A 45-year-old man who jumped off an inbound train in Elwood is expected to survive after he suffered injuries that led to the amputation of both legs.
Update: A Sycamore middle school student has been charged with making a terrorist threat after police said the teenager threatened a school shooting in a Snapchat post Wednesday. Authorities said there was "no evidence that a violent act was imminent," however.
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a freight train shortly before 3 p.m. today on the tracks that run parallel to Big Timber Road at Coombs Road in Rutland Township near Elgin.
A Sycamore woman was injured in a two-car crash Tuesday that authorities allege was caused by a Carol Stream driver.
July was one of the five wettest ever recorded in Illinois, but August and the first half of September have seen barely any rainfall.
Update: A Chicago man lied to police on Friday after he made a 911 call claiming to have seen someone in a Sycamore High School bathroom with a gun in order to divert police from finding him, authorities said Friday. His actions prompted brief lockdowns at two Sycamore schools.
After 33 years, a woman found dead in a cornfield, near Norway in La Salle County no longer will be known as Jane Doe but by her name: Paula Ann Lundgren.
A person previously diagnosed with West Nile virus has died of the disease, the McHenry County Department of Health reported Friday.
A downtown Shabbona laundromat is closed temporarily after a fire this week caused an estimated $80,000 in damages, village officials said.