The speed of an SUV involved in a deadly Joliet crash and the factors that led to the initial collision “remain significant parts of the ongoing crash investigation being conducted by our traffic unit," a police spokesman said.

A 17-year-old who was stabbed Sunday at Riverwalk Homes in Joliet has died, Joliet police said

Authorities have confirmed that a Dixon man who jumped into the Rock River in mid-April has been found dead in the Rock River near Sterling

A Dixon woman died after she was ejected from a vehicle that overturned April 24 on state Route 38 west of Rochelle, ending a high-speed pursuit across Ogle County fields and through a waterway.

A Deer Grove man who pleaded guilty two years ago to driving under the influence of drugs and causing a 2020 head-on crash that killed a Sterling businessman, was resentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday after he admitted earlier this year to using cocaine while on probation.

Darryl Lee Jr., 20, of Kankakee, has pleaded not guilty to killing a man using a hammer and knife and injuring another person on Oct. 22, 2025, at the Chick-fil-A restaurant in Oswego.

A Creston woman who was sentenced in March to five years in prison for causing a 2022 fatal crash that claimed the life of an Addison man has filed motions to withdraw her guilty plea and have her sentence reconsidered.

A former middle school classmate is accused of shooting an 18-year-old Bensenville man to death in Stone Park Sunday night

A Joliet man who died in a crash Tuesday along U.S. Route 6 in Rockdale has been identified by the Will County Coroner’s Office.

An Illinois appellate court has upheld the conviction of a Rock Falls man in connection with a fire at a Sterling apartment complex that killed three people in June 2020.

A 22-year-old Chicago woman pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges tied to the October 2025 crash on Interstate 88 that resulted in the death of a 27-year-old Rochelle woman.

Carroll County Sheriff Ryan Kloepping on Wednesday confirmed the names of two men killed when the pickup truck they were in collided with a train Monday afternoon near Savanna

The crash occurred shortly before 3 p.m. Monday at a private railroad crossing located just off state Route 84, across from the Savanna Tri-Township Airport, according to a Carroll County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Jenna Strouble, the Indiana woman accused of killing the father of her two children and the man's parents in Will County, pleaded not guilty Friday.

A 66-year-old woman has been identified as the person who died following a crash on Interstate 80 in Joliet.

A driver died after a single-vehicle crash on I-80 in Joliet. The vehicle struck the concrete barrier in the construction zone, according to Illinois State Police.

Investigator's report indicates Justin Wiggins of Dixon was a student pilot on an instructional flight at the time of the crash, which happened shortly after 3 p.m. March 20 in the area of Thome and McNeil roads near Rock Falls.

A person was killed Tuesday afternoon in a crane accident at a business in Carol Stream

The man who died from the early Sunday shootings was David Velazquez, 20, of Hammond, Indiana

Jenna Strouble of St. John, Indiana, waived extradition to Illinois and is expected to appear in Will County court on Monday morning.

The sheriff’s office received several 911 calls at around 1 a.m. Sunday regarding a large fight and possible shooting in the 27000 block of S. State Line Road in Crete.

The Will County sheriff’s deputies were called to the area of Oakwood Drive and Townline Road in Mokena on Tuesday for possible human remains found.

Two people were killed Friday in a crash at the intersection of 35th Street and Highland Avenue in Downers Grove, authorities said.

“This is a devastating time for our school community," Crete-Monee School District 201-U Superintendent Dr. Kara Coglianese said.

A Dixon man who died in a small plane crash Friday afternoon in Whiteside County is being remembered for his positive impact in the community

The Will County Sheriff's Office say a 32-year-old man and his parents, a 55-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman, were found murdered inside their Crete Township home Monday.

The Iowa State Patrol has released the name of a Sterling man who died Sunday in a two-vehicle crash in Clinton, Iowa.

A small, private plane crashed about 3:10 p.m. Friday in the area of Thome and McNeil roads near Rock Falls, according to the Illinois State Police.

The driver was allegedly using a cell phone at the time of the crash and a toxicology report also indicated the presence of alcohol in her system, according to Yorkville police.

State Sen. Patrick Joyce brought the legislation to Springfield after a series of fatal crashes that occurred in his district.

The Will County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal hit-and-run crash on 159th Street Friday night in Homer Glen that resulted in the death of a Lockport woman.

Officers responded at around 9:27 p.m. on Friday to the 400 block of West North Frontage Road in Bolingbrook for a report of an accident, Bolingbrook police said.

A Romeoville woman has died after being struck by a vehicle in Romeoville on Thursday evening.

The Morris Police Department announced Tuesday that Marshall Szpara, 22, of Seneca, has been charged with first degree murder and other charges in relation to a shooting early Saturday morning.

A man has died as the result of an accident involving a motorcycle in downtown Lockport on Saturday.

Eric L. Jones, 54, faces a sentence of between six to 30 years in prison. He is set to be sentenced on April 2.

Julian Rosario, 35, of Channahon, was pronounced dead after a shooting in the 100 block of Washington Street in Morris at around 1 a.m. Saturday.

The Iroquois Sheriff’s Office arrested Christopher Burton, of Milford, Friday on a warrant charging him with first degree murder.

A 21-year-old Joliet man died following a crash involving a car and semitrailer truck in Joliet early Saturday morning.

A Will County judge has allowed a new trial for a woman convicted of the 2013 Joliet murder of two men in a case known as the 'Nightmare on Hickory Street' killings. 

The Kendall County Coroner’s Office has identified the man as Luis Manuel Chauran Escobar, a 22-year-old from Valencia, Venezuela.

The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office believes the shooting occurred between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday following a party at the house Saturday night.

The woman accused of shooting a man to death last week in Oakbrook Terrace is scheduled to appear Tuesday in a Wisconsin court regarding her extradition to Illinois

A Milwaukee teenager has been charged in a recent fatal shooting in Oakbrook Terrace

Ryan Dodd, 44, of Aurora, was arrested on Jan. 29 after Ashley A. Stewart, 41, was found stabbed to death in her home on Valentine Way in Oswego on Jan. 27.

A man died of gunshot wounds Wednesday night after a crash in a parking lot in Oakbrook Terrace, police report

A Lee County judge sentenced a Will County woman to 2 years of conditional discharge in connection with the December 2023 hit-and-run death of a Rock Falls pedestrian near Walton.

In northern Illinois’s largest cities to its smallest towns, counterfeit pills, whose effects are boosted by fentanyl, kill users and devastate the families they leave behind.

Ryan Dodd, 44, of Aurora, has been charged with felony counts of first degree murder, home invasion, armed violence, residential burglary and aggravated stalking.

A suspect is in custody and Oswego police are continuing their investigation, but police are not disclosing information about the suspect at this time.