After spending four years in the Marines, Shannon Moose has now made a name at St. Charles North as the head athletic trainer.

While serving during the evacuation of Afghanistan in 2021, U.S. Navy Reserve Corpsman Brooke Christenson helped a woman deliver a placenta that was stuck following childbirth – on an airplane – ultimately saving the woman’s life.

Sycamore resident and U.S. Army veteran Nate Johnson is the assistant superintendent of the Kane County Veterans Assistance Commission, where he finds peace in helping his fellow veterans.

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The Kaneland football team traveled to Belvidere North Friday night to take on the host Blue Thunder in second round playoff action.

A dryer fire in St. Charles on Thursday caused around $60,000 in damages, authorities said, displacing residents in two apartments.

Elgin police Sgt. Richard Free IV, who died Nov. 2, will be laid to rest Friday in Lake County.

A 24-year old man died and a 23-year old woman is in critical condition following a vehicle crash in Aurora, authorities said.

An Elgin man is charged with allegedly soliciting a child following a joint investigation between the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office and the Elgin Police Department.

More than two dozen emergency personnel responded to a house fire in Aurora that injured one man and displaced a family and their dog, authorities said.