McHenry County
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Come for the food, stay for ax-throwingSep 25, 2025 3:16 pm - Local officials and well wishers Wednesday welcomed Up North Axe & Tap at 547 N. Milwaukee Ave., in downtown Libertyville, a Northwoods-themed restaurant and bar that also features four ax-throwing lanes.
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Cook County launches grant to support businesses ready for growthSep 25, 2025 3:06 pm - Cook County on Thursday launched a new grant program, offering 88 established businesses in select industries a chance to receive $100,000 to fuel their growth.
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Elgin man faces attempted murder charge after stabbingSep 25, 2025 11:31 am - An Elgin man has been charged with attempted murder after a stabbing Tuesday, authorities said.
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American Nightmare Scream Park to offer scares like no other hauntSep 25, 2025 12:02 am - New outdoor haunt "American Nightmare Scream Park" emerges in Spring Grove cornfield, offering intense scares and midway entertainment.
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Girls volleyball: Massow powers Huntley past BarringtonSep 24, 2025 9:37 pm - Wednesday was only the third day of fall but summer has hardly disappeared from Huntley's highly-ranked girls volleyball team. That's Summer Massow, a 6-foot junior middl...
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Girls golf: Jacobs wins 1st FVC championship, CL Central co-op’s Rylee Rud takes medalist honors at conference tourneySep 24, 2025 8:52 pm - Jacobs’ Natalie Zimmerman and Crystal Lake Central co-op’s Rylee Rud first met in 2022 through a McHenry County Junior Golf Association event at Randall Oaks Golf Club in...
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‘I will not apologize’: District 300 school board president defiant amid backlash over social media postSep 24, 2025 6:05 pm - After facing a backlash from parents for a social media post following Charlie Kirk’s death, the president of the Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300 school board says she won’t apologize.
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Golfer’s drive gets St. Edward program back on the linksSep 24, 2025 4:18 pm - St. Edward senior Kendall Pemberton wanted to play golf as a junior in 2024. So she recruited players and a coach to keep the program alive.
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Long live the queen: Four seasons in a bumble bee colonySep 24, 2025 3:00 pm - The common eastern bumble bee, rusty patched bumble bee and nine other species live in Lake County. Their features differ. But the annual life cycles of their colonies and queens rhyme.
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You Won’t Believe These Incredible High School Sports Photos!Sep 24, 2025 2:19 pm - You Won't Believe These Incredible High School Sports Photos!