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Jury finds Crystal Lake man guilty of sex crimes against young relative

October 23, 2019 at 6:37 p.m.

A Crystal Lake man was found guilty Wednesday of multiple sex crimes against a child, following a jury trial that included the testimony from the victim, a relative who described...

Beth Bentley's sons Cooper Bentley, then 11, and Jeremy Velmont, then 22, and her husband, Scott, stand outside their Woodstock home on Feb. 19, 2011.

Nine years ago, Woodstock woman Beth Bentley went missing. On Tuesday, police said human remains found in southern Illinois were hers.

October 23, 2019 at 7:08 a.m.

Benedetta "Beth" Bentley disappeared nine years ago after a mysterious weekend getaway, a cold case that warmed only slightly in late 2017 when human remains were found in a rural...

Two new murals to be debuted during Elgin Art Harvest, a family-friendly, interactive celebration of art

October 18, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

Two new murals will be among the highlights of this year's Art Harvest, the fourth-annual celebration of public art set for Oct. 26 that offers a variety of art-themed activities...

Zombies and other life forms invaded downtown Elgin for the Nightmare on Chicago Street street festival held in 2018.

Consider yourself warned: Elgin’s Nightmare on Chicago Street is ‘not your grandma’s Halloween’ fest

October 15, 2019 at 3:14 p.m.

Ghoulish zombies looking for a meal, huge spiders and centipedes looking for prey, and plenty of blood and guts everywhere will turn downtown Elgin into a bad dream for the...

About 60 people attend the sixth-birthday party for AJ Freund, the Crystal Lake boy killed in April. During the gathering on Oct. 13, 2019, in Crystal Lake, the group marched from the train station to the police station and then to the Freunds' former home.

Community honors AJ Freund, Crystal Lake boy allegedly killed by parents, on what would have been his sixth birthday

October 13, 2019 at 5:19 p.m.

On Sunday afternoon in Crystal Lake people gathered with balloons, cupcakes and bubbles, all the basics for a 6-year-old boy's birthday party. Except one thing was missing: the birthday boy....

Algonquin dentist gets jail time after pleading guilty to attempted sexual assault against patient

October 11, 2019 at 1:11 p.m.

An Algonquin dentist was sentenced to 144 days in jail and 18 months of probation Thursday for an attack on a patient that a judge called "a nightmare." Eman Shirazi,...

A K-9 officer works near the home of 5-year-old AJ Freund on April 18, 2019, in Crystal Lake. The boy had been reported missing but later was found dead.

Future of ‘unsafe’ Crystal Lake home where, authorities say, 5-year-old AJ Freund was slain is still at issue in McHenry County court

October 9, 2019 at 7:26 p.m.

The parents accused of killing their young son were in a civil courtroom Wednesday dealing with the looming foreclosure and demolition of the Crystal Lake home in which, authorities say,...

Former Hebron Mayor John Jacobson, shown in 2018, was re-sentenced to additional probation time Oct. 8, 2019.

Ex-Hebron mayor, guilty in June of drug paraphernalia misdemeanor, gets longer probationary period after testing positive for alcohol use

October 8, 2019 at 6:23 p.m.

The ex-mayor of Hebron was sentenced to additional probation time after testing positive for alcohol, a violation of terms from his initial sentence for possession of a crack pipe, according...

McHenry County man gets 6 years for driving drunk in crash that killed friend on birthday

June 18, 2019 at 1:11 p.m.

A Spring Grove-area man was sentenced last week to six years in prison for driving drunk when he crashed his vehicle, killing his "best friend" on what was her 33rd...

JoAnn Cunningham, right, leaves the McHenry County Courthouse in Woodstock, Ill., on April 23, 2019.

Crystal Lake mom charged in death of Andrew ‘AJ’ Freund gives birth to daughter, who’s been placed in DCFS custody, sources say

June 12, 2019 at 9:16 a.m.

The Crystal Lake woman charged with murder in the death of her 5-year-old son has given birth to a daughter, and the newborn has been placed into the custody of...

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