Sycamore Fire Department’s ladder truck, which was purchased for $1.4 million in 2025, did not respond to the fire that left the home of Tom & Jerry’s restaurant unusable.

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.

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

Students from Oswego High School walked out of the school shortly before noon Friday, many of them held signs condemning the actions of ICE.

A man who served prison time for possessing cocaine found in his Crystal Lake motel room in 2023 faces new drug and weapons charges, court records show.

Woodstock doesn’t have any video gambling-only establishments – and the city wants to keep it that way.

After a hit-and-run traffic crash in Batavia on Feb. 6, the police are asking the public for help locating the suspect.

Investigators used DNA to definitively identify man killed in Harvard New Year's Eve crash.

DeKalb Mechanical, a local commercial HVAC mechanical contractor, was named the DeKalb Chamber’s 2025 Business of the Year.

The Morris Community High School Board will meet at 6 p.m. in the auditorium at 1000 Union St., and there it will either approve or reject a new bid to change the school's mascot to the Warriors.

The Morris Police Department said it arrested a male juvenile at around 10 a.m. Thursday for the possession of child sexual abuse material.

Ryan Dodd, 44, of Aurora, was arrested on Jan. 29 after Ashley A. Stewart, 41, was found stabbed to death in her home on Valentine Way in Oswego on Jan. 27.

The Bristol Kendall Fire Protection District responded around 6:58 am on Feb. 5 to the 2100 block of Whitekirk Lane.

Will County Emergency Management Agency is reminding residents that river ice can be unpredictable, especially during periods of warming.

Dozens protested an event held at Genoa-Kingston High School on Thursday that the district’s superintendent said was initiated by the Department of Education at the request of a local student chapter of Turning Point USA.

Before a packed courtroom in McHenry County Thursday, friends and family of 24-year-old man killed by a drunk driver spoke of the light and love he brought to their lives.

A juvenile suspect was arrested in Montgomery following a string of recent burglaries targeting businesses on the village’s east side.

A daycare teacher is facing charges after St. Charles police said she gave chewable laxatives to three children in her care, each 2 years old or younger.

A group gathered near Genoa-Kingston High School Thursday to protest the “History Rocks” assembly which was organized by the school’s Turning Point USA, Club America chapter, a nonprofit founded in 2012 by the late Charlie Kirk.

Firefighters from Serena, Mendota, Troy Grove, Somonauk, and Earlville fire departments responded to a structure fire in the 4000 block of East 16th Road on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026 near Earlville. Firefighters were dispatched shortly after 12p.m. to the scene. The fire was upgraded to the second alarm through the Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS 25) shortly after.

A former supervisor for Joliet Township has been arrested again, this time for allegedly driving while license revoked, and he provided a fictitious name during the traffic stop, police said.

Julius E. Burkes Jr., the man accused of killing Courtney M. Drysdale earlier this week, on Wednesday waived extradition from Indiana.

Ahead of the years-long Route 47 widening project, Woodstock is aiming to offer relief grants to businesses along the corridor who might be affected.

A Lee County squad car was involved in a two-vehicle crash Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, on South Galena Aveue in Dixon.

Will County Clerk Annette Parker announced that in-person early voting will begin on Thursday at the county clerk's office in Joliet.

The Department of Education reached out to a Genoa-Kingston High School club about hosting a planned Thursday event that has since spurred criticism and some calls for protest by members of the school’s community.

A Crest Hill man has been sentenced to 130 years in prison for killing a bartender, attempting to kill a man trying to stop the shooting and wounding the son of the bar’s owner.

Brake Parts Inc. LLC has permanently closed its McHenry operations and 389 employees there will be or have already been laid off, according to the company's state filings.

The village of Shabbona has lost access to the public water works after a water main break, and residents will be under a boil order whenever water pressure is restored, village officials said Wednesday.

A DeKalb resident died in an apartment fire Wednesday that authorities said was likely accidentally caused by improper use of smoking materials. This is a developing story.

Dixon has been awarded $2 million in federal funds for the creation of retention ponds to the west of Dixon’s major economic development near Interstate 88.

A Manhattan man faces 14 counts of unauthorized video recording of children and adults following the discovery of a concealed camera inside a bathroom, police said.

A deeply divided Woodstock City Council has agreed to install Flock surveillance cameras on Woodstock Square – a vote that came after five hours of discussion and overwhelmingly opposition among those who spoke.

The Lake in the Hills Police Department is moving into its new station later this week.

A Rochelle woman died Sunday as a result of injuries suffered in a Jan. 26 shooting, Rochelle Police Chief Pete Pavia said Wednesday.

Authorities have identified the 52-year-old man who was found dead in a creek near West Dundee after his family had reported him missing weeks before.

Community event raises $50K for DeKalb and Sycamore athletic programs.

Olive Garden will receive tax money from the city of Sycamore after its new restaurant is built across from Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital, if all goes to plan.

Duane E. Joslin, 74, of Sikeston, Missouri, is charged with three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault, three counts of criminal sexual assault and 15 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse.

A DeKalb County judge recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by a family against DeKalb School District 428 after their son’s first day of kindergarten went awry.

The Sublette Fire Department will ask voters March 17 to approve a 131.95% increase in the district’s tax rate to support a staffed ambulance service. 

The Illinois Department of Transportation has closed the right lane of Eastbound I-80 at Center Street overnight into Wednesday.

According to Kankakee County Sheriff’s police, 47-year-old Julius E. Burkes Jr. was apprehended in the 6400 block of Rhode Island Avenue, in Hammond, Indiana, as he was exiting his residence.

A driver was flown to a hospital after being trapped inside a semi-truck that rolled over near U.S. Route 52 and Lisbon Road in Kendall County.

DeKalb community gathers at vigil to reflect on national unrest and share messages of hope.

The owner of The Line bar in Momence was shot "execution style" during a robbery Monday at the business located on the Illinois/Indiana state line.

As part of the Kennedy Road expansion, the city of Yorkville has tried to acquire 30 feet along the front edge of the club house area.

A former Huntley woman who with her husband was convicted in 2018 in what authorities called a “drug-dealing enterprise” has pleaded guilty in a new drug-related case.

Zuka Sushi-Hibachi & Chinese in Bolingbrook offers a variety of sushi, hibachi and Asian cuisine, according to its website.

Tom & Jerry’s restaurant in Sycamore, a longtime community favorite that was destroyed by fire this weekend, has issued a statement thanking the public for its continued support during a tough time.