For the fourth hearing in a row, a Sycamore man accused of beating his parents to death in September refused to appear this week before a DeKalb County Circuit Court judge.

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

A DeKalb man and convicted felon was charged after police searched a home and found more than a dozen guns, large quantities of drugs, body armor, and suspected homemade explosives, authorities said. He's representing himself in court, records show

A man accused of stabbing a pregnant Downers Grove woman to death in January pleaded not guilty Tuesday to seven counts of first-degree murder

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

One of the three recent St. Viator High School graduates accused of sexually assaulting a classmate at a graduation party in June will remain behind bars until at least March 16, when a court hearing is scheduled for his potential release

A Glendale Heights man stabbed a housemate in the stomach Saturday afternoon shortly after being released from custody on charges he assaulted another of the home’s residents, authorities said Sunday

Nearly one month following the tragic, horrific death of his fiancée at a Momence-area bar, the man who was set to marry Courtney Drysdale sat down with the Journal.

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

Two men have been accused of falsely claiming that they were robbed of more than $1.5 million worth of jewelry

A judge denied release on Wednesday to a DeKalb father and registered sex offender who's charged with first-degree murder in his 5-month-old son’s death, a day after the baby was hospitalized suffering significant facial injuries while in the man’s care, authorities said.

A certified nursing assistant accused of sexually assaulting a physically and intellectually disabled resident at a health care facility will remain in jail until at least his next court appearance, a judge ruled Wednesday

Attorneys in the Xandria Harris trial continue to put together a jury.

A Chicago man accused of of leading officers on a high-speed chase in a stolen car will remain in jail until at least next court appearance after a motion was granted Tuesday to deny his pre-trial release, prosecutors said

Nine jurors were picked Monday during the first day of Xandria Harris’ trial at the Kankakee County Courthouse.

The man killed in an Oakbrook Terrace shooting earlier this month had met the woman accused of killing him via a dating app

In their second day of deliberations, jurors on Friday found a teenager guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing death of 17-year-old Sycamore teenager Kaleb McCall.

It has been 4 years, 1 month and 24 days, approximately 216 weeks or 1,517 days since that December fateful night in 2021 when one Bradley officer was killed and a second seriously wounded.

Jury deliberations began shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday as the murder trial of a teenager accused in the stabbing death of Sycamore teen Kaleb McCall continues. It's possible a verdict could come tonight

A Carol Stream man has been charged for allegedly possessing child sexual abuse material, prosecutors said.

A Lombard man has been sentenced to probation for committing an anti-Muslim hate crime

Kankakee police arrested a suspect in Monday’s armed robbery of a business located in the 1400 block of East Court Street.

Testimony on Wednesday in the murder trial of a Sycamore teen's fatal stabbing has come from police officers who responded to the scene, and five teenagers who witnessed it.

A former Chicago man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for shooting another man at an indoor amusement park in Villa Park in 2021

A DeKalb woman was arrested and charged Tuesday after leading police on a high-speed chase through DeKalb County, running into traffic and driving on the wrong side of the road, nearly causing multiple crashes, authorities said

Illinois State Police Troop 5, assisted by Kankakee Area Metropolitan Enforcement Group, arrested two people after suspected cocaine and fentanyl/methamphetamine was found in the vehicle they were on Monday.

A Sycamore man accused of killing his parents in September has refused to come to court for his past three hearings, court records show. His defense lawyer said he's expressed doubt about his client's fitness for trial.

An Indiana man fleeing from police in Champaign County was apprehended by Kankakee County Sheriff’s deputies Saturday.

A judge ruled Friday that a murder trial of a teenager accused of killing his Sycamore High School peer is expected to convene next week as scheduled, denying the defense’s motion to delay the trial another few weeks. Jury selection begins Tuesday.

An arrest has been made in the 2024 fatal shooting of 29-year-old Elijah J. Robinson, Kankakee police said Friday.

An affirmative defense is when the defendant introduces evidence that negates criminal liability or civil liability, even if it is proven that the defendant committed the alleged acts, according to Cornell Law School’s Legal Information Institute.

The Hammond, Indiana, man accused of shooting a rural Momence bar owner execution-style in the head once worked with her at the bar, a prosecutor said.

Defense lawyers for a teenager accused of fatally stabbing Sycamore 17-year-old Kaleb McCall in 2023 asked a judge on Wednesday to delay the murder trial, expected to start next week, because a witness can’t testify in person.

Charges have been filed against two individuals accused of stealing merchandise from an Oak Brook and an Elmhurst retail business in two unrelated incidents

A former DeKalb County sheriff’s corrections deputy pleaded guilty this week and was ordered by a judge to pay $20,000 in restitution after authorities said he defrauded the federal pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program.

The Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s Office has filed five charges against the man accused of killing Courtney M. Drysdale, of Momence, on Feb 2.

A Melrose Park man accused of opening fire on another automobile following a traffic altercation in the fall of 2017 has been sentenced to 18 years in prison

Arthur Hopewell, of Kankakee, was found guilty of attempted murder and aggravated battery with a firearm of his now ex-wife last Wednesday in Kankakee County court.

Kankakee police arrested 34-year-old Amanda Gaytan, of Kankakee, following an alleged incident involving a firearm Friday.

The woman accused of shooting a man to death last week in Oakbrook Terrace is scheduled to appear Tuesday in a Wisconsin court regarding her extradition to Illinois

A motion was granted Saturday to deny pre-trial release for a Chicago man allegedly found in possession of a loaded gun that had been altered to allow it to fire in fully automatic mode

The DuPage County Sheriff’s Office is seeking felony charges for a juvenile accused of threatening Montini High School students on social media, authorities said

A Milwaukee teenager has been charged in a recent fatal shooting in Oakbrook Terrace

Kashus D. Vanderbilt, of Bourbonnais, was arrested by Kankakee police Jan. 31 following a shots fired incident in the 200 block of North Evergreen Avenue.

A man died of gunshot wounds Wednesday night after a crash in a parking lot in Oakbrook Terrace, police report

Three juvenile males were arrested by Kankakee County Sheriff’s deputies Thursday after three firearms were located in a car during a traffic stop.

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

A Downers Grove man accused of hiding a loaded weapon under an occupied child car seat will remain in jail until at least his next court appearance, prosecutors said

Officials are investigating an armed robbery at a BMO Harris bank branch in Lisle on Tuesday morning

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.