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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.

A crash involving a car and semi-trailer truck caused “serious injuries" in Joliet Thursday night.

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.

Passenger died five days after crash on Steward Road near its intersection with Ritchie Road southeast of Rochelle.

Two people were killed and four others injured in a three-vehicle crash involving a garbage truck near Peotone in Will County.

A Marseilles man has been arrested on a complaint of aggravated arson following a Thursday morning fire, Captain James Buckingham said in a Thursday news release.

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.

A 78-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene of a commercial fire Tuesday afternoon in Sheridan.

Peru is hopeful more police presence will deter crashes in its Route 251 business district.

Though Jonathan Hurst has denied ever being in Sycamore, a forensic expert testified in a double murder trial Tuesday that Hurst’s fingerprints match those found on multiple items inside the home of Patricia and Robert Wilson. The Wilsons were found beaten to death Aug. 15, 2016.

Two DeKalb police officers were hospitalized Tuesday after a squad car they were in was struck by a stolen vehicle driven by a man who initially gave a false name and fled from authorities, police said. The man also is wanted for homicide out of Georgia.

Local agencies and state officials were left in a cloud of uncertainty Tuesday after an order from the White House to pause the distribution of all federal grants and loans.

Council hopes to land Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grant for work at Griswold and Woodburn avenues.

DeKalb County service agencies scramble to plan for federal funding freeze: "There’s only so much money to go around and fund the programs," Voluntary Action Center CEO Nate Kloster said Tuesday. The center runs the local Meals on Wheels program.

Other projects include a new restaurant and bar near Sublette and construction of another building at HA International’s manufacturing plant near Oregon.

One man has been detained after Joliet police SWAT team members, detectives officers executed a search warrant in Elizabeth Court in Crest Hill.

First-responders raced to a crash scene at 12:44 p.m. Monday on Route 251 at May Road for an overturned sport-utility vehicle. Multiple injuries were reported.

The former Chicago man accused in the 2016 killings of Patricia and Robert Wilson told police, when asked where he was in August 2016, that he was "going to walk across Illinois," a retired detective said in testimony Monday. The trial of Jonathan D. Hurst continues Tuesday.

An individual was life flighted to the hospital following a crash between a car and a semi tractor trailer on Monday morning near the Grand Ridge Grade School.

The top cop in Northern Illinois University’s police department is calling it quits this month after a quarter century on the job. Chief Darren Mitchell announced his retirement, effective Jan. 31, according to the university.

One man was injured in a rural house fire Sunday night between Leland and Somonauk, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

A Sterling man indicted by a statewide grand jury on two drug offenses Jan. 21 was taken into custody at the Whiteside County Courthouse the next day after showing up for his court hearing for his five other pending drug cases and a weapons case

Four longtime pals – J.L. Hudson, Chris Law, Rollie Elder and John Witherow – have a unique connection to PJ’s II in Rock Falls.

A Will County judge quashed the warrant for the arrest of the Rev. Carlos Martins in a Joliet battery case. The priest will next appear in court on Feb. 24.

The city attorney for Lockport will become a Will County circuit court judge in February. She will replace John Anderson, who was elected last year to the appellate court.

Previously the cost varied from project to project and was calculated as “equal to 2% of proposed commercial value, up to a maximum fee of $25,000,” according to the ordinance.

DeKalb County education, law enforcement and faith leaders weighed in this week on policy changes from President Donald Trump’s new administration that could bring federal immigration agents into schools and places of worship.

When DeKalb police Detective Kelly Sullivan saw the home of Patricia Wilson and Robert Wilson the night they were found beaten to death Aug. 15, 2016, she said her investigative training pointed to a “sloppy” killer. The murder trial of Jonathan D. Hurst continued Friday.

Family members of Patricia Wilson and Robert Wilson took the witness stand Thursday to recount finding their slain loved ones on Aug. 15, 2016. The double murder trial of Jonathan D. Hurst, a former Chicago man charged in their 2016 killings, continues Friday.

Was it a firecracker or a gunshot heard last summer at Hi-Tide Campground near Leland? A Streator man needs a judge to believe it was a firecracker or he could face prison.

A Rock Falls woman has been sentenced to 2 years of probation after pleading guilty to one count each of battery and felony criminal trespass to a residence.

Plans for a proposed automobile sales business along East Lincoln Highway received a boost of support this week from a DeKalb city panel, although City Council approval still is needed.

A Wednesday night fire began in the basement of a Joliet residence when someone tried to thaw out frozen water pipes with a blow torch, according to the Joliet Fire Department.

With a jury selected, a long-awaited murder trial is expected to convene Thursday for Jonathan Hurst, charged almost five years ago in the killings of Sycamore elderly mother and son Patricia and Robert Wilson. The Wilsons were found slain in their home in August 2016.

Planned Parenthood of Illinois will close four health centers in March, including the location in Ottawa.

A two-vehicle crash in Shorewood caused injuries to three people and one of them is in critical condition at a hospital in Joliet.

A former Sycamore teenager will remain held without release pending trial on adult first-degree murder charges in the stabbing death of classmate Kaleb McCall, a judge ruled Tuesday. It's the second time the 16-year-old's request for release has been denied.

A DeKalb woman facing an attempted murder charge after a man was stabbed at an apartment Saturday will remain held in jail pending trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.

A Lockport woman who partially blamed U.S. President Donald Trump for her role in the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot is among five people from Will County who’ve been pardoned for their crimes.

The 18-year-old man found unconscious in the 100 block of East Second Street in Wyanet died as a result of exposure with no signs of trauma, Bureau County Coroner Kurt Workman said in a news release on Tuesday.

An autopsy Tuesday morning confirmed the identity of the victim, who resided at the Emerson home.

DeKalb City Manager Bill Nicklas said Monday it’s not the job of local police to enforce federal immigration law, issuing a statement on city policy hours after President Donald Trump’s second inauguration. Trump has promised mass deportation arrests in Chicago this week.

With cold temperatures predicted Tuesday morning, schools in La Salle, Bureau and Putnam counties are taking precautions to keep students safe.

Extreme cold forces Joliet schools to go to e-learning Tuesday as wind chills expected to reach 25 to 30 below zero

Multiple school districts in DeKalb County have announced closures effective Tuesday due to bitter cold temperatures expected to bring windchills well below zero.

One dead following Sunday house fire in rural Sterling.

The Joliet Fire Department responded to a structure fire Monday afternoon and were met with heavy black smoke coming from a two-story home.

Firefighters discovered a body Monday at the scene of a fire that broke out Sunday afternoon in rural Sterling, Whiteside County Sheriff John Booker has confirmed.

Here is a list of local school closings and delays for Tuesday Jan. 21: