A teenager suffered injuries in a shooting near a park that was filled with children playing, Aurora police announced Friday. They're asking for the public's help investigating the Thursday shooting.

Update: Former Campton Hills Police Chief Steven Millar has been charged with 41 felonies connected to an Illinois State Police investigation that alleges firearms from a police evidence room were unlawfully sold between 2018 and 2023, records show.

Three people were arrested and five weapons were recovered at a residence by Kankakee police Wednesday.

A Villa Park woman accused of causing an accident while intoxicated that injured two women will remain in jail until at least her her next court date, prosecutors said.

An alleged road rage incident ended in the arrest of Kodi M. Meyer, of Coal City, by Kankakee police Monday.

A convicted felon from Wheaton will remain in jail until at least his next court date after he was allegedly found in possession of multiple firearms, prosecutors said.

Kankakee police arrested a Kankakee man Oct. 10 for allegedly trying to set an occupied residence on fire.

A Carol Stream man accused of aggravated DUI and leading police on a high-speed chase will remain in jail until at least his next court date, prosecutors said.

Kankakee police continue the investigation into the death of a 62-year-old Kankakee man, who was shot and killed Oct. 3 on the city’s north side.

A Bellwood man who led Villa Park police on a high-speed chase will remain in jail until at least his next court appearance a DuPage County judge decided on Thursday.

A Carpentersville man who was shot by police in August after authorities said he called 911 seeking help, armed himself with a gun, and threatened officers, has been charged with armed violence and assaulting a police officer

It’s been a week since married couple Holly Schmidt and Gary Schmidt were found dead in their Sycamore home, and loved ones are planning a public visitation at St. John Lutheran Church in their memory on Thursday.

Dozens came together Monday in DeKalb to create a safe space for those impacted by domestic violence at Safe Passage’s annual domestic violence candlelight vigil. Among locals remembered were Sycamore couple Holly Schmidt and Gary Schmidt.

Anthony Gulley, of Kankakee, agreed to plead guilty Thursday to the January 2023 killing of 47-year-old Randel Robinson II, of Kankakee, in Kankakee County Court.

A Kankakee woman accused of shooting and killing 58-year-old Harold Williams in June 2022 agreed to plead guilty to second degree murder Thursday.

An Aurora man pleaded guilty to armed violence in a 2023 violent stabbing attack and was sentenced in turn to 25 years in prison, according to the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office.

A Chicago man has been charged with secretly video recording another individual in the restroom at the Church of God, in Addison, prosecutors said.

The Pretrial Fairness Act, also known as the cashless bail system, implemented in September 2023, resulted in an increase in the Kane County jail population from people not showing up to court, Sheriff Ron Hain said. But the Illinois ACLU director called Hain's comments "dubious"

Kane County State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser announced today that her office will not pursue charges against North Aurora police officers involved in the in-custody death of Jorge Valerio Martinez.

Illinois State Police arrested 47-year-old Nathan D. Rodgers, of Momence, for allegedly being in possession of child sexual abuse material Thursday.

The Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office investigated an alleged road rage Wednesday that ended with the arrest of 19-year-old Krishaun C. Mays, of Kankakee.

DeKalb man Jeremy Westbrook was sentenced by a judge Thursday to almost 100 years in prison for repeatedly sexually assaulting a child. The sentence came about a decade after his arrest and years of questions over his mental fitness, records show

A Montgomery man was sentenced this week to 16 years in prison for a 2024 carjacking in the drive-thru of an Aurora Dunkin’.

Kankakee County Circuit Judge William S. Dickenson was selected by his fellow 21st Judicial Circuit judges as the next chief judge.

Kane County Circuit Judge John Barsanti said Nov. 5 is when officials will set a date for a plea or trial of an elderly man facing more than 100 charges of sexual violence against minors.

Wheaton police have arrested a suspect in an identity theft investigation that targeted multiple victims in Wheaton and the DuPage County area

Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe said Friday his office is still waiting on documents from Xandria Harris’ expert witness.

A Waterman man pleaded guilty and was sentenced this month to possessing material that depicted child sexual abuse after a year-long investigation, court records show.

Kankakee police arrested Qion J. White, of Kankakee, Friday after he attempted to flee officers who were serving a search warrant.

A DeKalb man pleaded guilty this month to stabbing another man in 2024 after an argument about peanut and jelly, part of a deal struck with prosecutors that downgraded an attempted murder charge to aggravated domestic battery, court records show.

A DeKalb man who recently was charged with animal cruelty after police said he struck a cat in the face with a hammer was ordered by a judge this week to forfeit his dogs, Mochi the Shiba Inu and S’Mores, a Yorkshire Terrier, court records show.

A Carol Stream man has been charged with spray-painting profane graffiti on the Carol Stream Police Station and two nearby businesses, prosecutors said.

A Glendale Heights woman is facing charges of endangering her 2-year-old child after the toddler was found Sunday wandering alone in an apartment complex.

More than 18 years after the brutal murders of two Burger King employees in Momence, Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 1 requests the public’s assistance with the death investigation of Pam Branka and Paul Jones.

Several DuPage County sheriff’s deputies were injured trying to detain a person inside the county courthouse Friday morning

Former longtime DeKalb County employee Gary Hanson, who worked for decades in various roles, including as the county’s top finance staffer and top executive, has been accused of destroying public records and other misconduct, a 15-count felony indictment filed Friday shows

An assistant principal at Lincoln Middle School in Berwyn was one of three victims of a shooting that took place on Tuesday outside the school

A Kane County jury this month found an Elgin man guilty of sexually assaulting a child multiple times between April 2022 and June 2024, according to court records.

A DeKalb man faces nearly a dozen felony charges after police allege he uploaded multiple videos and a photo depicting child sexual abuse to the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, court records show

Manteno police arrested Jayvin J. Savoie, of Manteno, for allegedly shooting a person Sept. 5.

A DeKalb man was charged Monday after police alleged he got into an argument with a woman over her pet cat, attacked her and struck and threatened to kill the cat, according to court records

A Lombard man accused of battering several DuPage County Sheriff’s deputies Friday, sending three to the hospital, has been ordered held pending trial.

A Roselle man charged with possessing images and videos of child sexual abuse material and possession of methamphetamine will remain in jail until at least his next court date, prosectors said.

Attorneys for both sides in the Xandria Harris case worked out several items during a hearing Monday at the Kankakee County Courthouse.

A lawsuit has been filed against a Buffalo Grove man charged with secretly recording nude footage of multiple females, including minors, using hidden cameras at his home and his Addison ice cream shop.

A man accused of stealing THC cartridges from a teenager at gunpoint in Glen Ellyn in April 2020 pleaded guilty Monday.

A DeKalb County public employee who’s worked for decades at the courthouse in Sycamore has been charged with defrauding the federal government’s pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program of more than $41,000, court records allege.

Kankakee police arrested a Kankakee homeowner for his alleged involvement in a June 13 arson fire of his garage.

A teenager was charged in connection to a violent attack on an elderly man during an attempted robbery in Aurora late last month, police announced Wednesday.

A Rockford cleaning woman has been charged with stealing more than $10,000 worth of jewelry from a client’s home in Glen Ellyn, prosecutors said.