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Owner of Richmond equestrian center accused of sexually assaulting minor, jailed

The owner of an equestrian training center has been accused of sexually assaulting a minor on the Richmond property.

By Amanda Marrazzo●

Crystal Lake man reports to federal prison for defrauding investors out of $8M

A Crystal Lake man who pleaded guilty to a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme in federal court started his 4 1/2-year prison sentence Friday after multiple attempts to push it back.

By Michelle Meyer●

As license plate readers expand in northern Illinois, privacy concerns and misuse claims grow

Editor’s note: Today marks the second of a two-part series about automated license plate readers in northern Illinois. Thursday’s installment focused on cities' successes. Today’s installment examines privacy concerns, national controversies, and ongoing debate

By Charlene Bielema, Camden Lazenby, Tom Collins, Felix Sarver, Amanda Marrazzo and Bob Okon●

Judge blocks Trump’s $10B child care funding freeze that targeted blue states, including Illinois

From Capitol News Illinois: A federal judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction in the case concerning the Trump administration’s freeze on $10 billion in child care and family planning funding to five blue states, including Illinois

By Nikoel Hytrek and UIS Public Affairs Reporting – For Capitol News Illinois●

Lack of staffing led to why Sycamore ladder truck didn’t respond to Tom & Jerry’s fire

“I’ve talked for the last three years about how we’re on the knife’s edge of being out of people,” Sycamore Fire Chief Bart Gilmore said. “Saturday morning, we ran out of people. I had nobody come back on department recall; we were utterly reliant on other cities.”

By Camden Lazenby●