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When a trustee on the Fox River and Countryside Fire/Rescue board voted to support a candidate to fill a vacancy, neither man disclosed that they were in-laws.

A Rock Falls High School athlete who suffered a broken neck that left him partially paralyzed during a March 15 track meet has filed a lawsuit against Sterling’s park district, the Sterling School District and Rock Falls High School District in connection with the injury.

Less than a month after he was sentenced to probation in Lee County on a felony weapons charge, a Dixon man has been charged in Whiteside County with felony weapon and drug offenses.

A former Joliet police officer facing federal drug trafficking charges has been sentenced to serve two years of conditional discharge after he was found guilty of battering his ex-wife.

A Chinese national from California is facing a theft charge in Will County after he was accused of stealing cash from a woman who was the victim of an email scam, police said.

An early morning kitchen fire in DeKalb Sunday left half a dozen residents without a home, authorities said.

With a heat advisory in effect, just how hot is it – hot enough to make Route 34 buckle and crack completely across in Plano. The Illinois Dep. Of Transportation is currently repairing the roadway.

Dozens of people rallied in support of transgender rights Sunday in downtown DeKalb. Many said they fear for their right to simply exist in the U.S., which under President Donald Trump has targeted trans visibility, access to crisis hotlines, service in the military and more.

With the $100 million Lake Michigan water sourcing project already under construction, the new water coming down the pipeline to Yorkville could come at double the cost over the next five years. To help pay for the project, the city is considering 20% annual hikes for five years.

Sycamore 2-year-old Oliver Olinger’s life looks a lot different now than it did this time last year, his mom Sami Olinger said. Not only did he get a police escort Sunday among some of his favorite vehicles to the St. Charles Motorcycle Museum, but he's also cancer free.

Sycamore 2-year-old Oliver Olinger and his family got a police escort in style, joined by more than 100 motorcyclists, to the St. Charles Motorcycle Museum on Sunday. It's been almost a year since he finished treatment for leukemia, his mom said.

At the April 22 Oswego Village Board meeting, trustees unanimously approved installing two additional stop signs at the intersection.

The heat Sunday didn't stop people from filling Hopkins Park in DeKalb to celebrate Juneteenth. The event commemorates the day enslaved people in Texas were told they were free on June 19, 1865, two years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. DeKalb's celebration included games, vendors, dancing and more.

Dozens of people rallied in support of transgender rights Sunday in downtown DeKalb. Organizers said the Trans Resilience Rally was to show public support and allyship for people they believe are unjustly and harmfully targeted under President Donald Trump's policies.

More than 100 motorcycles piled into parking lots outside Sycamore Public Library Sunday to escort Oliver Olinger, 2, and his family of Sycamore to the St. Charles Motorcycle Museum. The group helped the boy celebrate one-year free of cancer.

Alibi Bar and Grill in downtown St. Charles will close its doors by end of July, to make way for new arcade bar Rec Haus, new business owner Erik Gilly said.

A nearly yearlong search for the next DeKalb County administrator concluded this week as the next government leader was named, hailing from a downstate small city.

DeKalb County Board member Savannah Ilenikhena plans to resign at the end of June, she announced this week.

After the White House put Yorkville’s special census on hold, the population counting survey is finally back on, potentially generating more than $1 million extra annually for the city.

East Dundee trustees reviewed three more potential development options for the former Haeger Potteries site this week after raising concerns about an initial proposal presented in February.

Joshua M. Conway, 19, of rural Polo and Michael C. Gul, 29, of Wauconda, were both found dead late Saturday night on the third floor of a Polo home.

The City of DeKalb has partnered with Family Service Agency of DeKalb County and other service agencies to assist victims displaced in an apartment fire Tuesday. Here's how to help:

Another suspect has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting that happened in Riverwalk Homes in Joliet last week.

A fire broke out in the 3400 block of Karen Drive in Joliet earlier this week.

Judge Magen Mertes on Monday, June 16, 2025, also denied John Trumbla’s request to be granted release from house arrest for a block of time each week to purchase groceries, clothing and medication.

DeKalb Fire Chief Mike Thomas may have answered his final call for service. He's expected to be honored for his 30 years at the DeKalb Fire Department, as he plans to retire, according to the City of DeKalb.

The village of Oswego's current residential water tap-on fee is $2,200 per unit for all housing types. That rate might go up.

The Kane County Sheriff’s Office is getting a new, niftier robot to help it disable bombs and do other tasks.

The Kendall County Highway Department has closed Caton Farm Road just east of Grove Road to all through traffic for a bridge replacement project.

Jayne Berhnard, a planner employed by the city of Joliet since 2017, has been promoted to the position of planning director.

The STC Six breweries will launch their 2025 collaborative beer, a West Coast Pilsner benefiting Support Over Stigma, at 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 18, at Pollyanna Brewing & Distilling in St. Charles.

A Cook County man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison Tuesday in connection to dozens of catalytic converters reported stolen between 2021 and 2022 in DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties, authorities said

Several Illinois counties, including Will, Grundy and Kankakee, are under a tornado watch until 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Area activists with Queer-Oriented Rural Resource Network and other groups said they’re planning a rally Sunday in DeKalb to support transgender people and communities they believe are being intentionally and unfairly targeted by the Trump administration.

An early morning fire in DeKalb Tuesday left one person injured more than a dozen residents without a home, authorities said.

After turning the social media buzz they got from proclaiming support for immigrants into a fundraiser for people in need, two sisters behind a DeKalb flower shop announced their donation total Tuesday. Funds will go to DeKalb Migrant Aid, they said.

Future center for veteran services is being created in vacant office building that was part of the former Silver Cross Hospital campus in Joliet.

One of the three victims of a June 12 shooting at Riverwalk Homes in Joliet reported an argument about a dice game had escalated between two men, which led to a shooting, prosecutors said.

A Thomson man has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of sexually assaulting and abusing a 17-year-old Fulton girl three years ago.

A St. Charles driving instructor, convicted in absentia of 16 felony sexual assault charges when he didn't attend his own trial, is in custody in Hungary with the U.S. attempting to extradite him.

A Chicago man who was wounded in a shooting last Thursday at Riverwalk Homes in Joliet has been charged with firing a gun during the incident.

Clinton Street will be closed to through traffic from Ottawa Street to Scott Street in Joliet for approximately two weeks as the intersection of Chicago Street is constructed.

The Sycamore City Council will consider annexing land near the corner of Coltonville Road and Electric Park Drive on Monday, potentially paving the way for a commercial developer. “It’s kind of an eyesore right now," city commissioner Dave Finney said of the land.

Firefighters were called about 1 p.m. to a house fire in the 200 block of Herkimer Street on Sunday.

Melissa Inchaurriga, 23, was pronounced dead early Sunday morning.

A man was sentenced to prison this week after he pleaded guilty to arson and sexual assault in two separate cases, court records show. Police said he intentionally set fires multiple times inside Suburban Apartments units in DeKalb throughout March 2024.

Anthony Meyers, 17, a rising senior at DeKalb High School, was one of 31 DeKalb County teenagers who attended Heavy Metal Summer Experience, a new program that aims to introduce teens to skills necessary for trades work.

The incident remains under investigation. No further threat to the community exists at this time, authorities said.

A DeKalb man charged in the fatal 2024 DUI crash that killed sheriff’s deputy Christina Musil got a judge’s permission Thursday to travel out of state to visit family before an expected plea in the case later this month.

More than 400 protesters gathered in Dixon on Saturday, June 14, 2025, to denounce what they called the militarization of patriotism and the glorification of presidential power.