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The long-awaited Route 47 widening through Woodstock has finally started. Here’s what you need to know.

Christine Chmiel struck out 14 in a near perfect game for Marian Central softball, McHenry beat Prairie Ridge and Crystal Lake Central topped Cary-Grove in softball, McHenry baseball put up 20 runs in a win over C-G, and more in Wednesday's roundup.

Showcasing her breakaway speed, senior forward Liz Smith scored four goals as the Johnsburg girls soccer team remained undefeated with a dominant 7-0 win at Marengo in Kishwaukee River Conference action. Charlie Eastland, Lauren McQuiston and Dorothy Ruth also scored goals.

On the anniversary of the famous sinking of the Titanic ship, waters also troubled the Volo Museum, as its Titanic exhibit was flooded after Tuesday night’s downpour of storms.

A fire broke out in an attached garage near Richmond.

Two people were charged with misdemeanor battery counts following a March 27 stabbing near Johnsburg High School, including the person stabbed, authorities said.

Huntley officials want to make beekeeping cheaper and easier for hobbyists, but aren’t OK with allowing it on smaller lots.

The recent trade of Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese to the Atlanta Dream might sound like a good plan to the organization's management, but it leaves her fans in Chicago wondering what the team is doing.

Coming off a recent approval to open in Crystal Lake, drive-thru coffee shop Dutch Bros. now has its sights on opening in Algonquin.

Peyton McMahon converted a penalty kick in the fifth minute, Ella Bechler finished a pass from Addison Schaffer late in the first half, and Crystal Lake Central's girls soccer team kicked off Fox Valley Conference play with a 2-0 shutout over Huntley on Tuesday.

Drake Lenckus scored his 100th career goal, helping lead Crystal Lake South's boys lacrosse team to a win. Owen Satterlee and Prairie Ridge's baseball team avenged a loss to Jacobs. Kylee Nicholson pitched Woodstock North softball past Harvard, and more in the roundup.

Marengo's Ellie White knew her right arm was going to get a heavy workout her senior year. With last year’s ace graduated, she prepared for a mountain of innings. On Tuesday, White struck out 10 as the Indians beat Johnsburg 16-5.

Prosecutors allege that a convicted felon who lives in Crystal Lake sexually assaulted a 9-year-old child he knows several times over the course of three years.

Four Crystal Lake police officers received an award for their heroic efforts in rescuing residents from a house fire in February.

Kelleher + Holland LLC, touted as one of the Chicago area’s largest full-service suburban law firms, has announced the opening of a Crystal Lake office.

A lawsuit claims Kalahari, a Wisconsin Dells water park, was “negligent” for serving alcohol to an Elgin man who later “violently collided” in his Mercedes with another car near Woodstock, killing him and critically injuring a family of four.

Friends of the Cary Area Library’s Spring 2026 Used Book Sale takes place Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Huntley's Gavin Rettberg helped force extra innings and hit a go-ahead homer in the ninth inning to beat Dundee-Crown, Hampshire's Tyler Rubino had a walk-off hit to beat Crystal Lake Central, Johnsburg's Peyton Mesce threw a five-inning no-no, and more in Monday's roundup.

Kaden Wasniewski allowed two hits over six innings, and he and Landon Clements homered to lead McHenry to a 5-0 win over Crystal Lake South in Fox Valley Conference baseball action Monday.

A Harvard man was denied pretrial release Monday after he was accused of strangling a woman until she passed out.

Crystal Lake-based Community High School District 155 officials said Monday that no decision has been made to move to a co-op restructure for the district’s four high school softball teams in 2027.

Cary successfully passed a balanced budget Tuesday, but not without some major changes from the draft presented last month, including an updated budget for renovations for a downtown alley that increased by over $500,000.

Cats and birds were among the pets that were missing following a house fire outside McHenry in an area without hydrants.

The McHenry County Department of Health has reopened its Crystal Lake facility after about a year of renovations.

Dundee-Crown twins Kyle and Ryan Pierce are about as identical as it gets. The brothers have starred in football and baseball the past couple of years, and this spring the seniors are enjoying their final season together as teammates.