Kane County Courthouse

The Illinois Second District Appellate Court in Elgin reversed itself in a domestic battery conviction of a Geneva political campaign adviser – which it overturned in 2021 – and ruled June 12 to reinstate his conviction, based on another appellate decision.

The civil action against former Campton Hills trustee Timothy Morgan was dismissed, but it may be brought back if prosecutors decide to refile the case, according to a judge's ruling.

A man pleaded guilty Thursday to felony mob action in connection with the 2021 death of a man in a road rage incident in West Dundee.

Kane County Associate Judge David Kliment found former lieutenant firefighter Greg M. Algrim guilty following a bench trial.

A man has been charged with reckless discharge of a firearm after bullets went through a wall into another apartment Wednesday in Batavia.

Campton Hills Village Trustee Timothy Morgan was almost sidelined from taking office after winning in the April 4, 2023 consolidated election - and efforts to remove him are continuing.

The driver who was involved in a Halloween bus crash in 2022 that killed two passengers who were siblings and severely injured a third is being sued by the siblings' mother and the surviving passenger.

A lawsuit filed by Joe Petit, the owner of Ludwig, the dog that was shot by his neighbor in 2021, is continued to a hearing Tuesday on whether his attorney can file a second amended complaint.

An appellate court’s ruling to reduce the conviction from a felony to a misdemeanor of a man convicted of secretly sening himself sexual images of a woman from her cell phone while working at a Huntley cellular business was upheld by the Illinois Supreme Court.

Kane County grand jury indictments for the week of Oct. 31, 2023

A Campton Hills man was charged with disseminating and possessing sexually explicit visual content depicting someone under age 18.

A Kane County jury convicted a Rockford man on a charge of predatory sexual assault of a child he knew, who was younger than 13 years old.

A Batavia man was sentenced to six years in prison as part of a plea agreement on charges of disseminating child pornography involving a victim younger than 13.

Joe Petit, the owner of Ludwig, the dog that was shot by his neighbor in 2021, filed a lawsuit against the neighbor seeking more than $450,000 in damages plus attorney’s fees.

A St. Charles Township man was found guilty of child sexual assault, the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.