Northern Illinois University has a new police chief, and he's a 21-year veteran of the department and a university alumnus himself.

A DeKalb man was sentenced this week to 12 years in prison for a 2024 shooting outside Lord Stanley’s bar that left one man suffering multiple gunshot wounds. DeKalb County State’s Attorney Riley Oncken said he thinks that sentence wasn’t enough.

A petitioner for an unknown company wants to build a major data center on 560 acres in DeKalb just south of another 500-acre data center campus owned by Meta

A Genoa man has been charged with aggravated DUI and driving with a revoked licensed in McHenry County after authorities said he hit a curb and a sign and drove into a grassy area.

Plumes of black smoke could be seen wafting through the air Friday afternoon from a car fire in front of the parking lot of Sycamore Speedway.

Two women, including one who was ejected from her vehicle, suffered serious injuries in a two-vehicle crash at Illinois Route 23 and Perry Road on Thursday, authorities said. Both were airlifted to separate hospitals.

DeKalb School District 428 has outlined an ambitious plan to build a new home for pre-kindergarten learning, which officials said would provide more space for a growing middle school student population by reconfiguring what buildings fifth through eighth graders attend.

An Elgin man was charged Thursday after authorities said his SUV crashed in a corn field east of Sycamore and when they responded to the crash, he drank out of an open tequila bottle in front of sheriff’s deputies.

A DeKalb man faces almost a dozen felony charges after police said they found more than 20 videos on his phone depicting child sexual abuse, according to records filed this week in DeKalb County court.