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Johnsburg's best boys basketball season since 2003 ended with a 75-41 loss to Peoria Manual in the Class 2A Sterling Supersectional on Monday night.

Starting, relieving and showing off her power, Jacobs’ Skylee Ferrante delivered every way in Monday’s season opener against Marengo. The Golden Eagles sophomore hit her first high school homer, struck out 10 and finished off a 12-10 win.

Nearly 30 acres of land burned and a small piece of farm machinery was damaged in a brush fire near Marengo Monday afternoon.

A Fox Lake man died after his condominium caught fire early Monday morning.

A Fox Lake man died after his condominium caught fire early Monday morning.

Two Fox Lake residents are charged with child abuse after an 11-year-old child was found with visible wounds and wearing only underwear Friday morning, officials report.

The Kane County Sheriff’s Office confirmed a person who died in a crash near Huntley was the driver of a vehicle that caught fire and the only one inside but the person is not yet ID'd.

McHenry County officials say a sales tax brought in to fund the McHenry county Mental Health Board brought in more revenues than what the board got from property taxes.

After a water sample tested positive for higher than acceptable levels of manganese in Marengo's drinking water, city officials have provided an update.