McHenry County
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Nature’s leftovers: How colorful fruits, seeds sustain wildlife as winter progressesJan 09, 2025 6:22 am - Certain shrubs with colorful fruits and seeds are not always the first food choice of birds and mammals in the winter, but they do provide sustenance when preferred foods are scarce.
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Boys basketball: Jacobs shines, barely, in win over HampshireJan 08, 2025 10:44 pm - Carson Goehring earned a potential shiner under his left eye. He and his Jacobs basketball teammates earned something that felt better: a Fox Valley Conference win Wednes...
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Boys wrestling: Huntley’s Radic Dvorak continues growth in 64-13 win over HamsphireJan 08, 2025 10:35 pm - For much of the past year, Radic Dvorak has tried to feel his way through the first couple seasons of his high school wrestling career. Dvorak felt little pressure as a f...
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Arlington Heights deputy fire chief hired to lead Wauconda Fire DistrictJan 08, 2025 8:23 pm - Wauconda Fire District Chief Patrick Kane, who started as a part-time firefighter in 1995, is retiring Jan. 20 and will be succeeded by Curt Hanselman, deputy chief with the Arlington Heights Fire Department.
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Prosecutor: Woman charged in fatal hit-and-run of Island Lake man had been drinkingJan 08, 2025 7:53 pm - A McHenry woman charged with fatally striking a young man with her car in September didn’t stop or call police after the crash, had been drinking in bars earlier that night and afterward “concealed” her vehicle in her boyfriend’s garage, authorities alleged Tuesday during the woman’s initial court appearance.
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Waukegan police seek help finding vehicle involved in fatal hit-and-runJan 08, 2025 12:18 pm - Waukegan police are asking for help finding a vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash Saturday near Route 41 and Northpoint Boulevard.
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No Memorial Day parade in Huntley this year, but Fourth of July parade plannedJan 08, 2025 12:17 pm - The Huntley American Legion will not hold a Memorial Day parade this year but plans to host a ceremony.
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Girls basketball: Kurth continues nice run, leads Cary-Grove to FVC win over Crystal Lake CentralJan 07, 2025 10:05 pm - Cary-Grove’s Malaina Kurth worked her way into a starting role two years ago as a freshman. The Trojans guard has seen her game – and scoring – grow ever since. Kurth was...
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McHenry woman charged in fatal hit-and-run crash near Island LakeJan 07, 2025 1:51 pm - A 50-year-old McHenry woman is facing charges in connection with a hit-and-run crash near Island Lake last year that killed a pedestrian.
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Batavia police searching for man who robbed gas station at gunpoint MondayJan 07, 2025 12:05 pm - A Batavia gas station was robbed at gunpoint by masked man demanding money and lottery tickets Monday.