No explosive device was found after a bomb squad search at the hotel and conference center, local police reported

The Kane County Sheriff's Office is hosting a National Night Out event from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 5, at the Sheriff's Office, 37W755 Illinois Route 38, St. Charles.

A North Aurora man who last year faced 14 felony charges related to dissemination and possession of sexual abuse images of a child under age 13, agreed to plead guilty to one charge and go to prison for 11 years.

An Oswego man was charged in Kane County with disseminating and possessing child sexual abuse images.

The Kane County SWAT team will conduct a training exercise Tuesday in Geneva.

An Elgin-area man, charged with illegally possessing "hundreds of suspected explosives" inside a Kane County home, made a brief court appearance Friday.

An Elgin-area man has been charged with 28 felonies after authorities said a multi-agency federal and local police investigation uncovered “hundreds of suspected explosives” and other chemical equipment inside a Kane County home.

A Mexican immigrant from Bolingbrook, who had just appeared in Kane County court, was taken into custody by U.S. Homeland Security Thursday and is now being held in ICE custody at a Broadview detention facility, according to Kane County officials and public records.

The discovery of chemicals at a home in unincorporated Elgin prompted the Kane County Sheriff’s office to call in the bomb squad, officials said.

An Elgin man who is already on the sex offender registry has been charged with felony possession of child sexual abuse images, according to authorities and official records.

Update: Authorities have identified a Sycamore man killed in a motorcycle crash in Geneva on Sunday.

Kane County residents should be wary of scams circulating recently in which victims reportedly receive phone calls notifying them of a missed jury duty summons or a warrant for their arrest. Those aren’t real calls, the Kane County Sheriff’s Office announced this week.

A Schaumburg man faces attempted murder charges after authorities say he admitted to shooting three people inside a Kane County home.

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.

Three people ranging in age from 21 to 70 were shot inside a home in Kane County early Sunday morning, the sheriff’s office announced.

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.

A South Elgin man facing charges of possessing child sexual abuse materials is free on pretrial release.

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

Authorities around the state will participate in for a traffic enforcement around the Fourth of July holiday, with a focus on impaired and unbuckled drivers.

A Waterman 18-year-old has been charged with attempted murder after authorities allege he beat and threatened to kill a 71-year-old woman in Big Rock Township. The woman suffered serious injuries, according to the Kane County Sheriff's Office.

The nation's first entrepreneurship center located within a jail officially launched from the Kane County Sheriff's Office as an independent initiative this month.

The family of a man whom Kane County deputies shot and killed May 24, 2023, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Sheriff Ron Hain and Deputy Michael Widlarz in federal court seeking a jury trial and unspecified damages.

Elburn Trustee and former Cook County detective Lou Santoyo will seek the Republican nomination next April to run for Kane County Sheriff in the Nov. 3, 2026, midterm election.

The four deputies with the Kane County Sheriff’s department were investigated for their role in a car chase on Randall Road that ended in the fatal shooting of an Aurora man in May 2023.

Kane County Sheriff’s deputies assisted Lombard police in stopping a driver who was suspected of attempting to run over three pedestrians and was trying to elude police, according to sheriff’s reports.

The Kane County Sheriff’s Office has announced that the wrong name and age were given for a man killed in a Sunday night crash on Plank Road near Elgin.

Two people were killed in a crash Sunday night near Elgin, according to the Kane County sheriff’s office.

The owner of butcher shop and deli Butcher on the Block in Lake in the Hills as been identified as the pedestrian fatally struck by multiple cars Monday morning near the intersection of Route 31 and Miller Road near West Dundee.

Police said one of three suspects in a burglary at a Pingree Grove bar was in critical condition after their vehicle crashed during a police pursuit, while two others had not been found after searches with dogs and drones.

Kane County law enforcement and school officials are focused on the TRUST Act to guide how they respond to federal immigration policy.

A 75-year-old Hampshire man died after a crash Sunday afternoon on U.S. Route 20 east of Illinois Route 47 in Rutland Township,

A firefighter suffered injuries while over a dozen fire departments battled a vacant house fire for nearly four hours Wednesday night in Algonquin, officials report.

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin held a news coference Tuesday, continuing the war of words between him and Kane County Sheriff Ron Hain.

A Washington man who police said was wanted on a Chicago homicide and a Cary woman were arrested Tuesday after an hourslong police search and standoff in Lake Barrington, officials said.

National Night Out brought dozens of emergency vehicles, games, community organizations and over 1,000 people to St. Charles Tuesday evening, despite the poor weather conditions.

The Kendall County Public Safety Center next month will be renamed the Richard A. Randall Public Safety Center in honor of the former Kendall County sheriff.

The Kane County Health Department is distributing a free medication, naloxone, to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

A 41-year-old Chicago man was charged with felony possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver – 100.62 grams of fentanyl.

An off-duty Kane County sheriff’s deputy was involved in a Monday shooting in Elgin that left one person dead, officials confirmed on Tuesday.

A Kane County sheriff’s deputy was seriously injured Tuesday morning in a two-vehicle crash in Aurora.

Todd Nord, 62, of Maple Park was arrested June 6, following an investigation that began three days earlier when sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to his business, Pan Man Welding, in regard to a customer’s complaint.

The Kane County State’s Attorney’s and Sheriff’s offices announced Saturday night that Isaiah Fields, 22, of the 5000 block of West Maple Avenue in Chicago, was arrested Friday.

The driver of a car that crashed into a DeKalb-NIU public transit bus Sunday in rural Virgil Township was flown to Loyola Medical Center in Maywood in critical condition, authorities said.

Administrators at Marklund Hyde Center say they are investigating a case of abuse against a resident of the Geneva nursing home campus.

A Geneva woman has died from injuries she suffered in a Thursday, April 4, crash in Sugar Grove Township.

A District 300 school teacher and wrestling coach has been charged with grooming, sexual exploitation of a child and burglary, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office reports.

One person was transported to Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital after a rollover crash in Somonauk Township during commuting hours Tuesday morning, according to a DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office news release.

An Algonquin man faces four charges, including two Class X felonies, after allegedly holding his girlfriend by knife on Saturday.

One person was killed and another hospitalized following a two-car crash at Walker Road and Route 72 in Hampshire Township on Sunday, according to a Kane County Sheriff’s Office news release.

The accident happened around 5:30 Sunday, Sept. 3 near Hampshire. It's the third fatal crash in Kane County since Thursday.