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NorthPoint opponents object to the city of Joliet using its eminent domain power but city officials say they're obligated by previous anniexation agreement.

The Oswegoland Senior and Community Center's annual Cards for Vets project spread holiday cheer to veterans in local senior living facilities.

A research center at Batavia’s Fermilab is being renamed in honor of the woman who oversaw for 25 years the most powerful particle collider in the world.

A Wood Dale man is charged with speeding through a fatal crash scene in McHenry County, according to court records.

A child has died of the highly contagious respiratory illness RSV in McHenry County.

A New Jersey man was sentenced to years in prison for targeting children on social media coercing them to send sexual images to him, prosectors say.

The Thursday filing of Democratic write-in candidate Linh Nguyen for mayor of the City of DeKalb has triggered a primary election ahead of spring, a move that county clerk Tasha Sims called “unprecedented” Friday.

Devine Impact Fitness & Wellness, a boutique fitness studio in Cary, recently celebrated its grand reopening.

The Other Side sober bar in Crystal Lake will get a new outdoor space through a grant from T-Mobile to New Directions Addiction Recovery Services.

The City of St. Charles' facilities will be open on select hours through the end of the year.

Slick roads from Thursday night snowfall was cited in crashes in Cary and outside Harvard.

The Batavia Plan Commission OK'd plans for a Batavia's first cannabis shop.

The Oswego Fire Protection District and School District 308 partnered for the Toys for Tots program, collecting nearly 7,000 items to spread holiday cheer to local children in need.

The Girls Just Want To Have Fund$ golf outing has raised $14,000 for the Young Women Leaders Scholarship Fund.

With every one of Yorkville Middle School’s 600 auditorium seats sold out for four consecutive performances of the 16th annual Prism Concert, Justin Heinekamp knows they could have sold out another show based on the calls for tickets he’s had to turn away.

Two DeKalb man fled on foot from the scene of a vehicle crash Thursday, and were later found by police K-9 units after a multi-agency chase that involved dogs and a drone.

The City of Joliet gas tax will now be 5 cents for regular gasoline, 11 cents for diesel fuel

Sycamore Police Chief Jim Winters recently announced plans to retire by spring 2025. He said he believes the department is in a stable spot for a top cop transition.

Water, water everywhere... So let's all have a drink! St. Charles' water won first place in the 2025 Taste Test for Kane County Cities and Villages.

The City of Ottawa will use a $635,540 OSLAD grant for a multi-sport field complex that will be the future home of the Ottawa Soccer Club with a goal of making it a year-round facility with an enclosure.

A Yorkville man, recently a substitute teacher in District 115, faces solicitation of a child and criminal sexual abuse charges.

Five people are charged with drug possession after police executed a search warrant in Crystal Lake.

Crews are working to restore stoplights at the intersection of Route 34 and Douglas Road in Oswego, but it could take some time.

A bus driver and a student were taken to hospital with minor injuries after a car crashed into a bus Wednesday afternoon in the Yorkville area.

Someone burned human remains Wednesday morning near Lincoln Marsh Natural Area in Wheaton, police announced Thursday.

Batavia fire crews responded to a fire Wednesday evening in the city's manufacturing district.

Veteran Daniel “Doc” Habeel said he’s long felt that stories of the nation’s Black military service members go untold far too often. So he's curated a traveling photo exhibit, which will reopen around DeKalb County in February in time for Black History Month.

The Utica Fire Department will host its annual Santa Claus parade beginning at 6 p.m. in the Burgess subdivision.

Crystal Lake authorities reported “heavy police activity” in a residential area Wednesday night.

An arrest warrant has been issued in McHenry County for an Elgin man accused of sharing a sexual image of woman without her consent on a T-shirt and Snapchat. The shirt was printed by a Morton Grove shop, court records say.

Downers Grove North’s cross country and track athlete Ben Silver, Class of 2011, will be one of four inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

Public health officials and wildlife rescuers are warning residents to be wary of birds who may seem ill amid suspected cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in migratory waterfowl.

Alejandro Lopez, 22, is being held in Cook County jail on three counts of burglary in connection to a series of burglaries in Joliet.

For the past six years, members of the Fox River Post 75 American Legion in Geneva have been working on capital improvements to the 1940 building.

There’s a new residential listing near downtown Ottawa. You can’t miss it, and its variety of colors.

Green Street in Ottawa will temporarily reopen to all traffic beginning Friday.

Streator High School honored its students of the month for December 2024 during its regular school board meeting Tuesday.

The Village of Dana Police Department recently received $1,500 for police body cameras from the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation.

To help fund sewer and water projects, Batavia residents will see a bump in their sanitary and water bills next year.

The city of Ottawa is levying for $665,000 more tax dollars than the previous year.

McHenry County could soon be using AI to build court cases.

Details have emerged about allegations against an Oregon man who is accused in McHenry County court of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 13.

Ottawa Sunrise Rotary Club members had their picture taken with the Grinch at Bill Walsh Automotive Group and collected 121 toys and 33 books.

Developer wants to build houses in Joliet on land next to D'Arcy Motors on Essington Road. The plan goes to the Plan Commission for review on Thursday.

Gravitea Boba celebrated the grand opening of its new Batavia location with a ribbon cutting ceremony, marking the franchise's continued expansion in the Chicago suburbs.

The Little White School Museum in Oswego will be closed from Dec. 24 to 26 for the Christmas holiday.

A Holiday Hills man was denied pretrial release after being charged with possessing cocaine with intent to sell and running from police during a traffic stop.

Recently, vehicles left unattended as parents walk their children into their daycare providers have become the target of burglaries, according to Sycamore police.

New Ottawa Police Chief Mike Cheatham was sworn in on Tuesday.

A snowy owl that has been drawing thousands of birdwatchers to McHenry was found dead on Bull Valley Road, police confirm. All the attention might have contributed to its death.