Catholic church leaders in northern Illinois have asked schools in their dioceses to review security policies as they pray for those affected by a shooting at a Catholic school in Minneapolis.

Alexander Kurtz, 19, entered his plea Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, when he appeared before Ogle County Associate Judge Anthony Peska for a preliminary hearing with his attorney, Assistant Ogle County Public Defender Eric Morrow.

The second of three men charged in connection with the fatal fentanyl overdose of a Crystal Lake man has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

A state law designed to prevent lawsuits that curtail public participation in government now explicitly protects the news media.

The idea of 815 Day – a play off the local area code and the date - is to highlight "people, places, and experiences that make McHenry exceptional," an organizer says.

A DeKalb man has been arrested following a police pursuit that authorities say started in Caledonia, Wisconsin, and ended with a stolen car abandoned on Interstate 90 in McHenry County.

Lingering wildfire smoke is the reason for an air quality alert issued by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency for a large portion of northern Illinois

A Rockford woman was hospitalized Sunday evening after a rollover crash in northern DeKalb County left live wires on her upside-down vehicle, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

A former Island Lake man has pleaded guiltyto possessing LSD, and was sentenced to eight years in prison.

A fledgling Elmhurst-based company that distributes vending machines offering electronic cigarettes and vaping products is facing pushback from some suburbs.

A man was killed in a crash near Harvard Tuesday morning in the third traffic fatality since Monday evening in McHenry County.

An 11-year-old child has died in a two-vehicle crash near Marengo, authorities said.

McHenry residents are invited to come add their touches to a mural at McHenry Brewing Co., and on Thursday a vinyl mural designed by students at McHenry High School is also set to go up

Dixon Mayor Glen Hughes walked into Monday’s City Council meeting wearing a city of Rockford hat after challenging Rockford's mayor to a bet based on the winning team of the 2025 Stateline Quiz Bowl.

Illinois’ legislative session concluded without passage of a Native American K-12 school mascot ban, but another issue sought by Natives will make its way to the governor.

Here is the list of La Salle County couples who applied for marriage licenses from May 1 through May 16, 2025

The Illinois Department of Public Health advises private well owners to have their water tested for elevated PFAS levels, especially if they live near communities whose public wells were found to have excessive quantities of the "forever chemicals."

A man threatened to shoot patrons in an Island Lake bar, left to load a gun inside his truck and then used the weapon to hit a man who tried to stop him from returning, authorities allege.

RAMP Disability Resources and Services, which offers services in DeKalb County, will host a Summer Youth Leadership Initiative for disabled youth ages 16 to 22 to build self-advocacy and leadership skills.

The Illinois Department of Public Health has detected the first mosquitoes of the season to be positive with West Nile virus were found over the weekend in Rockford.

A Rock Falls man is hospitalized in Rockford after the motorcycle he was driving collided with an SUV near Palmyra and Peek Home roads.

The open houses are designed to seek feedback on the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP), Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP), and Human Services Transportation Plan (HSTP).

Catholic church leaders in Joliet and Rockford dioceses react to the passing of Pope Francis, who died early Monday morning.

Tributes to Pope Francis were shared Monday by McHenry County churches, schools and Catholic faithful, many of whom awoke to the news of the pontiff’s death after having observed Easter the day before.

A Chicago man has become the second defendant charged with the 2024 murder of a 38-year-old tattoo artist in Bolingbrook.

Huntley says it's acquiring 12 acres for "future municipal purposes." Could it be for a train station, with the village ID'd as a stop on the new Chicago-to-Rockford line?

A Loves Park woman has been sentenced to probation after she arranged to meet a man in his Woodstock home and then robbed him with an accomplice.

A Waterman woman succumbed to her injuries after a car she was driving crashed and rolled over multiple times early Tuesday west of Hinckley, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday.

The victim of a fatal DUI crash was “an extraordinary person,” a family member said in court Thursday during the sentencing of the Lakemoor man who pleaded guilty in the death.

A Rockford man was sentenced to 18 years in prison after authorities in Woodstock found 900 grams of heroin in the vehicle in which he was a passenger.

McHenry County-area businesses face great unknowns over the potential impact of new tariffs.

Misdemeanor charge results in revocation of pretrial release on two 2024 retail theft charges.

His next court date is Feb. 21.

When shortform video platform TikTok shut down service earlier this month, the move surprised some Illinois politicians who use the app to educate, reach constituents and follow trends.

A man was taken to Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside after a single-vehicle crash Saturday near Marengo.

A Crystal Lake man has been sentenced to six years in prison in a plea deal after he was charged in another man's fentanyl overdose death.

Marengo is along the proposed Rockford line. Officials want a stop.

Mike Baber of Marengo needs a kidney transplant. His wife, Teresa, has offered hers in hopes to find someone who will swap.

Duane Meyer is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated arson and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in connection with an Oct. 19, 2016, Byron house fire in which Meyer’s ex-wife, Margaret “Maggie” (Rosko) Meyer, 31, was found dead.

Experience breathtaking lights woven throughout beautiful Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford.

Jesse Alar, 37, pleaded guilty Nov. 7 to unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.

In Illinois, only one of the 17 congressional districts falls into the “competitive” category – the 17th District, which covers much of northwest Illinois, including Rockford, the Quad Cities area, Peoria, and Bloomington-Normal.

Two people who were apparently shot at a home near Wonder Lake Thursday survived and were taken by medical helicopters to separate hospitals.

Watch as world-class ice skaters and acrobats claim their frozen playground with speed and grace, challenging the laws of gravity with daring acrobatics.

Vintage vehicles, reenactments are part of event.

During this “timed cut-off,” each participate Texas Roadhouse meat cutter will cut 20 to 30 pounds of beef to qualify for the national competition.

Calvin Jackson of Rockford, who police say set up a meeting between a woman and a Woodstock man and then entered the man's house and robbed him, was sentenced Wednesday to 17 years in prison.

Plans to extend rail service between Chicago and Rockford is the topic of public meetings Tuesday in Elgin and Wednesday in Huntley. Stops are planned for both towns.

Huntley has been chosen as a stop on a new Chicago-to-Rockford Metra train line, and local officials are mulling where in downtown Huntley the station might go.

A federal judge in Rockford has declared a state law banning concealed firearms on public transit systems unconstitutional – at least as it applies to four individuals who challenged it in court. But the law remains in effect for everyone else