WOODSTOCK – The trial of a man accused of murdering a Johnsburg teen in 2002 could end as soon as Monday. Prosecutors said they have one witness left in the case against Mario ... Read More »

ISLAND LAKE – The Parks and Recreation Department will host its annual Daddy-Daughter Dance on Feb. 4. Admission is $35 a couple and $10 for each additional child. Advance reg ... Read More »

CHICAGO (AP) – A Cook County judge has reduced bond for a Chicago man accused of binding his young daughter with tape and posting a picture on Facebook. Judge Lawrence Flood o ... Read More »

GRANITE CITY (AP) – Illinois State Police investigators are trying to figure out what happened to a man who died five days after collapsing in police custody in his southweste ... Read More »

BAGHDAD (AP) – A suicide car bomber struck a Shiite funeral procession Friday, killing 33 people as suspected al-Qaida militants stepped up apparent efforts to provoke a count ... Read More »

ROME (AP) – How much is it worth to suffer through a terrifying cruise ship grounding? Italian ship operator Costa Crociere SpA on Friday put the figure at €11,000 ($14,460) p ... Read More »

McHENRY – With three 6-foot girls in the rotation, McHenry is one of the taller teams in the area. ... Read More »

GATINEAU, Quebec – Daniel Alfredsson stuck close to home – both his native Sweden and his adopted home of Ottawa – in making his selections in the NHL All-Star draft on Thursd ... Read More »

CHICAGO – Almost any other team would have shrugged off a narrow loss. In the course of an NBA season – even with a condensed 66-game schedule – no team is going to be flawles ... Read More »

MIAMI – Over the past month, Eddy Curry has toned his body and toned down the rhetoric. When he signed with the Miami Heat, Curry made no secret that games against one opponen ... Read More »

CRYSTAL LAKE – For more than a decade, Andy and Kamil Suran worked to make area homes a little brighter, a little newer, a little more comfortable. ... Read More »

Ah, the mystery of it all. Just where did the two human skulls that stirred a minor frenzy in Bull Valley this week come from, anyway? To whose bodies did they once attach? Fo ... Read More »

In this space in September 2010, we called on then-soon-to-be Illinois Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Kilbride to bring a pilot project to the state that allowed unobtrusi ... Read More »

To the Editor: In response to “Protect the unborn,” (It’s Your Write, Jan. 20), I totally agree that we need to end abortion. Many churches tolled their bells at noon Jan. 23 ... Read More »

To the Editor: Today, the American Lung Association in Illinois released its 10th annual State of Tobacco Control report. The report card format grades states on key tobacco c ... Read More »

Your guide to when and where movies are playing in McHenry County. ... Read More »

NEW YORK (AP) — The "Wheel of Fortune" wasn't the only thing spinning for Pat Sajak and Vanna White back in the day. Sajak said in an interview on ESPN2 this week that the lon ... Read More »

Bearing in mind that leafy greens and I become somewhat estranged during the winter, I cleverly scheduled a visit to Endless Summer Harvest for the end of December. The Purcel ... Read More »

Learn how to make local favorites — with a healthier twist for your New Year's resolution — from some of the area’s restaurants. ... Read More »

Experience Nature at Night on Friday at the Prairieview education center in CL. The MCCD is offering an evening event featuring educational activities about nocturnal animals, ... Read More »

Perhaps you’ve found a house, or maybe you’ve just started the house hunt, but regardless of where you are in the home-buying process, you need to consider some key questions before you even think about making an offer. ... Read More »

With retirement came a bit of real estate luck for TV personality Regis Philbin. ... Read More »