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Joshua Smith’s congenital heart defect and surgeries to fix it put strain on his kidneys. The 17-year-old Johnsburg student received transplants of both in May

A man residing in a Wonder Lake home in 2023 where illicit drugs and stolen license plates were found pleaded guilty Monday to possessing methamphetamine.

A Chicago man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the robbery of a Marengo gas station where an employee was shot. He will serve the time concurrent with a Kane County robbery sentence.

The family of Tehran Foster Gordon, the Joliet man who has been missing for two weeks, held a press conference Thursday to ask for more transparency in the case from Joliet Police and assistance from the community locating their relative.

If you're looking for an experience that harkens back to summers past, take a road trip to these vintage drive-in restaurants and enjoy a burger, shake, root beer and more.

A wallet found in Pistakee Lake on Father's Day, about 35 years after it was lost by a Johnsburg man, gives his family a memento of a childhood on the Chain O' Lakes and memories of their dad.

A man taken into custody had been on pretrial release on charges that he was drunk when he was involved in a fatal crash, court and jail records show.

Metra is adding more trains on the UP North, UP West and Rock Island lines Saturday and Sunday to accommodate those heading into the city for the third annual NASCAR Chicago Street Race.

Four people have died from gunshot wounds and 14 others have been hospitalized following a drive-by shooting in Chicago, police said Thursday. At least three were in critical condition.

A second Chicago man arrested in the parking lot of a Crystal Lake motel with nearly $750,000 worth of methamphetamine and fentanyl has pleaded guilty.

Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday that former Deputy Gov. Christian Mitchell will be his running mate for the 2026 campaign.

O’Larry Asun Spot, a halal restaurant featuring West African dishes, could open by early August.

A cherished, hand-carved cathedral from the Dunn Museum’s collections is now on display at the newly renovated Intuit Art Museum in Chicago, which showcases self-taught art.

Three main factors contribute to the formation of Midwest dust storms: strong winds, dry soil in farm fields and large amounts of loose soil.

A former Bolingbrook police sergeant convicted of killing his third wife was in a wheelchair when he was brought to the Will County Courthouse in Joliet for a psychological evaluation.

A Will County judge allowed for the pretrial release of a man charged with unlawful possession of a weapon by felon in the investigation of a June 12 shooting at a Joliet apartment complex.

A former Joliet police officer facing federal drug trafficking charges has been sentenced to serve two years of conditional discharge after he was found guilty of battering his ex-wife.

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new law Friday to make a series of changes to the Prisoner Review Board after it released a man who would go on to commit murder, leading to intense scrutiny in Springfield.

Former Illinois state Sen. Jim Oberweis will return to Kane County Sunday to fundraise for his run for Congress in Florida – but local GOP chief would rather see local political money used in Illinois.

Summer school on Monday has been canceled for students at Joliet Public Schools District 86 because of “dangerous weather forecast of high heat and humidity,” school officials said.

A Chicago man who was on parole when he was accused of multiple thefts – including stealing Christmas presents from a Crystal Lake church – pleaded guilty Wednesday to burglary from a vehicle.

Uplifting and also down to earth, the true-story musical “42 Balloons” is flying high through June 29.

Stage 4 prostate cancer survivor Clark Atwater of Richmond raised awareness for men’s health with Advocate Health Care at a recent Chicago Cubs game.

With no funding fix yet from the General Assembly, Metra leaders are wrapping their heads around a grim 2026 that could involve major cuts in service.

One of the three victims of a June 12 shooting at Riverwalk Homes in Joliet reported an argument about a dice game had escalated between two men, which led to a shooting, prosecutors said.

Carolee Carmello’s performance is a tour de force in this recent Tony Award winner for Best Musical.

A Chicago man who was wounded in a shooting last Thursday at Riverwalk Homes in Joliet has been charged with firing a gun during the incident.

President Donald Trump on Sunday directed federal immigration officials to prioritize deportations from Democratic-run cities including Chicago after large protests have erupted in Los Angeles and other major cities against the Trump administration’s immigration policies

Attorneys for a Joliet man charged with a murder in Elwood claim police field notes that could shed light on a key evidence issue has either been lost or destroyed, which should lead to a dismissal of the case.

Though not in the courtroom but in DuPage County Jail, a Chicago man was sentenced to 19 years in prison for the 2019 fatal overdoses of a Harvard man and a woman who died in Algonquin.

Will County will pay $2.75 million for the dismissal of a federal lawsuit involving a sheriff’s lieutenant who was not charged over the fatal shooting of an unarmed man who initially took hostages at a bank.

Gov. JB Pritzker got some of what he requested from the General Assembly in the area of higher education, but some of his biggest requests fell short.

Legislation to save public transit from a $771 million budget shortfall passed the Illinois Senate Saturday but fizzled in the House, leaving concerns about massive cuts to Metra, Pace and the CTA.

A new plan to reform public transit that emerged Wednesday in the General Assembly would establish the Northern Illinois Transportation Authority in place of the Regional Transportation Authority and create one universal fare system.

A man who authorities said arrived on a Metra train in Crystal Lake with cocaine and a loaded pistol has pleaded guilty to drug and weapons charges.

A Will County judge allowed the jail release of a man facing a charge of disseminating child sex abuse materials whom a prosecutor said is “actively looking for young girls.”

Huntley police are asking residents to check security camera footage for two missing teens, one from Crystal Lake, who have been reported missing and may be in Chicago with an unidentified male.

Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington — a young couple on the verge of becoming engaged — were fatally shot Wednesday evening. A Chicago man has been identified as a suspect

A mother whose child was the victim of a 2023 hate crime murder in Plainfield Township reunited with the first responders of the tragedy at the Will County Sheriff’s Office in Joliet. 

Kenneth Jackson died after he was hit by car driven by Steven Foulk, a former Chicago police officer who was drunk at the time and was sentenced Monday to five years in prison.

A Will County judge handed down the prison sentence for the Chicago man after he spoke about how he felt the “system mostly targets” Black people and he compared “the system” to “modern-day slavery.”

A Huntley man’s family settled for $11 million after their son Joseph Zephries was hit and killed on a roadwork site. But the driver who struck him was only ever charged with petty driving offenses.

The Crystal Lake Police Department is joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation Chicago Field Office’s Cyber Crimes Task Force to crack down on cyber crimes in the area.

A federal judge found the police misconduct claims in a lawsuit over the 2020 in-custody death of Eric Lurry were strong enough for trial and possibly receive a favorable verdict. 

From a kindergartner named Leo to pastors and faithful at churches, McHenry County-area Catholic react with excitement to the new pope - and his Chicago ties.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, is a member of the Augustinian religious order, a missionary and lived at the friary on the campus of Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox for one year in the 1980s

The new Elwood location allows Hardings Inc. to offer Hyundai equipment to Chicago area customers.

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born missionary took the name Leo XIV.

A third suspect from Chicago has been arrested on charges alleging they participated in the 2024 murder of a tattoo artist in Bolingbrook.

A Shorewood man’s attorneys in a case linked to a 2024 mass shooting in Joliet is seeking to use artificial intelligence to review and analyze his discovery as he prepares for trial.