Ken Armstrong

At one funeral, a cluster of girls stood shivering in their cheerleading jackets. At another, a photo of a boy cradling a basketball in his arm sat atop his casket....

On Thursday morning, students at Cary-Grove High School each received a slip of paper to pin on their clothes, a small memorial that listed the five students who died when...

The question among legislators Tuesday, after Gov. Jim Edgar proposed raising taxes on riverboat casinos to help retired teachers, was whether that issue could be dealt with during the current...

Brandon Vyse smokes Marlboros and Newports because that is what his parents and his friends smoke. He is 17 years old and has been smoking for about three years. Why?...

The beaches at Griswold Lake have reopened after three days of bacterial analysis showed the water is safe for swimming. The McHenry County Health Department had closed the lake Wednesday...

The McHenry County Health Department closed the beaches at Griswold Lake after a severed sewer line emptied several thousand gallons of raw sewage into the lake. Griswold Lake, between Holiday...

A staff member at Willow Creek Community Church has been fired after admitting to stealing about $1,500 from the church's coffers, a church official said Thursday. The former employee has...

A mining company seeking to dig a new gravel pit in McHenry County has acquired an option to buy 132 acres on the far west side of Crystal Lake. Vulcan...

Jim Forman points across hundreds of lawn ornaments-past an 1,800-pound beaver, pigs in overalls, apes with bananas and raccoons with corn-to a small collection of southwestern-style metal art. A mistake,...