A couple from Crystal Lake is being remembered as "beloved parents" who dedicated their lives to their family and community after they were killed in a dust storm pileup in downstate Illinois.
A longtime competitive singer, Donna Bates was set to compete at the Sweet Adelines regional competition in Milwaukee last weekend, just days after she and her husband, Joseph, were killed in a downstate Illinois crash.
Nine winners were announced Saturday in the second annual Educator of the Year Awards hosted by the McHenry County Regional Office of Education in partnership with the Community Foundation for McHenry County.
Two Jehovah s Witnesses elders were sentenced Friday to one year of court supervision, 10 hours of community service and $250 in fines for failing to report that a congregant was sexually abusing a child.