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A Barrington acupuncturist accused of fondling a client in her Crystal Lake home has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery and was sentenced to 50 hours public service and one year conditional discharge. shawlocal.com/northwest-hera…

The Project Cardinal proposal would be the city’s largest ever manufacturing development. shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said she was not in contact with murdered activist Emma Shafer’s family and was unaware they were at another site protesting her visit shawlocal.com/news/2025/05/0…

A groundhog statue and bench is coming to Woodstock Square, close to the bandstand where Woodstock Willie prognosticates each Feb. 2. shawlocal.com/northwest-hera…

Two people are accused of throwing a homemade ‘firebomb’ at a residence in Crystal Lake last month allegedly tired to a drug deal gone bad. shawlocal.com/northwest-hera…

The Ottawa City Council tabled a decision on a proposed solar farm on the south side of Ottawa following public concerns ranging from residential safety to local labor use. shawlocal.com/illinois-valle…

For five decades, Gary Johnson’s passion for science has ignited a catalyst of wonder within generations of students in his classroom. Johnson currently teaches biology, chemistry, and physics to 9-12 graders at Parkview Christian Academy. shawlocal.com/kendall-county…

Pete Crow-Armstrong learned from his rookie season to enter into MVP talks. Can Caleb Williams do the same, Marc Silverman wonders shawlocal.com/bears/2025/05/…

A Kane County judge changed his mind and returned an elderly man accused of aggravated criminal sexual assault to electronic home monitoring, above the prosecutor's objections. shawlocal.com/kane-county-ch…

A federal judge in New York issued a preliminary order blocking the Trump administration from cutting off states’ access to hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic relief funds for public schools, including more than $77 million for Illinois shawlocal.com/news/2025/05/0…

Year over year it becomes clearer that those who thrive in the classroom do so because of passion. shawlocal.com/opinion/2025/0…

A Wonder Lake man who led police on chase by boat to the Wisconsin woods “like Rambo” has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl and was sentenced to four years in prison. shawlocal.com/northwest-hera…

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled Thursday after cardinals elected the 267th pope to lead the Catholic Church. shawlocal.com/news/2025/05/0…

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born missionary took the name Leo XIV. shawlocal.com/gallery/2025/0…

The new pope, formerly Robert Prevost and now Pope Leo XIV, is the youngest of three boys raised by a school superintendent father and school librarian mother in south suburban Dolton shawlocal.com/the-herald-new…

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, is a member of the Augustinian religious order, a missionary and lived at the friary on the campus of Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox for one year in the 1980s shawlocal.com/news/2025/05/0…

A Whiteside County judge will decide Friday, May, 9, whether Kyle Cooper’s trial will begin Tuesday, May 13. That decision will follow a hearing on whether the Illinois Attorney General's Office will be able to intervene in the case on behalf of the Ill... shawlocal.com/sauk-valley/20…

A Streator man facing bank robbery and firearm charges still needs a lawyer – Charles Spencer will need a new judge, too. shawlocal.com/illinois-valle…

A Marseilles man will be detained after he allegedly refused to put down a handgun Tuesday at Streator City Park and then led police on a foot chase. shawlocal.com/illinois-valle…

The Bears officially signed 10 undrafted free agents Thursday. The team’s rookie minicamp will take place this weekend, starting Friday and ending Sunday at Halas Hall in Lake Forest. shawlocal.com/bears/2025/05/…