There are six new La Salle County sheriff's deputies on the road, with four more coming in 2026. It's a sign of how police recruitment, a problem in recent years, has steadily improved.

Three women were shot in Aurora on Christmas night, authorities said, The shooting remains under investigation by the Aurora Police Department.

Larenz M. Walters, the son of former Kankakee School District superintendent Genevra Walters, agreed to plead guilty Tuesday in Iroquois County to a traffic violation.

A Chicago woman is facing charges after a head-on crash in Lombard that injured four people, authorities said Wednesday.

A Rockford man sought by Harvard police since September is in custody amid allegations that he shoved a pistol into a teen’s torso during an argument at a Taco Bell.

A Batavia man was taken into custody and charged with murder after telling dispatchers that he had just killed his wife, according to police.

A Chicago woman is accused of leading police on a high-speed chase after the theft of more than $1,400 in merchandise was reported at a Villa Park store, authorities said.

Three teens have been charged with sexually assaulting a female classmate at a Roselle graduation party, prosecutors said.

An Indiana man accused of sexually assaulting a Huntley woman while she slept in 2022 has been taken into custody and detained pretrial in McHenry County jail.

A Berwyn man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for participating in a burglary ring that targeted video gambling businesses in the suburbs and downstate.

Kankakee police said a homicide at a Kankakee apartment on the city’s east side Sunday occurred during an attempted forced entry.

A West Dundee man accused of using Facebook Messenger to solicit a 14-year-old Fox River Grove child to perform a sex act has been sentenced to prison for four years, court records show.

James R. Gibbons of Marengo man was ordered to be held in jail on charges of possessing images depicting child sexual abuse. He's known for giving history presentations across northern Illinois.

A man who is accused of threatening on YouTube videos to shoot Barrington Hills police officers – and who had been deemed unfit to stand trial – has been restored to fitness, a McHenry County judge has ruled.

Funeral arrangements have been set for Santina Perri, an Itasca woman who was killed near Harvard, allegedly by her husband of almost 50 years.

The charges stem from investigations into several burglaries that took place from Nov. 18-22, Joliet police said.

Authorities confirmed Wednesday that the woman an Itasca man is accused of shooting dead near Harvard was his wife.

Brett A. Barnes, 42, was remanded to the Ogle County Jail following his first court appearance on Wednesday, Dec. 17, for five counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, one count of attempted aggravated criminal sexual abuse, and grooming.

Bolingbrook police have charged two men in connection with an armed robbery that took place on Tuesday afternoon in the 100 block of Nutwood Court.

A man accused of fatally shooting his wife near Harvard did not dispute the state’s order Thursday to detain him in McHenry County jail while he awaits trial.

McHenry County jail detainees deemed unfit to stand trial are receiving specialized psychiatric care while waiting for an open bed in a mental health facility.

Bradley police made another arrest in an Oct. 2 incident where officers discovered an alleged marijuana growing operation in the 100 block of South Jefferson Avenue while investigating an armed robbery in progress.

A physician who practiced in Elgin is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old child with intellectual disabilities in an Elgin hotel, Kane County authorities said.

These devices can detect and alert the officer using them of the presence of card skimming apparatus, which are used to steal credit and debit card information.

At approximately 12:38 p.m., the Bolingbrook Police Department responded to the 100 block of Nutwood Court for the report of an armed robbery.

A Wisconsin man who bought the rifle Kyle Rittenhouse used when he was accused of shooting three people during protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 2020 has been charged in an armed robbery in Harvard.

The Kankakee Police Department announced last week that it will be making a special effort to enforce laws regarding drunk driving this holiday season.

A Chicago man has been charged with stealing a package from the front porch of a Hinsdale home last week, prosecutors said.

Three Wisconsin men are charged with armed robbery after allegedly stealing jewelry at gunpoint from two people in the parking lot of Harvard High School after arranging to buy jewelry from them.

Mark Cook, who has led the public defender's office in McHenry County since 1986, is stepping down.

A 56-year-old Chicago man was ordered held Saturday on charges of breaking into Downers Grove North High School, accosting a janitor and forcing her to search the school for money, prosecutors said.

A man convicted in a New Year’s Day 2005 drunken-driving crash in Chicago that killed a taxi driver and passenger has been charged with DUI and causing a crash near McHenry.

A man is being held in jail on charges that he led police on a high-speed chase in connection with a theft from a store at Oakbrook Center mall in Oak Brook.

A man who shot a person in 2021 during a birthday party at an indoor amusement park in Villa Park has been found guilty of aggravated battery with a firearm.

Suspects in the Homer Glen home invasion and robbery of a 73-year-old woman had fled from police and crashed their vehicle in Joliet Township.

In less than an hour, a McHenry County jury found a Belvidere man guilty of sexually assaulting a child.

Trevor Brandner is charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, six counts of criminal sexual assault, one count of criminal sexual abuse and four counts of domestic battery.

A Joliet teenager has been charged with four additional counts of burglary and two counts of criminal damage to property following the investigations related to burglaries of local businesses, Joliet police said

Two Wisconsin brothers both pleaded guilty Thursday to shooting a firearm nine times at a home in Harvard knowing it was occupied, and each was sentenced to nine years in prison.

A Joliet man was arrested after allegedly stealing a car and then fleeing Joliet police

A Wonder Lake man who was convicted decades ago of murdering his wife – and who was cleared last year of domestic violence – has admitted guilt to a new charge of domestic abuse.

Downers Grove police are investigating a burglary and attempted robbery on Wednesday at Downers Grove North High School, authorities said.

A man was sentenced to 33 years in prison Tuesday in connection with the robbery of a Lombard store and the subsequent shooting of a police officer three years ago.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed into law a bill banning Homeland Security agents from arresting people in or near daycare centers, hospitals, colleges or courthouses who are suspected of being in the country illegally.

An Elmhurst man has been accused of beating and stabbing to death a woman he lured to his home

An Elgin man accused of posting an “explicit photo” of a Marengo woman on Snapchat, printing it on a T-shirt and twice violating an order of protection has been detained in McHenry County jail, records show.

Nick Africano, Kankakee County’s treasurer and chairman of the county’s Republican Party, was issued a notice to appear for alleged disorderly conduct following a traffic incident which occurred last week in Kankakee.

Joliet's police chief said his investigations division “continues to record higher than a 90% clearance rate on homicide offenses over a three-year period.”

Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle was president of the Illinois Sheriff’s Association when the SAFE-T Act was written and passed.

A Wilmington mother has been charged with desecration of her infant daughter, who was born in a toilet and then buried in a beer box. Cause of child's death not yet known.