With Thanksgiving celebrations taking place Wednesday, Nov. 26, and Thursday, Nov. 27, the Dixon Police Department is offering to help people stay safe on the roads by covering the cost of cab rides each night

Cody Sales, 30, was charged with first degree murder in June 2022 in connection with the death of his mother, Nancy E. Sales, 62, at their residence. He also was charged with aggravated animal cruelty in connection with the death of a dog which was found inside the Sales’ home.

A Chicago man has been charged with threatening state Sen. Andrew Chesney, a Republican who represents portions of northern Illinois, including Carroll County and parts of Ogle and DeKalb counties

The late Phyllis A. Olsta, a 1951 graduate of St. Francis Academy who went on to a career in the travel industry, donated $6.08 million to her alma mater.

Infrastructure technology company Endeavour Energy has been named as the company behind Edged, a major data center proposed on 560 acres on DeKalb’s south side. Preliminary plans published Wednesday by the city show the data center would use air, not water, to cool its servers

At approximately 4:07 a.m. Wednesday, the Oswego Fire Protection District was dispatched to the 5400 block of Light Road for a building on fire, the district said.

A third law firm has filed a civil action lawsuit, seeking $16.5 million, against a Batavia chiropractor who is accused of secretly recording patients, including minors, while they were naked.

State points to age of bridge and announces another delay in reopening. It is one of six drawbridges over the Des Plaines River in the Joliet area.

DeKalb School District 428 this month clarified plans for a new preschool to increase pre-kindergarten classroom space without a referendum. Some educators and parents voiced concerns about a secondary proposal to rework which buildings 5th through 8th graders attend school.

Joliet police officers responded to the shooting last Saturday in the 300 block of Third Avenue.

A 20-year-old Chicago man was killed Sunday night in Kankakee, a victim of a shooting.

The owners of Lena's Social Club in Dixon say the business has been operating at a loss since opening in March and they have decided to close and sell it.

The Sycamore branch of a specialty cupcake shop is closing its doors at the end of the month after opening in May.

Judge Michelle Vescogni sentenced 23-year-old Logan Petre of Marseilles on Monday Nov. 24, 2025 at the La Salle County Government Complex in Ottawa. In September, Vescogni found Petre guilty of 3 counts of murder after a bench trial.

A man suffered significant head injuries after he was struck by a moving commuter Metra train in Aurora on Monday, authorities said.

Portillo’s Vice President of Restaurant Support Michael Portillo will attend the ribbon cutting ceremony at the Plainfield location, which will include a check presentation to Bags of Hope, Portillo’s charity partner.

With wood-fired gourmet pizzas, sharable Italian-style tapas plates, and plentiful pastas, Fire + Wine looks to bring an upscale-casual atmosphere to St. Charles. The restaurant is expected to open in January.

Plans for a solar farm on 38 acres along Route 38 and John Huber Parkway are a go after recent DeKalb City Council action.

The DeKalb Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated the opening of Iniga Pizzeria Napoletana’s new location and welcomed it to the Chamber’s membership.

DeKalb city leaders again have given the developer behind plans to refurbish the long-vacant former St. Mary’s Hospital building into apartments more time.

At approximately 6:09 p.m., the Oswego Fire Protection District was dispatched for a smoke investigation inside of a house in the 200 block of South Adams Street.

A man was charged Friday after he threatened to harm multiple people in DeKalb on Thursday, including a city hall official and officers. Police Chief David Byrd said authorities attempted for days to offer aid to the man with a history of mental illness, but he became violent.

A neighbor to the 1,037-acre Project Cardinal data center in Yorkville is suing the city claiming the project will negatively impact the residential area.

Update: An Elgin 19-year-old was hospitalized Friday after he suffered a gunshot wound during a shooting inside a Sycamore motel room, police said. Multiple people were in the motel room at the time, Deputy Chief Ryan Hooper said.

Andrew W. Knapp was taken into custody on Thursday when the Illinois State Police Special Weapons and Tactics Team executed a search warrant at a Sterling residence, according to a news release

OSF HealthCare will move its inpatient obstetrics and intensive care services from Ottawa to Peru by Dec. 3, 2025 - a faster timeline than many in the community expected.

Jalen Davis, 18 of Joliet, has been charged with three counts of burglary, possession of burglary tools, criminal damage to property and obstructing identification.

An Oregon man died Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, after a car driven by a Camanche, Iowa, man struck him on Illinois Route 2, just north of Grand Detour, according to the Ogle County Sheriff's Office.

The home was occupied at the time of the shooting but no injuries were reported, Joliet police said.

Sycamore will soon have a new ambulance fee billing service provider, but don’t expect ambulance fees for residents to change.

More than three years after he was charged with aggravated battery, the case of a Rock Falls man accused of beating a neighbor so badly that he died almost three weeks later will go to trial Dec. 2, 2025.

As work gets underway on the site of an estimated 1-million-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility off Peace Road and Fairview Drive, a DeKalb panel threw its unanimous support behind an unknown manufacturer’s plans.

The St. Charles Business Alliance this week honored three local businesses with long legacies in the community, including The Bike Rack, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

Partrick McDonald, 67, passed away on Tuesday night after an 18-month battle with cancer, the City of Lockport said.

The Manhattan village board on Tuesday approved the appointment of Rosemaria DiBenedetto as village administrator. DiBenedetto starts in Manhattan in early January.

Rock Falls officials say they’re reviewing all options to pay the $31.5 million in damages that a Whiteside County jury on Friday awarded to the family of a Sterling firefighter killed in the line of duty four years ago

Community members nearly filled Rochelle City Hall council chambers Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, to see presentations by city officials and data center developer LFF Industrial, which has been working on a potential project with the city.

Ogle County residents on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, were able to get a glimpse at the Illinois Department of Transportation’s plans regarding a proposed roundabout for the state Route 251 and state Route 64 intersection north of Rochelle.

With the mayor of Rock Falls voting no, an ordinance that would have limited his power to appoint department heads was thumbed down Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025.

Bill Lovett – longtime businessman and founder of Lovett’s Towing and Recovery in DeKalb – is being remembered as a father figure to many. Lovett died on Oct. 18. He was 73. Shannon Lovett described his father as “larger than life.”

The Kane County State's Attorney's Office confirmed receiving more than 900 calls and emails in the wake of criminal charges against a Batavia chiropractor alleging he secretly video recorded more tan 180 of his patients.

Plan Commission on Thursday will be asked for a second time to put off a vote on plans for a 795-acre data center that would be located in an south of Chicagoland Speedway.

A Department of Defense official confirmed to Shaw Local on Monday the 200 Texas guard members are currently being demobilized and the process will continue over the next few days until they are gone.

Anyone who buys gasoline in Sycamore will soon pay 3 more cents per gallon after a Sycamore City Council vote to raise the city’s motor fuel tax this week. Officials said the tax pays for road maintenance.

The IDPH state board voted to approve OSF’s consolidation plan on Tuesday night in Bolingbrook, despite a strong effort from communities on the east side of La Salle County.

A Prophetstown man has pleaded not guilty to driving while high on drugs and causing a two-vehicle crash that left another man dead last May

The blaze broke out early Tuesday morning, Nov. 18, 2025, at 912 Locust St., Sterling, according to a Sterling Fire Department news release.

Multiple residents of University Village on DeKalb's north side made some concerns regarding quality of living, youth activities and engagement known to city leaders in a public meeting this weekend. "It’s going to take a village to save a village," resident Demetrius Page said.

New owners of the former 318 Graham's Coffeehouse at 318 S. Third St., Geneva, celebrated a grand opening with a ribboncutting, food and the Jesse White Tumblers.

Police allege a woman had a large, bleeding bump on her head and red marks around her neck, indicating she had been choked, as a result of a Nov. 8 beating