A driver traveling through the east side of Joliet is expected to survive after he was shot in the head and leg by an “unknown pedestrian” in the area, police said. 

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.

Police say they seized more than 46 pounds of cannabis with an estimated street value of more than $200,000 in April 2024, after what they described as a lengthy investigation.

The gunman in the Easter Sunday shooting in Streator was convicted of all charges.

Defense attorneys Jordan Kielian and Dan Walsh have filed their appearances in cases involving a Will County State's Attorney's Office employee charged with misconduct that endangered witnesses.

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 woman who police said threw a homemade “firebomb” into a Crystal Lake home at the behest of her husband is heading to prison along with him.

A man is accused of threatening to “kill everyone” at the McHenry Police Department as he was being arrested in an alleged domestic violence incident Sunday.

Hundreds of pages of emails have been unsealed in a felony public records destruction case against retired DeKalb County administrator Gary Hanson, ahead of an expected Oct. 14 hearing

The felony charges were filed against Amy Burgett-Masse, 44, and Ryanne Burgett-Masse, 20, both of Elwood, following an investigation of computer tampering and official misconduct.

Sarah Safranek is accused of suffocating her son, Nathaniel Burton, in the family’s Oregon home in February 2021. An Ogle County judge on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025, denied her request that a new judge preside over her case.

Vincent A. Williams, 32, of Plano, was taken into custody on Oct. 7 by the Plano police.

An Elgin man is accused of committing a “sweetheart scam” when he allegedly schemed $8,000 in cash and wheel rims worth $1,400 out of a Huntley man who has a “documented intellectual disability.”

Six men, including five from Aurora, were charged with solicitation of a sexual act following an undercover police operation, authorities announced this week.

The sister of a Joliet woman who was murdered in 2023 told her killer in court on Tuesday that he is "an evil person with a dark soul."

A Dixon man originally facing three felony charges in Lee County pleaded guilty to aggravated domestic battery Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025.

Sharlyn Grace, the deputy public defender for policy at the Cook County Public Defenders' Office, noted that ICE has not coordinated with court authorities, especially in cases where immigrants have been detained while at court on other business.

A Joliet man has been charged with threatening to come to Joliet City Hall with a handgun and shoot people, police said.

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.

The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office announced the results of its enhanced traffic enforcement efforts conducted between Oct. 1, 2024 and Sept. 30, 2025.

A man in Joliet is expected to survive a gunshot wound to the groin, police said.

A man accused of burglarizing a Harvard home - and discharging a weapon when the owners showed up - is already headed to prison for a separate residential burglary in another county, court records show.

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.

A Will County judge has set what she called a “firm trial date” in a 2018 murder case against a former Joliet teacher after telling attorneys the case has “taken entirely too long.”

An Elgin man arrested with a blood-alcohol concentration of 0.314 in McHenry last year has pleaded guilty to driving drunk for a sixth time. How much prison time did he get?

A Union woman pleaded guilty Wednesday in connection with a Crystal Lake man’s fatal overdose and was sentenced to 6½ years in prison.

A man who pleaded guilty to committing arson at a Crystal Lake residence while knowing that someone was home at the time has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. His wife was also charged.

A brief shelter in place order was issued to area residents on Friday morning when Joliet police executed a search warrant on the residence and arrested Reginald Rogers, 33, of Joliet.

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

A 14-year-old student was charged this week after Aurora police said an online threat he made directed at Marmion Academy ended up not being a threat at all.

From Capitol News Illinois: With 10 days until former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is scheduled to report to federal prison, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday denied the longtime Democratic power broker’s bid to remain free while he challenges his conviction

A Crystal Lake man has pleaded guilty to his fifth offense of driving under the influence of alcohol, court records show.

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.

The attorney of an animal rights activist accused in Ogle County of falsely reporting a shooting in May at a rodeo near Rochelle is looking to set a February trial date.

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

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

Joliet police officers investigated an incident where a 20-year-old Family Dollar store employee was punched multiple times in the face.

Circuit Court Judge Philip Montgomery denied the man’s release, ruling that Schmidt’s release could endanger the public and citing the man’s criminal record

On Wednesday afternoon, a Will County jury found Patrick Gleason, 63, guilty of killing Daniel Rios III, 52, who died in the shooting on March 9, 2018 at Izzy’s bar in Joliet.

Two people from Plano and a man from Aurora have been charged with multiple felonies following an investigation into an alleged chicken fighting ring in Kendall County.

Will County sheriff's deputies responded to reports of a shooting in the 1400 block of Elgin Avenue in Joliet Township on Tuesday.

A Crystal Lake man has pleaded guilty to using Snapchat to solicit “sexually explicit” images from a 13-year-old child in Texas.

A Will County judge was not persuaded a Joliet man acted in self-defense in the 2021 fatal shooting of a 17-year-old teen outside a laundromat.

A Joliet man was sentenced to 35 years in prison after being charged with first-degree murder following a 2020 drive-by shooting in Boulder Hill that left two people dead.

Court records indicate an Oakwood Hills man was accused of concealing an AR-15 outside the Crystal Lake Public Library. Police confirm the man faces gun-related charges but now say the weapon was not recovered outside the library.

A 78-year-old Crystal Lake man is accused of sexually assaulting a child in his truck nine years ago when she was 5 or 6 years old.

At 11:52 p.m. Monday, Joliet police officers on patrol near South Chicago Street and Fourth Avenue overheard possible gunshots, police said.