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Burlington Central softball beat Crystal Lake Central in nine innings, Mia Robinson was 4 for 4 as Hampshire softball won its eighth straight, Jacobs baseball handed McHenry its first FVC loss, and Huntley softball stayed perfect in the FVC. Plus more in the roundup.

Lucas Prange and Tyler Lacke combined to hold Dundee-Crown to four hits, Gavin Weston reached base three times with two singles and Hampshire built an early lead to beat the Chargers 6-2 in Fox Valley Conference baseball action Wednesday evening.

Crystal Lake has an agreement potentially to purchase the shuttered Northwestern fitness center to turn it into a community center – but the city has an out if officials decide it's not feasible.

Why is it so hard to turn a desire to do something for our health into a healthy habit? A new survey offers a few clues, providing proof that we're by no means alone in this, Joan Oliver writes.

It could take a week or more – depending on weather – for the Fox River to recede to its banks but the crest could come Wednesday for parts of the river. Some parts of the Chain O' Lakes are now at major flood stage.

Woodstock baseball outlasted Plano 19-17 in Kishwaukee River Conference action thanks to a Chase Willard grand slam. Harvard softball eked out a KRC win. Plus, more in Tuesday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Ali Kowall assisted Grace Brown's goal in the 29th minute, Kenzie Lorkowski made a leaping save on a free kick in the 52nd minute, and Burlington Central held off Jacobs for a 1-0 shutout victory in Fox Valley Conference girls soccer action Tuesday night.

Addi Edlen hit a no-doubt home run in a six-run fourth inning, and Alexa Schuring delivered a clutch two-run double in the sixth as Hampshire held off Burlington Central 11-10 in their Fox Valley Conference softball game Tuesday.

A father of five -- now six -- working a second job as an overnight gas station clerk in Marengo was shot during a robbery where $42 were taken. Two of three men charged took plea deals; the other is on trial in McHenry County.

River Road near McHenry is closed because of floodwaters, the latest road closure resulting from the Fox River overflowing its banks.

Former Burlington Central star Drew Scharnowski announced over the weekend his commitment to Duke from the transfer portal. Scharnowski spent the previous three seasons at Belmont.

Former Burlington Central star Drew Scharnowski announced over the weekend his commitment to Duke from the transfer portal. Scharnowski spent the previous three seasons at Belmont.

The Illinois State Board of Elections released final vote totals Friday in the March 17 primary. Here are the results for McHenry County races.

Before it spread, firefighters were able to extinguish a fire that broke out in a crawl space of a Crystal Lake home Monday evening.

Bill Breit, 87, is on hospice care and doesn't care to leave his Johnsburg home, even as the Fox River rises to flood stages outside. The community, including strangers to Breit, rallied to sandbag his house.

Konstantinos Siambanis sent Marengo baseball past Johnsburg on a walk-off hit, Crystal Lake South baseball held off Crystal Lake Central, Hampshire softball rallied past McHenry, Johnsburg, Harvard and Richmond-Burton girls soccer all won, and more in the roundup.

McHenry third baseman Bennet Baumann, who's sporting much shorter hair this season, showed off his strength Monday, going 4 for 4 with a double and 3 RBIs to help lead the Warriors to an 8-3 win over Jacobs in a Fox Valley Conference baseball showdown.

Crystal Lake Central junior Ella Arana went a perfect 4 for 4 with two doubles and four runs scored as the Tigers beat Prairie Ridge 7-1 in their Fox Valley Conference softball game Monday.

Firefighters responding to a call in Lake in the Hills discovered a deceased male inside Monday.

Road closures, park closures, more sandbagging and – with a break in the rainfall – the waiting game for waters to top out were the focuses Monday along the Fox River in the McHenry County area.

Five months after the Thompson’s Appliances building in downtown Woodstock partially collapsed, the city pumped the brakes on legal action to get the remaining structure torn down.

Authorities have identified a man who was found dead in a Woodstock homeless encampment and determined whether it was a natural death.

Firefighters doused a blaze that broke out late Sunday in a Crystal Lake home.

Jacobs senior Andrew Deegan reached base five times the hard way against Burlington Central on Friday. He was hit by a pitch five times in as many at-bats, tying the national record. Plus more in this week's McHenry County baseball notes.

Almost 10,000 more people voted Democratic in the March primary in McHenry County. Was that simply indicative of more competitive races on that side of the aisle, or a bigger political shift?