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About 250 students walked out of Huntley High School Friday in protest of ICE, the latest in a series of such high school rallies in the McHenry County area and beyond.

Acute gastroenteritis is on the rise in McHenry County, driven by the spread of norovirus, health officials said.

The trial of a man accused of randomly attacking a woman as she walked her son’s dog in a McHenry park is set to resume Friday afternoon.

Crystal Lake police officers are investigating a possible burglary after a car smashed through a smoke shop Friday morning, officials report.

Crystal Lake planning and zoning commissioners say a proposed drive-thru coffee shop is not a good fit for a former bank location off Route 14.

A Harvard man has pleaded guilty to criminal damage to property for riving his pickup truck into the Woodstock Harley-Davidson dealership four years ago.

Three men were rescued off thin ice on Pistakee Lake near Johnsburg Thursday and quickly brought back to shore by responders from the McHenry Township Fire Protection District.

The boys basketball state tournament tips off Monday. Here are some key local storylines to watch in McHenry County.

St. Edward's defense held Marengo to one basket and two points in the first quarter, and the Indians couldn't recover in a 34-23 loss to the Green Wave in the Class 2A Marengo Regional final on Thursday.

Makena Cleary sank two 3-pointers to stake Crystal Lake South's girls basketball team to an early lead, and the Gators never looked back en route to a 55-23 win over Woodstock in the Class 3A Woodstock North Regional final Thursday night.

Six McHenry County wrestlers, including Marian Central's two-time champion Jimmy Mastny, advanced to the semifinals during the IHSA boys individual state finals at the State Farm Center in Champaign on Thursday.

Kennedy Manning made four triples and finished with 13 points, while Olivia Leuze had 10 points and six rebounds as the Cary-Grove girls basketball team's season came to a close in Thursday's 45-31 loss to Boylan in the IHSA Class 3A Regional final.

Aubrina Adamik floated in the game-winning shot in the final seconds, Luca Garlin scored a game-high 18 points and Huntley rallied to beat Guilford 35-33 on Thursday for its 13th regional championship in program history.

Johnsburg girls basketball improved to 33-0 and won its first regional championship since 2022, plus more results in Thursday's Northwest Herald roundup.

Residents of a Crystal Lake home are displaced by a fire that broke out Thursday afternoon, officials report.

McHenry neighborhoods that did not get their leaves picked up before the early first snowfall last year are set for April pickup dates.

A Palatine man who was accused of “misrepresenting” the cost of driveway repairs for an elderly Crystal Lake homeowner by more than $4,000 has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.

A Woodstock man is accused of secretly filming three women while they used the bathroom at McHenry County College, according to court records and authorities.

The McHenry City Council has approved a 10-year, $142,000 sales tax rebate deal with Niko Kanakaris, a restaurateur who is set to buy and rehab Vickie's Place on the Fox River.

Johnsburg boys basketball tied the state record with 25 3-pointers in a game while Trey Toussaint broke the Skyhawks' record with 10. Marengo beat Sandwich, and more in Wednesday's roundup.

Here are all of the IHSA regional, sectional and supersectional assignments and schedules for McHenry County boys basketball teams.

Rian Hahn-Clifton scored 12 points to lead a balanced attack, and Woodstock's boys basketball team won its first conference title in 42 years by beating Woodstock North 47-28 in the teams' Kishwaukee River Conference finale Wednesday night.

Online memorials and tribute posts honor a Crystal Lake woman who was killed in Friday afternoon crash in Hoffman Estates and whose name was released Wednesday.

A fifth charge of public indecency has been filed against a Marengo man; this time as a felony, while the prior accusations were misdemeanors.

The McHenry County Board late Tuesday unanimously voted down a Wonder Lake-area slaughterhouse that neighbors had strongly opposed.