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Wingstop, a Texas-based popular chicken wings chain, is expected to open in Sycamore later this spring, according to a Wednesday announcement from the city of Sycamore.
A Lansing man will appear Thursday for a detention hearing after a domestic dispute in which Oglesby police seized a pistol that had been rendered into a machine gun.
A Fulton woman who threatened a Walmart worker with a gun after she got caught shoplifting in the self-checkout lane at the Sterling store was sentenced to five years in prison.
Sarah Safranek, 27, who has been held in the Ogle County Correctional Center since her arrest in April 2021, entered her plea in front of Judge John Redington on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
Duane Meyer is charged with four counts of first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated arson and one count of concealment of a homicidal death in connection with the Oct. 19, 2016, Byron house fire in which Margaret “Maggie” (Rosko) Meyer, 31, was found dead.
A Cortland woman pleaded not guilty this month to charges that she took photographs of girls being sexually abused and sold them to a Wisconsin man for $10 each, court records show.
A 19-year-old Rock Falls man was sentenced Monday to eight years in prison for firing a gun at an occupied vehicle on April 12.
The 55-year-old owner of the Asian Buffet restaurant, 3106 E. Lincolnway, was investigated last week and charged by police with aggravated battery.
Jurors found Matthew Plote, 36, of Malta, guilty of killing Melissa Lamesch 27, and her unborn baby on Nov. 25, 2020, and then setting her home on fire to conceal their deaths.
A new fast food restaurant know for its Philly cheesesteaks is coming to DeKalb likely this spring, its owner said.
Peru police are seeking information on the break-in of an ATM early Monday at Illinois Valley Credit Union.
A DeKalb man was charged with armed violence this months after police said they found the man in possession of a loaded handgun following an alleged cocaine drug deal, according to court records.
A new deli planned for Sycamore Road in DeKalb in the former White Castle building is anticipated to be open for business tentatively by mid-June, its owner said.
A Kirkland man suffered serious injuries and was airlifted to a Rockford hospital Sunday after he was ejected from his car during a high-speed rollover crash where witnesses alleged he drove more than 100 mph, authorities said.
A DeKalb County judge is expected to rule this month whether DeKalb City Clerk Sasha Cohen will forfeit his office for allegedly violating the state’s Governmental Ethics Act by failing to file statements of economic interest for the past two years, records show.