Cary

CARY – Registration has begun for sports and fitness vendors interested in participating in the Cary Grove Chamber SportsFest on Aug. 19. The event will take place in the Feinberg Court business district near Wool Street Grill & Sports Bar off Route 14 in Cary.

CARY – The Cary Park District is holding an amateur photo contest for residents.

CARY – Artist Kris Blum’s latest exhibition, “Like Night and Day,” will be on display at The Inspired Art Studio in Cary in June.

CARY – A Cary teenager found bloodied and battered on the street Friday reportedly lost control of his bicycle and fell, according to the Cary Police Department.

CARY – A teenager was taken by helicopter in fair condition to a trauma center Friday after he was found lying in the street with unknown injuries.

CRYSTAL LAKE – Readers are hungry for bondage – or, more likely, just fantastical escape from reality.

CARY – The village board Tuesday approved a three-year deal with its police union.

CARY – Union Pacific Railroad will close the railroad crossing on Three Oaks Road west of Route 14 today to perform repairs.

CARY – Fifteen young women will compete for the crown Saturday in the 2012 Miss Cary and Miss Fox River Grove Business Scholarship Pageant.

CARY – School District 26, which has cut several teaching positions in the past few years, is looking to bring back five classroom teaching positions.

Nathaniel Spiers attended a geocache rally in Crystal Lake months after receiving a GPS device in 2009 as a Christmas present.

CARY – A former Cary Junior High teacher has been charged with misdemeanor battery for allegedly grabbing the wrist of a student, according to a Cary police report.

CARY – The Steven Macko Memorial Golf Outing 2012 will take place June 15 at Cary Country Club.

CARY – After an audit of 15 years’ worth of commercial water accounts, the village found it took in about $147,565 too much in water billings from two water customers.

CARY – The village’s annual hydrant flushing program has begun and is expected to run through the end of next week.

CARY – The Cary Park District will share plans for a proposed trail in Lions Park and seek public comments from 4 to 7:30 p.m. today at the Community Center, 255 Briargate Road.

Three local youngsters are finalists to be honored at the Illinois High School Musical Awards.

CARY – The Cary Firefighters Association will have its second annual 5K Run/Walk on Saturday.

CRYSTAL LAKE – The City Council wants Crystal Lake to join the growing number of communities that have banned video gambling.

ALGONQUIN – The village of Cary will have access to Algonquin’s building commissioner for advice and plan reviews under an agreement the Algonquin Village Board approved Tuesday.

CARY – The village has installed new pay stations at the commuter parking lots in town as it increases parking fees from $1.25 to $1.50 a day.

ALGONQUIN – The village has plans to allow Cary to use Algonquin’s building commissioner and plan review services when needed.

WOODSTOCK – First United Methodist Church in Woodstock and Sage Products in Cary will sponsor a clothing drive to benefit Turning Point, McHenry County’s only comprehensive domestic violence agency and shelter.