Democratic hopeful Andrew Schwab announced on social media Friday that he was withdrawing his candidacy for Kane County Sheriff and endorsed Undersheriff Amy Johnson.

A review by the Kane County State’s Attorney into the officer-involved death of a 39-year-old Batavia man concluded the actions by the Batavia Police and the Kane County Sheriffs was “justified and within the law.”

Shocking arrests, controversial speakers, election upsets, big housing developments and the impacts of President Trump's first year of his second term were among the big news stories in Kane County in 2025.

An anti-DUI enforcement campaign in Kane County over Thanksgiving resulted in charges against eight people, the agencies announced Tuesday.

Three people were hospitalized following a vehicle crash near Pingree Grove in Kane County on Christmas Eve.

A person was transported to a local hospital after a snowmobile crash in Muirhead Springs Forest Preserve in Kane County.

A person was hospitalized with minor injuries and signs of hypothermia on Thursday following a rollover crash into cold water near Elgin and Pingree Grove in Kane County, authorities said.

Two dogs escaped their Campton Township property, ran about four miles away to a home in Geneva Township, tore open a chicken coop and killed about 35 chickens, according to a Kane County Sheriff’s report.

Adults with autism from northern Illinois talk about their lives and their reactions to lates controversial policy changes and language by the administration of President Trump.

Plumes of black smoke could be seen wafting through the air Friday afternoon from a car fire in front of the parking lot of Sycamore Speedway.

An Elgin man is charged with allegedly soliciting a child following a joint investigation between the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office and the Elgin Police Department.

Without waiting for a scheduled hearing on an ex-wife’s standing as a special representative for her late husband in a wrongful death lawsuit, a federal judge ruled on his own that she needed to file in state court.

The former Kane County coroner submitted paperwork to run for sheriff. Who else has filed to run in the 2026 primary election?

The Kane County Sheriff’s Office is urging motorists to commit to sober driving, buckling up and following traffic laws this Halloween as children and their families are out after dark in search of candy and spooky fun.

Antonio L. Alexander, 48, has been charged with burglary, theft, resisting a police officer and obstructing a police officer. He is in custody at the Kendall County Jail.

Update: One person was killed after a two-car crash at the intersection of County Line Road and Illinois Route 64 on the DeKalb and Kane county line Monday, authorities said.

The Kane County Health Department awarded $300,000 in grants to seven local organizations working to prevent opioid overdoses, expand access to treatment, and support recovery services across the community.

Catch up on the week’s top Kane County news in minutes. Listen to the week’s 5 most popular stories for Sept. 28-Oct. 4, read aloud for you

Authorities say they've seen a "dramatic increase" in those sharing images of child sexual abuse. But officials in Kane and McHenry counties have employed technology and teamwork to track down sources of lewd images and videos of kids.

The Kane County Sheriff’s Office recently announced the results of its “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” and “Drive High Get a DUI” Labor Day campaigns.

An urgent care physician assistant James Yanke, 57, was filming Homeland Security/ICE/ATF arrests of Hispanic people at the Kane County Judicial Center on Aug. 14, 2025. When he interfered with a screaming woman's arrest, Yanke himself was arrested and briefly detained.

The Kane County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to avoid a portion of Maple Park as authorities investigate a serious crash Wednesday night at Ramm Road near County Line Road. This is a developing story.

The elderly couple killed in a car crash in Geneva have been identified. They died after their car collided with one driven by an 18-year-old, authorities said.

An unidentified driver died Tuesday, Aug. 26 after a rollover crash Tuesday in St. Charles Township.

James Moriarty was killed in a confrontation with police. Now his family is suing, but his ex-wife's standing has to be resolved before it moves forward, a judge said.

A teen from Hampshire has died of a gunshot wound, police said.

A man has died in Batavia after firing at officers, who also discharged their weapons, authorities said.

Former Kane County coroner Rob Russell announced his intent to seek the Republican nomination for sheriff in the 2026 primary election.

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.