A convicted felon cursed out a Will County judge who found him guilty of attempting to murder two police officers during a 2023 shootout in a Romeoville neighborhood.

As community colleges take on an evolving role in recent years, Shaw Local News Network is providing details on the compensation of presidents who lead 10 of these publicly funded schools in northern Illinois.

A woman accused of kidnapping her daughter and found almost six years later because of a crime TV show, pleaded guilty Monday morning to child abduction.

New Hollywood casino opens in Joliet on Monday with much fanfare, marking first move for what originally was the Empress Casino since it opened in 1992.

Was secretly filming his stepdaughter the “stupid” act of a “caring dad,” or is is Christopher Hopp, as McHenry County prosecutors assert, a “perverted stepfather?"

A man accused in McHenry County of abducting his own child after a visit with DCFS pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice Monday in a case that spurred a statewide missing-child alert.

From Aug. 18-22, Skydive Chicago will host hundreds of the nation’s top skydivers as they attempt two monumental skydiving records: the vertical world record and the 250-way Illinois state record.

A pickup truck driver was airlifted in critical condition following a head on crash with a semi-truck on Illinois Route 71 north of Newark in Kendall County.

John R. Anderson, III, 42, pleaded not guilty Wednesday Aug. 6, 2025, to two counts of aggravated stalking, five counts of stalking, harassment by telephone, and three counts of violating an order of protection.