Kathleen Kallan served as Will County judge from 1990 to 2006. She died Saturday at her home in Joliet.

Jeffrey Conley, 52, of Gardner, was arrested for murder early Sunday morning.

The investigation of a Channahon sex crime was conducted by the Channahon Police Department, the Will County Children’s Advocacy Center, the Bolingbrook Police Department and the Illinois State Police Forensic Science Laboratory.

The Grundy County Sheriff's Department said in a statement Thursday that it's increasing traffic enforcement around the Fourth of July starting Friday morning through Monday, July 8.

Christopher Cruickshank, 22, Carbon Hill, was arrested at 4:09 p.m. Thursday after a mother provided video evidence that he was beating their son.

Seneca police said Thursday a minor has been referred to the La Salle County Juvenile Probation Office on charges stemming from damage at Graves Park.

Grundy County deputies responded at 6 a.m. Sunday to the 2400 block of Amber Lane in Diamond in response to a hit and run after a resident reported their brick mailbox had been destroyed sometime overnight.

The Minooka Police Department is asking people to be careful using their credit and debit cards at gas stations in Minooka, as a skimmer was found at the Pilot gas station on Ridge Road.

The Grundy County Sheriff's Office Pro-Active Unit found 13.41 grams of suspected cocaine and 55 grams of suspected fentanyl during a traffic stop at 1:43 p.m. Thursday.