Bennek Braden scored 19 points and Ryan Carpenter added 14 as Burlington Central upset Geneva, while Prairie Ridge fell to undefeated Kaneland in Tuesday's Class 3A Burlington Central Regional semifinals.

Aubrina Adamik and Evie Freundt each finished in double figures, while Avery Suess gave Huntley a spark off the bench as the girls basketball team's season ended with a 42-37 loss to Libertyville in the IHSA Class 4A sectional semifinals at Guilford.

A McHenry man is accused of starving and not providing medical treatment to multiple pit bulls, court records show.

Cary School District 26 announced its new superintendent, who will be starting this summer after a months-long, nationwide search to replace Brandon White.

If you want to know what will be on your ballot in the March 17 primary and where to go vote in McHenry County, that information is now available online.

Three people are displaced after a fire destroyed a single-story home Monday evening in Huntley, officials report.

Hampshire freshman Stella Piazza won the 115-pound title at the Hampshire Regional and advanced to this weekend's IHSA Girls Wrestling Individual State Tournament. Piazza is the Northwest Herald Athlete of the Week.

Dundee-Crown beat Elk Grove to advance to the Class 4A Palatine Regional semifinals, and more in the roundup.

Eli Loeding had 22 points, including a highlight-reel dunk, and 12 rebounds, and Prairie Ridge's boys basketball team defeated Illinois Math and Science Academy 52-45 Monday night in a play-in game of the Class 3A Burlington Central Regional.

A man pleaded guilty Thursday to burglarizing a vehicle in McHenry “with intent to commit a theft” and was sentenced to six years in prison.