Five people, including an infant and toddler from Genoa, were taken to area hospitals following a two-car crash east of Kingston on Thursday morning, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

As the verdict was read Thursday and family of Patricia Wilson and Robert Wilson wept, Jonathan D. Hurst, found guilty of murdering the elderly mother and her son, sat next to his defense lawyers and appeared to show no reaction.

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It took the jury less than three hours Thursday to find Jonathan D. Hurst guilty of the 2016 murders of Sycamore mother and son Patricia Wilson, 85, and Robert Wilson, 64. The verdict came on the sixth day of trial.

The Indian Valley Theatre is offering its annual Mimi Bryan Memorial Scholarship to college-bound seniors from Sandwich and surrounding communities who demonstrate a strong passion for the arts.

Traces of Jonathan D. Hurst's DNA were found on a pillow and two knives tucked away in a crawl space in the basement laundry room of Patricia and Robert Wilson's rural Sycamore home, a forensic expert testified Wednesday. The Wilsons were found bludgeoned to death in 2016.

Your last chance to grab a bite to eat at Wahlburgers inside Hy-Vee in Sycamore is fast approaching, according to a news release from the midwest grocer.

Officials for the newly renovated Beyond One Barb Transition Center and DeKalb School District 428 recently celebrated the transition program’s new off-campus location at 530 Charter St.

State Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, announced her committee assignments and her continued role as Deputy Minority Leader for the Illinois Senate Republican Caucus.

The DeKalb Public Library will hold a program for patrons to learn about Civil Rights Movement leaders Ferdinand Lee Barnett and Ida B. Wells.