaine and fentanyl.

Gavin Piekos hit a home run and drove in three runs in Prairie Ridge baseball's win over Palatine, Ryan Koltz had a homer for Cary-Grove baseball in a win, Marian Central softball cruised to a nonconference win, and more in Tuesday's roundup.

Hampshire's Matt Todd, whose Whip-Purs brought home four state medals and won McHenry County's first team state girls wrestling championship, is the 2026 Northwest Herald Girls Wrestling Coach of the Year.

Huntley senior Janiah Slaughter, who went 37-2 and became the first girls wrestler in McHenry County to win an IHSA individual state championship, is the 2026 Northwest Herald Girls Wrestler of the Year.