Developing: A Sycamore husband and wife were found shot to death outside their home on Maplewood Drive Friday morning and a gun was found on the man, police said. The wife filed for divorce last week, according to court records.

Illinois State Police on Thursday released video footage of an Oct. 23 fatal police shooting in DeKalb Township which shows the final moments of a Rockford man who authorities said took a woman hostage during an hourslong standoff, then fired at police and was shot and killed.

A Chicago man accused of robbing a DeKalb bank in July is representing himself in court, including at his upcoming jury trial which could occur as early as December at his request.

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office is warning area residents about a telephone scam going around where the caller claims to be someone asking for donations to the sheriff’s deputy union.

A DeKalb man has been charged with attempted murder after police said he stabbed a woman multiple times during an attack in the early morning hours Saturday. He appeared before a DeKalb County judge on Monday for a pretrial hearing.

About 12:25 p.m. on Oct. 23, a DeKalb man walked into a local auto dealership, and told an employee who tried to sell him a car that “he was thinking about brutally murdering someone,” court records show. Moments later, he brandished two knives. Charges were announced Thursday.

Madison Ricke, 24, of DeKalb, pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug-induced homicide after prosecutors said she sold the fentanyl-laced drugs that killed DeKalb High School senior Diamonte Dailey, 18, a day after his birthday in 2022. She was sentenced by a judge Wednesday.

A 16-year-old charged with first-degree murder in the 2023 fatal stabbing of his Sycamore High School classmate Kaleb McCall will be tried as an adult, and could face decades in prison if convicted, a judge ruled this month.

Authorities identified a Rockford man Friday as the suspect who was shot and killed by DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputies Wednesday after an hourslong standoff where he allegedly took a hostage and shot at police.