Crystal Lake

President Joe Biden pitched his proposed investments in families and education at a Crystal Lake, Illinois community college on Wednesday, telling residents of the swing district that what’s good for families is also good for the economy.

A food pantry in Crystal Lake was vandalized on Friday.

Jon Chung was last seen leaving home March 22 in the 1600 block of Deerhaven Drive, Crystal Lake police said in a statement.

Cayce Williams, a man convicted of killing and raping a child in 1997, was released from prison on parole Thursday.

Certain statements made by two former child welfare workers who investigated abuse allegations involving a 5-year-old boy who was later beaten to death cannot be used in their criminal prosecutions, the Illinois Attorney General’s Office said.

A 59-year-old Crystal Lake man is accused of stealing thousands of dollars meant for the poor from his church in an unincorporated area near suburban Woodstock.

A man who allegedly robbed a gas station in Crystal Lake on Sunday was arrested after returning later that day as a customer and being recognized by a clerk, police said.

Police have located a 3-year-old girl reported missing Wednesday in Crystal Lake in the northwest suburbs.

A man allegedly tried to disguise himself by wearing a wig when he broke into a home Thursday in McHenry County.

Kenneth Kang was found guilty of 10 counts of attempted sexual assault in connection to the allegations from 2015, according to the McHenry County state’s attorney’s office.

Carlos Acosta, 54, of Woodstock, entered the plea in a McHenry County courtroom Thursday morning.

A northern Illinois man who was charged with murder for his role in the beating death of his 5-year-old son pleaded guilty Friday to reduced charges and was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Parents and students in Crystal Lake say enough is enough. They are pushing for a return to the classroom and the playing fields.

Two former employees of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services are facing felony charges nine months after they were fired over their handling of 5-year-old AJ Freund’s case in Crystal Lake before his death — his parents charged in his killing.

An Illinois man charged in the beating death of his 5-year-old son might agree to a plea deal in the next few weeks, a prosecutor told the judge on Friday.

Police are looking for three people suspected of burglarizing a jewlery store last week in west suburban Crystal Lake.

One person was killed and several others were injured in a crash Sunday in northwest suburban Crystal Lake.