Kankakee police are investigating a fatal shooting Sunday that killed a Kankakee man and left his father wounded.

A 17-year-old juvenile from Chicago accused of stealing more than $1,000 worth of merchandise from the Oak Brook Alo store and then leading police on a high-speed chase will remain in jail until at least his next court date

An elderly Montgomery man, charged with sexually assaulting five minors, will have a jury trial Jan. 14 before Kane County Circuit Judge John Barsanti.

A Creston woman was charged with robbery, aggravated battery and mob action after her former partner was beaten by a group of men who jumped from her car, according to court documents.

Rogelio Alvarado-Alarcon, of Kankakee, was arrested Friday on multiple charges by the Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group.

Hamza Khatatbeh, 17, was sentenced to 17 years in prison on Wednesday, nearly three years after he stabbed Sycamore teenager Kaleb McCall to death in a bank parking lot.

Hamza Khatatbeh, 17, was sentenced to 17 years for second-degree murder Wednesday by DeKalb County Associate Judge Stephanie Klein, for the 2023 fatal stabbing of Sycamore 17-year-old Kaleb McCall.

Police announced charges Tuesday against a South Elgin man accused of barricading himself inside a bedroom and threatening to shoot officers who had attempted to take him into custody on multiple felony warrants.

A Kankakee man charged with killing a 15-year-old boy in June 2021 will now be facing federal charges.

DeKalb police arrested a Montgomery man recently after a woman told them he sexually abused her while delivering a couch to her apartment, according to records filed in DeKalb County court.

The Illinois State Police’s Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group (KAMEG) arrested 58-year-old Douglas P. Moore, of Kankakee, on multiple charges Friday.

A Chicago man accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment and forcibly kidnapping will remain in prison until at least his next court date, prosecutors said

A Woodridge man will remain in jail until at least his next court appearance after allegedly sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy, prosecutors said

A DeKalb man faces multiple felony charges after police allege he sexually abused a teenager and exchanged illegal lewd photographs with them on Snapchat, court records show.

Transcripts from Xandria Harris’ first attempt of a trial earlier this year have been received by her attorney.

Two suspects broke into a Batavia liquor store shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday and stole an unknown amount of cash and liquor, police said in a news release.

Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group arrested three men on Friday, May 8 and confiscated guns, marijuana, and cash following a raid of an alleged motorcycle house on the south side of Kankakee.

Update: A DeKalb man was charged with attempted murder after a witness told police he attacked another man with a machete over missing money shortly after midnight Thursday, court records show. A judge denied release to the man Friday afternoon

A motion was granted Friday detain pre-trial a Villa Park man accused of leading police on a high-speed chase, prosecutors said

A judge on Wednesday postponed an expected sentencing for a teenager guilty in the 2023 fatal stabbing of Sycamore 17-year-old Kaleb McCall, ruling after she said the defense filed a last-minute motion and apologizing to the victim’s family.

A Kankakee man was arrested in connection to the 18 dogs recovered from an alleged dog-fighting ring during the weekend in Pembroke Township.

Authorities from three local agencies recovered 18 dogs in Pembroke Township Friday. The dogs are believed to have been associated with an alleged dog-fighting ring.

A former Northern Illinois University student accused in connection with a 2024 reported sexual assault at a fraternity house has been found not guilty, court records show.

A Kankakee man was charged by the Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s Office with criminal trespass to a residence when a person is present and battery following an alleged incident that occurred Monday in Herscher.

A jury trial expected to begin this week for a former DeKalb middle school student teacher accused of grooming and sexually abusing a student has been delayed again, court records show.

A Kankakee County jury found a Texas man guilty of second-degree murder in a 2021 shooting in Bradley that left one man dead and two others injured.

Hours after he was released on a first DUI charge, a northern Illinois man was arrested on charges of driving a motorcycle under the influence of alcohol near the DeKalb County Jail in downtown Sycamore, court records show.

A Chicago man was sentenced Wednesday to 18 years in prison for his role in a 2021 shooting at the Oak Brook Mall two days before Christmas

A DuPage County jail officer has been accused of possessing child sex abuse images

In front of the family of Gary and Holly Schmidt, who were found killed in their home in September 2025, their son, the man authorities allege is responsible, was found unfit to stand trial on Monday.

A Sandwich 18-year-old, formerly from Downers Grove, is facing criminal charges after police said they found about 140 files depicting child sexual abuse on his cellphone after an investigation this month

A South Elgin man has been charged with causing a fatal crash while intoxicated, killing a 35-year-old woman and seriously injuring a passenger in her vehicle

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office announced it issued 23 citations for distracted driving violations, two speeding citations, and seven other citations for moving violations during April’s Distracted Driving Awareness Month enforcement campaign.

A Downers Grove man was sentenced to nine years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and possessing child sexual abuse materials

Jury selection begins Monday for a civil trial to determine if a Sycamore man is fit to face first-degree murder charges in the 2025 violent killings of his parents, Holly S. Schmidt and Gary A. Schmidt. The man on Wednesday told the judge he wants to represent himself

A Clarendon Hills woman accused of leading authorities on a high-speed chase and biting a police officer as she being arrested will remain in jail until at least her next court date

A petition was denied Monday to detain pre-trial a teen accused of causing a crash that claimed the lives of a Downers Grove couple six weeks ago, prosecutors said

Kane County Auditor Penny Wegman has opened a new Audit Hotline for anyone to report financial fraud, waste or abusive practices within the county.

The person accused in the Tuesday shooting in Kankakee that left one man dead and the other with a non-life-threatening injury was ordered detained by a Kankakee County Circuit judge.

After a four-day trial, a DeKalb woman was found guilty on Thursday of a years-long embezzlement scheme, stealing more than $1.9 million from her employer, Cole Pallet Services

Update: A man was charged Friday in a Thursday night shooting in DeKalb that authorities said left another man injured during an attempted armed robbery.

Kankakee County Coroner Bob Gessner identified 38-year-old Aaron Moore, of Chicago, as the victim killed in Tuesday’s shooting.

A shooting on South Fifth Avenue in Kankakee left one man dead and another with non-life-threatening injuries Tuesday.

A teenage boy was injured in a shooting Tuesday morning at a Carol Stream home, police said

A teenager guilty of second-degree murder in the 2023 fatal stabbing of Sycamore 17-year-old Kaleb McCall was denied a request for a new trial, court records show. He's expected to be sentenced May 27.

A man has been charged with driving under the influence of drugs in connection with a February crash that seriously injured a pedestrian in Downers Grove

In an unusual move and at the request of the defendant, a judge on Wednesday set a jury trial to determine the fitness of a Sycamore man accused of murder in the 2025 killings of his parents, Holly Schmidt and Gary Schmidt

Authorities are investigating a reported burglary at a Malta convenience store, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

A person suffered minor injuries after they were cut by a knife during an incident outside 7/11 in DeKalb early Friday morning, Police Chief David Byrd said.

An Elgin man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a child multiple times over a two-year period, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office said Friday.