The driver was allegedly using a cell phone at the time of the crash and a toxicology report also indicated the presence of alcohol in her system, according to Yorkville police.

State Sen. Patrick Joyce brought the legislation to Springfield after a series of fatal crashes that occurred in his district.

The Will County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash on 159th Street Friday night in Homer Glen that resulted in the death of a Lockport woman.

Officers responded at around 9:27 p.m. on Friday to the 400 block of West North Frontage Road in Bolingbrook for a report of an accident, Bolingbrook police said.

A Romeoville woman has died after being struck by a vehicle in Romeoville on Thursday evening.

The Morris Police Department announced Tuesday that Marshall Szpara, 22, of Seneca, has been charged with first degree murder and other charges in relation to a shooting early Saturday morning.

A man has died as the result of an accident involving a motorcycle in downtown Lockport on Saturday.

Eric L. Jones, 54, faces a sentence of between six to 30 years in prison. He is set to be sentenced on April 2.

Julian Rosario, 35, of Channahon, was pronounced dead after a shooting in the 100 block of Washington Street in Morris at around 1 a.m. Saturday.

The Iroquois Sheriff’s Office arrested Christopher Burton, of Milford, Friday on a warrant charging him with first degree murder.

A 21-year-old Joliet man died following a crash involving a car and semitrailer truck in Joliet early Saturday morning.

A Will County judge has allowed a new trial for a woman convicted of the 2013 Joliet murder of two men in a case known as the 'Nightmare on Hickory Street' killings. 

The Kendall County Coroner’s Office has identified the man as Luis Manuel Chauran Escobar, a 22-year-old from Valencia, Venezuela.

The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office believes the shooting occurred between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday following a party at the house Saturday night.

The woman accused of shooting a man to death last week in Oakbrook Terrace is scheduled to appear Tuesday in a Wisconsin court regarding her extradition to Illinois

A Milwaukee teenager has been charged in a recent fatal shooting in Oakbrook Terrace

Ryan Dodd, 44, of Aurora, was arrested on Jan. 29 after Ashley A. Stewart, 41, was found stabbed to death in her home on Valentine Way in Oswego on Jan. 27.

A man died of gunshot wounds Wednesday night after a crash in a parking lot in Oakbrook Terrace, police report

A Lee County judge sentenced a Will County woman to 2 years of conditional discharge in connection with the December 2023 hit-and-run death of a Rock Falls pedestrian near Walton.

In northern Illinois’s largest cities to its smallest towns, counterfeit pills, whose effects are boosted by fentanyl, kill users and devastate the families they leave behind.

Ryan Dodd, 44, of Aurora, has been charged with felony counts of first degree murder, home invasion, armed violence, residential burglary and aggravated stalking.

A suspect is in custody and Oswego police are continuing their investigation, but police are not disclosing information about the suspect at this time.

The fatal crash happened on Westbound Wilmington Peotone Road in the vicinity of 104th Ave in unincorporated Peotone on Tuesday.

From head-on collisions to pedestrians just trying to cross the street, 1,168 people died in vehicle crashes across the state last year, preliminary Illinois Department of Transportation records show.

Joliet police investigated the shooting deaths of a 36-year-old woman and a 4-year-old boy inside a Joliet home on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026.

A Piper City man died in a single-vehicle crash in rural Gilman Saturday.

Two vehicles collided along southbound Illinois Route 53, causing one of the cars to strike a tree off the roadway, Romeoville police said.

The accident occurred on Archer Avenue in the vicinity of Parker Road in Lemont, the Will County Coroner’s Office said.

The Will County Coroner's Office has identified Makenna Maurisak, 24, as the driver killed in the Thursday morning collision.

"The area needs infrastructure upgrades and improvements such as clearly marked pedestrian crossings, sufficient lighting, and revised speed limits to keep up with the growth," State Sen. Patrick Joyce and state Rep. Anthony DeLuca said.

One person was killed and two others seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash on Thursday night on Illinois 84 north of Fulton

The Fox Lake Police Department is investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred about 7:15 a.m. Jan. 9 at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Rollins Road.

A person likely killed by a Metra train on Jan. 2 has been identified, authorities said.

After three days of jury selection, a total of eight jurors have so far been seated to decide the fate of a Stillman Valley man charged with killing his ex-wife in 2016 and setting her home on fire. Their 3-year-old son, who was inside the home, also died.

Duane Meyer, 43, is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated arson and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in connection with an Oct. 19, 2016, Byron house fire.

It was a busy year in Kendall County. Here is a rundown of some of the 2025's top stories.

An Oregon man died from his injuries following a two-vehicle crash on Monday afternoon north of Grand Detour, according to an Ogle County Sheriff’s Office news release

Illinois State Police are investigating the crash that occurred on U.S. Route 45 near Steger Road, the Will County Coroner's Office said.

Two people died from a two-vehicle crash that occurred in the 1700 block of Manhattan Road in Elwood.

The new rules only apply to new construction. “We don’t want to force a retrofit on existing structures,” Oswego Development Services Director Rod Zenner had said.

An Elmhurst man has been accused of beating and stabbing to death a woman he lured to his home

A Skokie man accused of supplying a fatal dose of fentanyl to a 25-year-old woman from West Chicago has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, prosecutors said.

The city of Rock Falls and two fire officials are taking steps that could pave the way for an appeal of a $31.5 million verdict issued against them in connection with Sterling Fire Lt. Garrett Ramos’s 2021 line-of-duty death

A 22-year-old Ingleside man was struck and killed by a train Nov. 29 in Ingleside, authorities said.

Illinois State Police troopers found male bicyclist who was struck by a vehicle in Elwood. The suspect vehicle is possibly a black 2007-2013 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck

Authorities are investigating the death of a person struck by a freight train early Sunday near downtown Downers Grove.

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.

A GoFundMe account has raised nearly $14,000 for the daughters of Marquisa Morris, who was killed Nov. 7 while crossing the intersection of Maple Avenue and Belmont Road in unincorporated DuPage County

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.

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