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A crash involving a car and semi-trailer truck caused “serious injuries" in Joliet Thursday night.

Five people, including an infant and toddler from Genoa, were taken to area hospitals following a two-car crash east of Kingston on Thursday morning, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

A magic show that had been planned for Saturday, Feb. 1 at Tree of Life Unitarian Universalist Congregation in McHenry has been postponed.

As the verdict was read Thursday and family of Patricia Wilson and Robert Wilson wept, Jonathan D. Hurst, found guilty of murdering the elderly mother and her son, sat next to his defense lawyers and appeared to show no reaction.

A DuPage County caregiver was charged Wednesday for her involvement in an incident at a community-based home that resulted in an older resident sustaining second-degree burns to a majority of her lower body, prosecutors said.

Whimsical ice sculptures and live carving will be winter attractions at the weekend Downers Grove Ice Festival from Jan. 31-Feb. 2.

Local authorities confirmed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was in Crystal Lake Tuesday, but what they were investigating and other details are unknown.

Batavia police are looking for the burglar who overnight smashed the front door of Liquor & Tobacco on Randall Road and made off with "numerous items."

The city of Joliet has been holding meetings this week with any residents interested in joining the Community Emergency Response Team to create corps of volunteers to help in emergencies and big events.

The Kankakee County Museum will be celebrating Valentine’s Day this year with some style from New Orleans

A Marseilles man has been arrested on a complaint of aggravated arson following a Thursday morning fire, Captain James Buckingham said in a Thursday news release.

The commissioners of the Kankakee Valley Park District took an art lesson during Monday’s board meeting

St. Charles City Council members reviewed the city's Business Improvement Grant program and considered increasing the funding amounts at the Jan. 27 special City Council meeting.

OSB Community Bank and its employees donated to the United Way of Eastern La Salle County.

An Oregon man was found guilty in McHenry County court of seven counts of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 13.

The new assistant superintendent of Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 is a familiar face

The Tri-County Auto theft Task Force arrested a Kankakee man for possession of a stolen motor vehicles Tuesday

Batavia convenience stores could be forced to remove synthetic drug products from their shelves if City Council members decide to prohibit the sale of Kratom, Delta-THC variants and other synthetic and psychoactive drug products.

Traces of Jonathan D. Hurst's DNA were found on a pillow and two knives tucked away in a crawl space in the basement laundry room of Patricia and Robert Wilson's rural Sycamore home, a forensic expert testified Wednesday. The Wilsons were found bludgeoned to death in 2016.

Your last chance to grab a bite to eat at Wahlburgers inside Hy-Vee in Sycamore is fast approaching, according to a news release from the midwest grocer.

Officials for the newly renovated Beyond One Barb Transition Center and DeKalb School District 428 recently celebrated the transition program’s new off-campus location at 530 Charter St.

For decades, the Marseilles Rotary Club has mailed a donation request from every resident and business to help raise funds for the Marseilles Nursing Service.

The following students were selected by the Seneca High School teachers and staff as the December 2024 Students of the Month.

A former St. Charles PTO president was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to four felony charges that included indecent solicitation of a child.

It started as a normal night for Nannette Englehardt and her family in Yorkville, and then suddenly with a bright light streaking across the dark sky, it came from outer space.

A 78-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene of a commercial fire Tuesday afternoon in Sheridan.

Oswego School District 308 Superintendent Andalib Khelghati asserted Monday that the district cannot legally collect student immigration records.

Geneva Public Works is responding to a water leak today, Wednesday, Jan. 29 on State Street, Ill. Route 38, near Anderson Boulevard.

Oswego School District 308 placed an employee on leave after he was charged with possession of child abuse images.

Like many teenagers, Alexis “Lex” McCullough is hard to define

Jeff Dexter, a Bradley resident and co-founder of the pickleball club, presented the idea Monday to the Bradley Village Board

Riverside Healthcare’s President and CEO Phil Kambic has been elected to the board of trustees for the Illinois Health and Hospital Association

Two DeKalb police officers were hospitalized Tuesday after a squad car they were in was struck by a stolen vehicle driven by a man who initially gave a false name and fled from authorities, police said. The man also is wanted for homicide out of Georgia.

IDOT say the Route 52 project will run along a 2.5-mile stretch between Houbolt Road in Joliet and River Road in Shorewood.

Elderday Center in Batavia marks 35 years of therapeutic day care for adults with dementia.

While the much-talked about Costco received full approval from Yorkville city officials, a little financial sweetening of the deal is needed to keep developers from putting the plans back on the shelf.

A 27-year-old Streator man was cited on a complaint of DUI following a two-vehicle crash Monday morning in Grand Ridge.

The La Salle County Genealogy Guild will be taking part in the History by the Dozen Tour, but only on Saturday, Feb. 15, and Monday, Feb. 17.

Officers in Joliet recovered a handgun modified to fire automatically, as well as a second handgun and rifle in the investigation of several teens in masks possibly armed on the city’s east side. 

DeKalb County service agencies scramble to plan for federal funding freeze: "There’s only so much money to go around and fund the programs," Voluntary Action Center CEO Nate Kloster said Tuesday. The center runs the local Meals on Wheels program.

Three men were arrested on drug charges in a Cary home Monday night after police conducted a search warrant, officials report.

The Rev. Carlos Martins allegedly grabbed a girl’s hair, made a “flossing motion” with her hair in his mouth, sat behind her and made a “growling noise,” according to a statement from Joliet police officials.

Those looking for a new pal are invited to drop into the Bradley Public Library from 6-7:30 p.m. Feb. 13 for a platonic version of speed dating

Abraham Lincoln impersonator Kevin Wood will present “Lincoln on Slavery, Emancipation, and Equality” on Thursday, February 6, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the St. Charles Public Library.

For the past two winters, volunteers with a DeKalb church have been giving those without anywhere to go another option to stay warm during cold nights.

A newly-renamed DeKalb city award that celebrates local efforts to champion environmentalism and sustainability is accepting nominations through March 3.

The last time the village had a special census done was in 2016. A special census could see Oswego bring in additional revenues topping $800,000.

The $68 million that Joliet will spend on 30 miles of water main replacements this year is the latest expenditure on a program to replace all water mains built before 1970.

Kankakee Regional Land Bank Executive Director the Rev. Montele Crawford was recently handed the keys to the former Jaffe Drugs building at 217 E. Court St. in Kankakee

The garage sustained an estimated $15,000 in damages