Mendota defeated Illinois Valley Central 67-60 during the Colmone Classic on Friday, Dec. 12, 2025 at Hall High School.

St. Charles North junior Lelanie Posada, who scored a game-high 15 points and knocked down two buzzer-beating shots in a win ...

Bridget Ferriter led Lockport to a Class 4A third-place finish for the second straight season and was named Herald-News Girls ...

Dancers performe during the Our Lady of Guadalupe vigil Chichimeca dance on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2025 at St. Patrick's Catholic ...

Rock Falls Family YMCA will host a Dec. 17 open house for Aquatics Director Deb Mortonson, who is retiring after being ...

A man convicted in a New Year’s Day 2005 drunken-driving crash in Chicago that killed a taxi driver and passenger has been ...

A man is being held in jail on charges that he led police on a high-speed chase in connection with a theft from a store at Oakbrook Center mall in Oak Brook.

Newman boys basketball hit 14 3-pointers against Amboy to improve to 6-0. Sterling boys swimming won, Dixon girls bowling won ...

The Hillcrest Village Board of Trustees on Wednesday, Dec. 10, unanimously approved three ordinances that will allow for the ...

Jonathon Gounaris, 33, appeared by video from the Winnebago County Jail on Thursday, Dec. 11, for a pretrial status hearing.

As always, the Herald-News area was filled with outstanding girls volleyball players, evidenced by both Lockport (Class 4A) ...

The city of Geneva is opening warming shelters in public buildings this weekend in response to bitterly cold, freezing weather forecast this weekend.