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  • Some insurance companies force roof replacements

    URBANA – When Dennis Roberts’ car insurance started getting a bit too expensive, he did what a lot of consumers do and shopped around.
    Sept. 24, 2016 - 10:52 pm

  • Trump campaign plans $140 million ad buy

    WASHINGTON – Donald Trump's campaign is planning for what it says will amount to $140 million worth of advertising from now until Election Day.
    Sept. 24, 2016 - 9:15 am

  • New Smithsonian museum chronicling black history opens

    WASHINGTON – Centuries of struggles and strife, decades of planning and pain, and years of hoping for a place that African-American history can call h ...
    Sept. 24, 2016 - 9:13 am

  • Johnsburg police closed roads for suicidal male in apartment complex

    JOHNSBURG – Police closed Spring Grove Road near Johnsburg Road for several hours Friday morning after police said a suicidal 37-year-old man barricad ...
    Sept. 24, 2016 - 12:09 am

  • Holiday hiring: McHenry County businesses readying themselves for the season

    CRYSTAL LAKE – Santa may need a few more elves this year, but that won’t have a major effect on the local job market.
    Sept. 24, 2016 - 12:03 am

  • Crystal Lake seminar on bipolar disorder taking place Oct. 6

    CRYSTAL LAKE – A workshop for people who want to learn more about bipolar disorder will be Oct. 6 in Crystal Lake.
    Sept. 24, 2016 - 12:01 am

  • Walk to End Alzheimer’s to be Sunday in Lake in the Hills

    LAKE IN THE HILLS – More than 400 people are expected to attend the Walk to End Alzheimer’s event Sunday in Lake in the Hills.
    Sept. 24, 2016 - 12:02 am

  • Woodstock to take ownership of property once slated for ballpark

    WOODSTOCK – The 39-acre site once proposed for a ballpark will be in city hands if it passes inspection since the development plan fell through.
    Sept. 23, 2016 - 11:59 pm

  • McHenry man accused of making meth pleads not guilty to drug charges

    WOODSTOCK – A McHenry man formally denied allegations that he manufactured and possessed methamphetamine at his residence.
    Sept. 24, 2016 - 12:00 am

  • McHenry County College to build $16.8M science facility

    CRYSTAL LAKE – McHenry County College science aficionados and students at large can look forward to a new $16.8 million facility coming to campus.
    Sept. 23, 2016 - 11:55 pm

  • Video shows deadly encounter between police, black man

    CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Video of a deadly encounter between Charlotte police and a black man shows his wife repeatedly telling officers he is not armed and ...
    Sept. 23, 2016 - 11:45 pm

  • GOP lawmaker: FBI gave immunity to top Clinton aide

    WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton’s former chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, and two other staff members were granted immunity deals in exchange for their coop ...
    Sept. 23, 2016 - 11:45 pm

  • Lead crisis in housing project was actually no surprise

    EAST CHICAGO, Ind. – When the mayor in this industrial town ordered the evacuation of a 40-year-old public housing complex this summer because of seve ...
    Sept. 23, 2016 - 11:44 pm

  • Clinton struggles to make Obama's coalition her own

    WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton long planned to activate the vaunted Obama coalition to help carry her to the White House. But a rough month on the trail ...
    Sept. 23, 2016 - 11:44 pm

  • In dramatic reversal, Ted Cruz endorses Donald Trump

    WASHINGTON – Ted Cruz announced Friday he will vote for Donald Trump, a dramatic about-face for the Texas senator who previously called the New York b ...
    Sept. 23, 2016 - 3:05 pm

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