Where in your city do drivers need to be most cautious? Police chiefs in the Illinois Valley had no trouble identifying the problem spots.

Lockport residents and businesses that have downed tree limbs from the storms on Saturday and Sunday need to get debris to the curb on Sunday.

Over half of Fox River Grove remained without power Sunday morning after storms rolled through the McHenry County region Saturday afternoon and evening.

The St. Charles Police Department released its 2024 annual report, which showed increases in traffic incidents, DUIs and arrests over the previous year.

A man has died in Batavia after firing at officers, who also discharged their weapons, authorities said.

The Grove Foundation’s 2025 annual grant program is now open and accepting applications

A bank was awarded $83,000 in assistance this week from the city of DeKalb to help offset some costs for opening a new location downtown.

Joliet police officials are still investigating why a Chicago man on parole from prison chose to burglarize a home occupied by a woman and her baby. The woman shot and killed the man when he broke inside the home.

ComEd reported more than 60,000 customers from Freeport to Joliet were without power following a Saturday storm.

Former Sycamore District 427 school board member Eric Jones expressed disappointment with ex-Superintendent Steve Wilder's departure, saying he believes Wilder was shown a “lack of respect."

Yorkville residents recently received 20% increases on their water bills for the $100 million Lake Michigan Water sourcing project. The project is coming in way over estimates.

The long-planned renovation of Stage 212 is now underway.

The Kane County Liquor Commission has declined to reconsider an earlier vote denying Blackjack's Gentlemen's Club a liquor license.

The St. Charles Fire Department will host an open house event in honor of Fire Prevention Week.

Coach’s Grill and Smoke House, a new barbecue restaurant by Lesroy Tittle, is expected to open in DeKalb by March 2026.

Kankakee Community College Athletics is planning a fall golf outing for former athletes and community members.

A New Lenox woman said she was persuaded by a caller claiming they’re from a federal department to deposit $37,560 into a Bitcoin machine, police said.

About 25 DeKalb residents turned out this week to continue the discussion on potential plans for improving Prairie Park.

McHenry's 815 Day, celebrating the nexus between the date and the area code, made for a busy day, some retailers said.

A major crash in Joliet involved a smashed passenger vehicle and an overturned semitrailer in the city’s far west side.

The Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s New Orleans North event was held at the Joliet Slammers stadium on Friday, Aug. 15, 2025. The evening had the feel of Mardi Gras with food, music, local art and the atmosphere of “The Big Easy.”

A Joliet man was sentenced to 23 years in prison after he was convicted of the 2019 first-degree murder of his grandmother by setting her home on fire. 

A Kankakee Planning Board hearing on Tuesday could play a significant role in determining the future of Fortitude Community Outreach's homelessness services in Kankakee.

A DeKalb man has been arrested on multiple charges after authorities said he fled a midday shooting Wednesday.

Ottawa Postmaster Mark Thompson has seen a few waylaid pieces of mail but, until Friday, never one lost for 72 years. His staff received a postcard postmarked in 1953.

At Heritage Woods of DeKalb, an assisted-living facility where many residents rely on Medicaid to help cover their costs, the looming changes to federal Medicaid policy are prompting concern — and in some cases, confusion — about what comes next.

The city announced that the Ottawa Street parking deck in Joliet will be closed Saturday and Sunday.

Wright at Twilight is back on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 5-8 p.m. at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Bradley House on the Kankakee River.

It's time to put a name on statue outside Slammers Stadium, residents says so people can appreciate the Joliet native and former MLB star. City officials agree.

A school aide from Milwaukee is accused in McHenry County of beating a woman and also of grooming. A public defender said the two were engaged in roleplaying and fantasy.

The City Council will vote Tuesday on 1% local grocery tax to replace the state tax that ends Jan. 1.

Mercyhealth health care system agreed to pay over $1 million to employees and offered to reinstate employees after the company terminated workers for refusing to comply with its COVID-19 vaccine policy for religious reasons.

First Financial, with branches in Kankakee, Watseka and Hoopeston, said it is acquiring Chicago-based BankFinancial in an all-stock transaction.

A new mural will be getting set up soon on the east side of Streator at the former Lipton Tea building lot on the corner of Wasson and Main streets, right across from the fire station.

Two people were hospitalized, including a Genoa woman who was airlifted to a hospital, after a two-car crash Thursday evening in northern DeKalb County, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office.

A Crest Hill man is facing more than 20 felony charges across two cases filed in Will County after he was accused of unlawfully possessing three handguns and baggies containing cocaine and fentanyl. 

FiberMeFast, an internet service provider out of Geneseo, recently announced they will open a new office in Peru, located at the Janko Center, Ste. D2, 2011 Rock St.

Bradley Wood is the new dean of health careers at Kankakee Community College .

Less than two weeks after the Sycamore school board authorized a mutual separation agreement with former Sycamore superintendent Steve Wilder, the board has voted to hire a national firm to search for his replacement.

Wheaton firefighters and paramedics will welcome the community into Fire Station 38 for the Wheaton Fire Department Open House from 9 a.m. to noon Sept. 27.

A Missouri man has been accused of extorting $400 from a Bolingbrook woman and threatening to release nude photos her.

Yorkville adopted an ordinance this week to fine and possibly jail the homeless persons and one resident is speaking out, saying the community needs "a humane and ethical way' to resolve issues.

An Algonquin man is accused of soliciting children on Snapchat for sexual images and sending them lewd videos of himself, a prosecutor said.

Thursday was the first day of the fall semester for Oswego School District 308 students in kindergarten through 12th grade.

Delbert Skimmerhorn reached a milestone with the Kankakee County planning department.

The League of Women Voters of Central Kane County is co-sponsoring Immigration and Due Process: Panel Discussion, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26 at the Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin.

The property is located in unincorporated Kendall County and is zoned for agriculture use. At their Aug. 7 meeting, Oswego planning and zoning commissioners unanimously recommended recommended approval of the plans upon rezoning and annexation of the land by the village.

A DeKalb man who pleaded guilty to murdering high school freshman Gracie Sasso-Cleveland was sentenced Thursday to 52 years in prison. “You treated her no better than you would an ordinary sack of trash,” Judge Philip Montgomery told Timothy M. Doll.

No one was hurt during the emergency landing at about 5:14 p.m. near McDonough Street and on the edge of the Inwood Golf Course.

The possibility of installing community soccer goals at Oakland Park took center stage during Wednesday night’s Streator Park Board meeting.