A judge has ruled that Whiteside County may have been improperly excluding jurors for years, raising questions about whether the county’s jury selection process violates state law and defendants’ constitutional rights

Between March 7 and 9, the Joliet Police Department received five reports of stolen manholes covers across the city.

A Frankfort man has been charged with threatening to harm Gov. JB Pritzker.

Editor’s note: Today marks the second installment of a two-day series about the growing number of women charged with domestic assault.

An Itasca man accused of fatally shooting his wife, then turning the gun on himself near Harvard, will undergo an evaluation by a forensic psychologist, an order in the McHenry County court shows.

A Lee County judge on Thursday denied a furlough request made by a 65-year-old Dixon man charged with attempted murder and home invasion.

A Sterling man is jailed in Whiteside County as a result of an investigation into a criminal sexual assault allegation

A McHenry man is accused of uploading, sharing and requesting images depicting child sex abuse, some involving children younger than 5, a McHenry County judge said in court Wednesday.

A Crest Hill man has been paroled after spending six months in prison and already receiving credit for 14 months in jail for the 2024 reckless homicide of a Joliet couple.

A McHenry man has been found not guilty on allegations that he starved Meatball and Karma, two 3-year-old female pit bulls, but he faces additional similar charges.

The public should be aware following Tuesday’s storms of the possibility of scammers in the area.

Editor’s note: Today marks the first installment of a two-day series about the growing number of women charged with domestic assault

Julius Burkes, who is accused of killing 30-year-old Courtney Drysdale in February, will go on trial May 18.

A Crystal Lake teen who was at the center of criminal cases against her mother and stepfather died while their cases were pending. Now her brother is suing a DCFS contractor over her death.

The public defender representing Julius Burkes, who is accused of killing Courtney Drysdale last month, was granted a motion for a 90-day speedy trial.

A Naperville man was charged with two felonies after Yorkville police recovered a loaded handgun and cocaine from his vehicle early Sunday morning.

An Aurora man has been sentenced by a judge to 105 years in prison after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder in the 2024 fatal shooting of his former domestic partner, Serhonda Burnett, 46.

Three Chicago juveniles were charged Sunday with stealing from three Oak Brook businesses, prosecutors said

What happened last week to halt the second attempt to start the trial against Xandria Harris?

The judge in the Xandria Harris trial expanded the scope of the gag order she put in place in August 2024.

A Rock Falls woman has pleaded not guilty to nine sex-related charges, several of which accuse her of sexually assaulting, abusing and exploiting minors

Mickell Close, 44, had been in custody at FCI Thomson since May 28, 2025

A second man pleaded guilty to theft by deception in connection with the $4,500 home repair fraud of an elderly Crystal Lake resident.

An investigation is ongoing following gunfire striking a church and a nearby residence in Aurora early on Sunday morning. Multiple guns were recovered by police at the scene.

An Aurora man has been charged by the Illinois Attorney General with 72 counts related to alleged gunrunning in Kane and DuPage counties, including unlawful sale and delivery.

A man accused of beating another person, stomping on his head and leaving a shoe imprint on his face outside The Vixen in McHenry on New Year's Day has pleaded guilty.

Ceczar Spann, 31, of Rochelle, was found guilty of two counts of domestic battery for striking a member of his household during a Sept. 12, 2025, incident.

An Algonquin man has pleaded guilty to crimes in McHenry and Kane counties and was sentenced to 7 years in prison in both cases, to be served at the same time.

Charges are pending against three juveniles in connection with a stolen vehicle, police say.

At the annual State of the County presentation, the message was plain and it was simple: Kankakee County people control Kankakee County's future.

A Rockford police officer is accused of theft and home repair fraud in McHenry and Winnebago counties – “at times” while in his police uniform and driving a squad car, according to Illinois State Police.

Officials in several northern Illinois counties say regulating steer-tailing events at backyard rodeos is up to state legislators, but charges filed in McHenry County could prove otherwise

A Lee County arrest warrant is being issued for a Georgia man who failed to appear in court Wednesday on a drug charge related to a stranded vehicle check in rural Amboy two months ago.

A man charged with the attack of a Woodstock gas station employee is unfit to stand trial, a licensed psychologist found.

Kankakee police made an arrest last week in connection with a shots fired incident that occurred on Feb. 24.

A McHenry man is accused of advertising a vehicle for sale on social media and scamming a would-be buyer out of thousands of dollars before reposting the car for sale, according to court records.

The Plano Police Department responded around 1:58 p.m. on Saturday to Emily G. Johns School to reports of around 10 people “yelling and fighting” during the game.

A Carpentersville man is accused of befriending a 16-year-old girl on Snapchat, sexually abusing her in the parking lot of an Algonquin business and then telling her, “You earned yourself some food,” a McHenry County judge said in denying his pretrial release.

A McHenry man is accused of possessing more than 250 images of children being sexually abused, court records show.

Julian Rosario, 35, of Channahon, was pronounced dead after a shooting in the 100 block of Washington Street in Morris at around 1 a.m. Saturday.

Prosecutors said a Joliet man posed a threat to the community as he is accused of repeatedly shooting a "defenseless toddler and his mother."

A Trout Valley man who pleaded guilty to one count of possessing images of child sex abuse was sentenced to three years of felony probation and ordered to register as a sex offender.

A Crystal Lake man has pleaded guilty to aggravated reckless driving in a head-on crash that seriously injured two people and occurred when he was 18.

Michael C. Setticosi, of Aroma Park, was arrested by the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Department Friday on suspicion of discharging a firearm.

A judge rejected a motion from the Will County state’s attorney to have an 82-year-old man charged with a 1988 murder move back to Michigan while awaiting trial.

A Manhattan couple believe prosecutors targeted them with a forfeiture case because of the "potential income" Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow's Office would receive if the case succeeded.

An arrest warrant has been issued for a former Lake in the Hills woman who is accused of threatening to harm McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi Freese, court records show.

The owner of a Richmond equestrian training center – detained in McHenry County jail on charges including sexual assault of a minor – is on “interim suspension” from the US Equestrian Federation, where he has been a judge.

A Freeport woman has been charged in Whiteside County with felony aggravated driving under the influence and causing a Christmas Day crash that injured a 4-year-old child who was in the vehicle

The second attempt to hold Xandria Harris’ trial regarding her role in the 2021 murder of a Bradley police sergeant was delayed Wednesday.