McHenry County

A pilot died in a small plane crash Friday evening in suburban McHenry County, according to authorities. The plane, an EA-300LC, crashed at approximately 5:15 p.m. near Galt Airport in Wonder Lake, according to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office. The pilot, who was the sole occupant onboard, was pronounced dead at the scene. Both the National Transportation Safety Board...

A coroner says a woman who drove the wrong way on Interstate 90 in northern Illinois, causing a crash that killed a family of six and a 13-year-old family friend, was intoxicated at the time. McHenry County Coroner Michael Rein said Monday that 22-year-old Jennifer Fernandez of Carpentersville, who also died in the crash, had a blood-alcohol level of 0.164...

A church in unincorporated Wonder Lake has been the target of a hate crime.

e thunderstorm warning has been issued for Lake and McHenry counties, alerting of possible 60 mile per hour wind gusts Sunday evening.

McHenry County’s health department said at 13 people have reported falling ill after eating at the D.C. Cobb’s in the far northwest Chicago suburb.

A man has died days after the car he was driving with his family was hit by a wrong-way driver in McHenry County, killing his wife and four children, along with two others.

A mother, her four children and two other people were killed early Sunday when a vehicle was hit head-on by a wrong-way driver along Interstate 90 in McHenry County, according to authorities. NBC 5’s Kate Chappell reports.

It was an emotional scene at Oriole Park on Chicago’s Northwest Side on Monday night, as children and adults alike gathered for a tearful tribute to a family devastated by a fatal McHenry Crash over the weekend. NBC 5’s Natalie Martinez has the story.

It was an emotional scene at Oriole Park on Chicago’s Northwest Side on Monday night, as children and adults alike gathered for a tearful tribute to a family devastated by a fatal McHenry Crash over the weekend.

Illinois State Police say a wrong-way driver on Interstate 90 caused a fiery collision that killed a total of seven people, including five children, early Sunday in McHenry County. NBC 5’s Jen DeSalvo reports.

Five children were among seven killed Sunday in McHenry County after two vehicles collided on Interstate 90, according to Illinois State Police.

The McHenry County state attorney’s office has determined a sheriff’s deputy was justified in fatally shooting a man who fired at him, despite blood tests showing the deputy had “inhalants” in his system.

A jury convicted a man of a federal murder charge Friday in the shooting death of a northern Illinois sheriff’s deputy.

A man was in critical condition Saturday after he was shot by police in suburban Harvard, located in McHenry County, on Friday night, according to authorities.

An investigation is underway into illnesses that were reported following events at Crystal Lake Montessori School in Woodstock, according to the McHenry County Department of Health. In a Facebook post Friday, the health department explained it published a survey online, seeking responses from anyone who contracted illnesses after attending classroom activities or after-school events on or after Feb. 7. Anyone…

A suspect was fatally shot by police in northwest suburban Port Barrington early Tuesday morning after allegedly firing at officers as they responded to a domestic violence call.

Illinois’ plan to end federal immigration detention in the New Year has hit another legal snag

Nearly 300 new laws will take effect in Illinois at the start of the new year.

The American buffalo spotted in portions of Chicago’s suburbs for the past couple months after going missing from a farm has attracted attention from residents wondering how they can help.

An American buffalo is making itself at home on the range, er, in Chicago’s suburbs, and the sheriff’s office in Lake County has an important message for anyone who sees it.