Mundelein, IL

McHenry County is now under the state’s recommendation for all people to wear masks indoors after health officials on Wednesday categorized the county as having “substantial” transmission of COVID-19. The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Tuesday afternoon that it was “fully adopting” the Centers for Disease Control and...

A man was killed after his speedboat went off the Fox River and crashed into a tree in the backyard of a Holiday Hills home Wednesday afternoon. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and McHenry Township Fire Protection District responded around 3:40 p.m. Wednesday to the 2400 block of South Riverview Drive in Holiday Hills for a report of a boat crash.

KENOSHA, Wis. — Kenosha's Uptown Restaurant served its first customers Wednesday in nearly a year. Arsonists destroyed the business along with many others in August 2020 following the police shooting of Jacob Blake. Since then, the owners have been determined to reopen. "Today is our opening day after 11 months,"...

As states across the country see an increase in COVID cases because of the Delta variant, a fully vaccinated man from Oak Park is sharing his story about becoming a "breakthrough" case and getting COVID despite taking necessary precautions. Barton Haneberg, his wife and twin daughters flew to Spain earlier...

A 26-year-old woman who was found dead in a vehicle at the Metra station in Crystal Lake on Sunday was shot in the head, the coroner said. An autopsy showed that Ayanna Bennett, 26, of Chicago, died as a result of a fatal gunshot wound to the head, according to McHenry County Coroner Dr. Michael Rein.

Metra trains on the Milwaukee District North Line are experiencing extensive delays after a man was struck and killed by a Metra train Tuesday morning in Libertyville. The Libertyville Police Department and Libertyville Fire Department responded around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday to the 1000 block of Wellington Avenue. Libertyville Police Department...

Four juveniles from the Rockford area were arrested after a police chase in Kane County Monday. The Kane County Sheriff's Office says Campton Hills Police were called for a report of a motor vehicle burglary in the 40W400 of Carl Sandburg Road. Police were given a description of the suspect vehicle by the victim.

The Kenosha police officer who was the subject of a $1.75 million wrongful death settlement is running for sheriff as an office of the Wisconsin Supreme Court considers the conduct of the county district attorney. Albert Gonzales is the first to file papers with the Kenosha County Clerk's Office for...

A 19-year-old man has been charged with trying to rob a Glendale Heights store early Saturday morning. Glendale Heights police announced Tuesday that they arrested Santiago Henao-Avila on charges of burglary, attempted robbery, aggravated assault, battery, attempted battery, and resisting arrest. Police say they responded at 12:26 a.m. Saturday to...

The coroner has identified a 3-year-old boy who died from drowning in the backyard pool of a Lake Villa home Saturday evening. A preliminary autopsy showed that Zayden Zavodny, 3, of Lake Villa, died as a result of drowning, according to Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek. The Lake Villa Fire...

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. — A Metra train fatally struck a man near Libertyville Tuesday morning, according to police. The accident happened after 8 a.m. involving Milwaukee District North Line train No. 2103. Both inbound and outbound trains were halted north of Libertyville for several hours. The man’s identity has not yet...

A former employee of the Illinois Youth Center in St. Charles has been sentenced to thirty months of probation for having sexual contact with an eighteen-year-old inmate. 33-year-old Antoinette Perkins, of Berwyn, pleaded guilty to official misconduct. She'll also have to complete 100 hours of community service and is barred from working for the government ever again.

The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook overnight for parts of northeast Illinois, including Evanston. The threat of severe weather is primarily between the hours of midnight and 5 a.m., but could arrive as early as 11 p.m. Weather hazards include the potential for significant wind gusts (75+ miles per hour), downed trees, limbs and powerlines, and localized areas of torrential downpours and flooding.

ST. CHARLES, Ill. — Multiple police agencies are looking for an inmate who escaped from a transport vehicle Tuesday in St. Charles. At around 1:05 p.m., Hugo Avila, 21, was being transported to the Kane County Sheriff’s Department from the jail when he escaped the transport vehicle. The vehicle was in the area of Randall Road and Route 64 in St. Charles.

Dr. Jeffrey Kopin, of Northwestern Medicine at Lake Forest Hospital, talks about Illinois adopting the same new masking guidelines that the CDC announced today.

Not everyone is fortunate enough to witness some of the world’s great bands in person. That’s where Tribute Island comes to the rescue, July 30 through Aug. 1. The Tribute Band festival is being moved over to the Wyndham Garden Hotel site, 5125 Sixth Ave., with organizers referring to this year’s model as Tribute Island Dockside. Plans call for the hotel’s entire waterfront property to be turned into a festival venue, with multiple outdoor stages (instead of hotel guest parking).

Police say that an off-road vehicle with five riders on it rolled over in McHenry on Friday, leaving two people injured, including one seriously that had to be flown to the hospital. The McHenry Police Department and McHenry Township Fire Protection District responded around 4:30 p.m. Friday to the 4500...

The multiyear, multibillion-dollar project to upgrade the Illinois Tollway made its way to Gurnee, Illinois, this summer and the aging Stearns School Road Bridge, which goes over I-94. Work called for replacing the 70-year-old bridge with a new three-lane precast concrete structure that also includes access for bicyclists and pedestrians.