The Kane County Cougars’ team bus was destroyed in a fire that police in Canada allege was intentionally set by a teenage girl.

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.

Jerome Simms, of Kankakee, was sentenced last week to six years in federal prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for possessing a firearm as a felon.

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.

Two Woodstock 18-year-olds face felony charges after they were accused of holding a 13-year-old boy at knifepoint and demanding his bike and cellphone, according to authorities.

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.

A 37-year-old Bourbonnais woman was sentenced to one-year in federal prison Tuesday for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering.

A Lee County judge issued an arrest warrant Wednesday for a Downers Grove man accused of felony charges related to vehicle theft.

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 pregnant ER nurse was kicked by a patient. Prosecutors, hospitals and nurses say violence has become routine – and convictions remain rare

A Marengo woman who was sentenced to prison time weeks ago for her 5th DUI got a new sentence for her 6th DUI.

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

Raymond Link's public defender doesn't deny he committed a "horrific," near-fatal attack on a woman in a McHenry park. But the defense wants a not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity verdict.

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

Workplace violence against nurses is rising – and hospitals are scrambling to respond, according to northern Illinois healthcare workers and hospital leadership.

A man accused of “randomly” stabbing another eight times outside a McHenry hotel will remain in county jail pretrial, a judge ruled Tuesday.

A Crystal Lake man accused of possessing more than $250,000 in cocaine and marijuana, along with $110,000 in cash and drug dealing paraphernalia, has pleaded guilty.

A McHenry man has pleaded guilty to disseminating child sex abuse images and was sentenced to six years in prison.

Giuseppe Venezia, 31, is accused of possessing videos that show acts of sexual abuse involving children under the age of 13.

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 Crystal Lake man accused of soliciting improper images from a child in New Jersey and another in Massachusetts pleaded guilty Wednesday and was sentenced to six years in prison.

A Sterling man has been charged with armed violence, weapons and drug offenses, accused of unlawfully carrying a gun while walking on a Sterling city street while toting a large amount of fentanyl.

Nestor Ramirez Sr., 50, of Lake in the Hills was charged with a felony count of reckless discharge of a firearm after police responded to a domestic incident Saturday.

Each count is punishable by up to 15 years in federal prison.

The offenses are alleged to have occurred from July 7 to 13, 2025, according to Ogle County court records.

Update: A now-former school board member of Aurora Christian Schools was charged after authorities alleged he sexually abused multiple minors, including one over several years. The FBI is investigating with Aurora police.

Two men suffering gunshot wounds in Aurora were transported to local hospitals in incidents the police say “are related.”

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 McHenry-area juvenile was referred for felony charges following an alleged stabbing in a domestic incident, authorities said.

An Elgin man was sentenced to five years in prison Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to failing to report a July crash he caused that injured another driver, and fleeing from Cary police in Crystal Lake.

A Whiteside County judge again threw out a jury panel as concerns grow over how jurors are selected and outdated names remain in the system

An Ogle County judge denied a defense attorney’s motion Wednesday to dismiss charges against a Chicago woman, and refuted arguments that they were filed in retaliation for ongoing controversy related to a rodeo near Rochelle.

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

A special prosecutor has been appointed by Bureau County to review the investigation into an unidentified police officer who fired shots during the hostage standoff that killed 3-year-old Damian Camacho on Sunday, May 10, in rural DePue.

Willis Ellis, 58, has been charged with the first-degree murder of another man killed in a May 8 shooting on Nicholson Street in Joliet.

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

Duane "DC" Meyer was found guilty in January of murdering his ex-wife and their 3-year-old son in 2016 in their Byron home

A Woodstock man has been accused of driving drunk for a sixth time – in this case with an infant in tow – and allegedly told police who stopped that him he was “wasted.”

A Will County judge allowed the jail release of a witness against a Lockport man charged with indecent solicitation of a child after his attorney said his absence from court was an “honest mistake.”

A Batavia woman has been charged following a police investigation into a February crash that killed a Batavia man. The woman is charged with speeding and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.

A judge on June 30 could change her decision granting a new trial for a woman serving a life sentence for the 2013 Joliet murders known as “Nightmare on Hickory Street.”

A Dixon man faces a charge of aggravated fleeing alongside several traffic violations alleged to have occurred in March in Sterling and Rock Falls

A judge allowed the jail release of a Romeoville woman charged with recklessly firing a gun in the direction of another woman near a Joliet bar.

A Sterling man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in federal prison for attempting to traffic methamphetamine from California to Illinois.

An Elgin man arrested in Woodstock last year and found in possession of more than 32 grams of cocaine has been sentenced to five years in prison.

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

Joliet police reported that officers found the victim in the front yard of a residence in the 200 block of Nicholson Street.

A local longtime historian who’s given presentations throughout the state, including in McHenry County, has pleaded guilty to possessing an image of child sex abuse, according to court records.

An Aurora man has been charged with possession of child sexual abuse material and failure to register as a sex offender. He's been previously convicted of child sex abuse material offenses in Kentucky, authorities said.