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Two individuals, an Oswego teen and a 16-year-old male from Woodridge, have been accused of stealing several items at gunpoint at a Woodridge park after arranging to purchase the items from the victim over Snapchat, prosecutors said.

The yearly $49,500 subscription was unanimously approved at Monday’s Kankakee City Council meeting

A car crash Tuesday morning ended in the at-fault vehicle striking a barber shop at the corner of Essington Road and Caton Farm Road in Joliet.

A motion was granted Monday to deny pre-trial release for a West Chicago teen accused in the shooting death of two individuals Nov. 9, prosecutors said.

Joliet resident Antonio Ross has been charged with cruelty to animals after one dead dog and another in poor health were discovered in his back yard.

A Darien woman has been charged with committing a hate crime at a Panera Bread restaurant in Downers Grove by yelling at a man wearing a shirt that said “Palestine,” authorities said.

The Joliet fire and police departments hosted their second Active Threat and Mental Wellness conference for first responders to discuss the issues of responding to violence and combating mental health issues in the community and their own ranks.

The Illinois State Police have announced they will be doing extra safe driving patrols throughout December in Will, Cook, DuPage, and Kane counties.

A former Addison resident was sentenced Wednesday to 83 years in prison for a 2022 home invasion and sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl, prosecutors said.

Two people were taken into custody in Grundy County after Illinois State Police found more than 1,800 grams of methamphetamine in their vehicle on Wednesday.

Possible human remains have been discovered near Carol Stream, authorities said.

Two West Chicago teenagers face first-degree murders charges after fatally shooting two men during a drug deal, prosecutors said.

A motion was granted Tuesday to deny pre-trial release for a Hanover Park man accused of crashing his car into a tree and injuring two children in his vehicle, both under 8-years-old, prosecutors said.

A Woodridge man has been charged with possessing child pornography after Amazon notified authorities that materials had been uploaded to one of its websites.

A motion was denied Friday to detain pre-trial a Bloomingdale man accused of shooting at another man following a road rage incident, prosecutors said.

A motion was granted Friday to deny pre-trial release for a West Chicago man accused of leaving the scene of a crash that claimed the life of an 85-year-old female resident of Winfield, prosecutors said.

Plainfield native and Air Force veteran Michael Collins was a Plainfield police officer, Illinois state trooper, volunteer Plainfield firefighter, trustee of the Plainfield Fire Protection District and the village of Plainfield, and served three terms as Plainfield president.

Knight, a 5 ½-year-old Belgian Malinois, becomes the Bourbonnais Police Department’s first K9 officer

A DuPage County man has been charged with reckless homicide in connection with a fatal crash this week in Wheaton near the county government complex.

A motion was approved Tuesday to detain pre-trial a Chicago man accused of robbing a Wheaton AutoZone at gunpoint, prosecutors said.

Three men have been charged with kidnapping and beating a man Wednesday in Lombard in a dispute over a minivan sale.

A motion was granted Monday to detain pre-trial a Bellwood man accused of crashing his car into an Elmhurst squad car after he had been drinking.

A Cicero man has been charged with escaping from a DuPage County sheriff’s deputy after his appearance in court, authorities said.

The village of Plainfield recently dedication its new Emergency Management Agency building as the John J. Konopek Jr. Plainfield Emergency Management Agency Center, a 15,000-square-foot facility located at 14805 S. Wood Farm Road.

A Lockport man was arrested after he was accused of committing sex crimes against multiple teens from the states of New York, Washington and Illinois. Police also recovered 17 firearms from his home.

Grundy County Sheriff Ken Briley and State Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris, are seeking reforms to the SAFE-T Act after police arrested two during a traffic stop the afternoon of Thursday, Oct. 24 after finding three kilograms of fentanyl.

Lockport Township Fire Protection District and the Crest Hill Police Department are investigating the cause of a fire in the 1400 Block of Root Street in Crest Hill.

A motion was approved Friday to deny pre-trial release for an Elmhurst man charged with fleeing from police and injuring an officer during his arrest, prosecutors said.

A man has been charged with secretly recording people in a restroom at a Bloomingdale church by putting a small pen camera in a vent.

The Joliet Police Department transforms its parking lot into a day of Halloween fun for the annual Trunk-Or-Treat event on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024

A 35-year-old Wheaton woman has died from injuries she suffered in a two-vehicle crash in Naperville, police said Thursday.

New Lenox police are searching for a man wanted in connection with an incident that happened at Silver Cross Hospital on Wednesday in which an 80-year-old man was struck by a vehicle.

Lockport man is dead following a crash in Lockport, according to Will County Coroner Laurie Summers.

Only patients and their families may drop off their unwanted, unused and expired medications at the Plainfield Police Law Enforcement Center.

A suspected human skull found on Monday in Bolingbrook will undergo forensic testing to determine the identity and gender of the remains.

The vehicles involved in fatal police shooting remain in place Wednesday on Rich Road just west of Nelson Road in DeKalb Township as law enforcement authorities continue to investigate. A man was shot and killed by police after a standoff involving a hostage. The man allegedly fired multiple rounds at officers, who returned fire, authorities said.

A 42-year-old Lombard man was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to drug-trafficking and terrorism-related charges.

A Maywood man accused of trying to escape from police by running to Route 83 in Oak Brook and jumping onto a truck has pleaded guilty to felony retail theft.

The Joliet Police department has announced the arrest of Keenan Watt in the shooting of three people at Eden Bar and Grill on Sept. 22.

Joliet Police responded to a shooting in the 300 block of Wilson Avenue early Saturday morning.

Third District Appellate Court of Illinois has affirmed the 50-year sentence of Juan Calderon for the 2018 murder of 26-year-old Alexander Nicolas of West Chicago.

A former Downers Grove man accused of killing his mother in 2018 has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, prosecutors said.

Will County sheriff’s deputies had guns drawn and shields up as they searched abandoned properties near Siegel’s Cottonwood Farm in Crest Hill and arrested two men on burglary charges.

St. Charles Police showed off it's new $1.24M training facility Monday. Area agencies will have access to the facility, allowing them to practice on things like virtual simulators and drones.

Will County sheriff’s police and Crest Hill police were searching the area on Weber Road in the area of Siegel’s Cottonwood Farm on Monday afternoon.

A motion was granted Friday to deny pre-trial release for two Chicago men accused of burglarizing an Elmhurst liquor store and leading police on a high-speed chase in a stolen car.

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County Police Chief David Pederson has been elected president of the DuPage Chiefs of Police Association, a role he will hold through September 2025.

A Tazwell County man is accused of stealing more than $725 worth of merchandise from the Bloomingdale Best Buy, prosecutors said.

All lanes on Route 6 (Channahon Road) in Joliet are closed between Hollywood Road and Terry Drive Friday morning as Joliet police investigate two crashes.

Elmhurst police have two people in custody as they investigate a liquor store burglary and a chase that ended in a crash.