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SPRINGFIELD – The outgoing leader of the Illinois Senate offered a piece of advice for whoever next assumes the position – “bring everyone together.”

Chicago Democrat John Cullerton surprised his colleagues in November when he announced his intention to resign from the General Assembly.

The pastor of Lifeline Christian Church in Algonquin wants to use the vacant Mandile’s Restaurant building at 2160 Lake Cook Road for services and other functions, he told the village’s Planning and Zoning Commission at its meeting earlier this week.

Lifeline pastor Dave Rudin said that up until this point, the church primarily has focused on developing people rather than finding a permanent place to meet.

Residents across northeastern Illinois should brace for up to 5 inches of snow this weekend and low wind chills beginning on Sunday.

Kevin Birk, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Romeoville, said snow began falling before 3 p.m. on Friday.

"I think we're going to see snow for ...

The two McHenry County teens who went missing Tuesday have been found, the McHenry County Sheriff's Office posted on its Facebook page Friday.

Eva Buxton and Colton Adeszko, both 16, were last seen Tuesday in the Johnsburg area before they were reported missing. Sheriff’s officials did not disclose what towns the teens live.

A McHenry man will not serve prison time for a 2018 shooting during which police say he fired a gun at his former wife and then turned the gun on himself.

McHenry County Judge Robert Wilbrandt on Friday sentenced 38-year-old William Chrisman to two years of probation and 52 days in jail for what the judge called "a horrific and tragic act." Now suffering a brain injury as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Chrisman has "punished himself" more than prison could, Wilbrandt said.

"[Chrisman] has condemned himself t

Police have arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with a Harvard resident's fatal drug overdose.

Jackson Santiago-Monsegur, of Harvard, is charged with drug-induced homicide and possession of a controlled substance.

A Wonder Lake man driving a pickup truck suffered a medical issue late Thursday afternoon, resulting in the truck crashing into a McHenry Starbucks and injuring five people, McHenry police said on Friday.

Five people were reported injured, two initially in critical condition, after a dark red, full-sized Dodge Ram pickup truck veered off the road at about 4:40 p.m. and crashed into a Starbucks east of the intersection of West Elm Street and Oak Drive.

Workers clean up the scene of a Thursday evening crash at Starbucks on Friday, Jan. 16, 2020 in McHenry. The driver of a red Dodge Ram, a 53-year-old Wonder Lake man, allegedly suffered a medical condition causing his to crash into the drive-thru area of the coffee shop, pinning one worker underneath the car, injuring 5 total people at the scene.

A new addition to The Dole Mansion last year, the 4th Fridays Art Event, hasn’t stopped evolving.

Having built up a following—drawing about 1,000 art enthusiasts a month—the event will celebrate its 70th birthday on Jan. 24 with several new additions.

Through the extraordinary and collaborative work of law enforcement, treatment providers, the McHenry County Substance Abuse Coalition, the Mental Health Board and Northwestern Medicine, the number of overdose-related deaths have been reduced precipitously to levels not seen since before the onset of the opioid epidemic.

To fully appreciate how remarkable this turnabout has been in terms of lives saved, one must compare our statistics with those of the other collar counties.             

In Kane County, overd