A Missouri man has been accused of extorting $400 from a Bolingbrook woman and threatening to release nude photos her.

A convicted felon cursed out a Will County judge who found him guilty of attempting to murder two police officers during a 2023 shootout in a Romeoville neighborhood.

The Illinois State Police say funds will go to 21 departments to help with enforcement details to remove guns from those "who pose a danger to the public or themselves."

The City of Crest Hill is considering an agreement with Chaney-Monge School District 88 and Richland School District 88A to create a School Resource Officer program this year.

The Lockport Police Department conducted a nearly monthlong traffic safety campaign aimed at curbing dangerous driving earlier this summer.

National Night Out, an annual event started in 1984, is designed to heighten crime-prevention awareness and generate support for local anti-crime programs. It is held every year on the first Tuesday in August.

Sterling/Rock Falls and Dixon hosted National Night Out celebrations Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. The event is meant to build community and police partnerships.

An appellate court ruled a Tinley Park man convicted of murder in Will County should receive a new trial because a judge failed to sustain objections to prosecutors’ misstatements of critical evidence in the case.

Three National Night Out events – organized by the Ogle County Sheriff’s Department, Oregon Police Department and Mt. Morris Police Department – were held in Byron, Oregon, and Mt. Morris on Tuesday evening, Aug. 5, 2025.

The Joliet Police Department hosted its National Night Out event at Memorial Stadium on Jefferson Street on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025. Officers from the Neighborhood Oriented Policing Team, patrol division, K9 unit and recruitment team were present.

Several area organizations and first responder groups gathered Tuesday in the Hy-Vee parking lot in Sycamore for National Night Out.

Joliet police Lt. Jeremy Harrison was put on leave during an investigation by the city's inspector general, city manager says.

Several suburban towns will host National Night Out events on Tuesday to bring together the men and women in blue with the communities they serve.

The Yorkville Public Library is offering two chances for residents to have fun and make some art this coming week.

Twelve people were injured after a car drove into a Portillo’s restaurant at 2810 Route 34 in Oswego Wednesday afternoon.

The Morris Police Department and Grundy 911 dispatch will now have access to the cameras inside Morris Community High School for use in emergency situations.

The Princeton Police Pension Board will hold a meeting at 1 p.m. Monday at the Princeton Police Department.

The Oswego Police Department has been accredited since 2005. As part of the process, the accrediting agency provides a public access portal to collect comments from agency personnel and members of the community.

When Shorewood police were escorted to the assisted living facility’s women’s bathroom, they found the caregiver attempting to flush jewelry that belonged to an elderly resident of the facility.

Neighbors are complaining Dixon's gun range is too close to residential areas.

Joliet Police are investigating a shooting which damaged a vehicle in the 500 block of Garnsey Avenue on Friday night.

Montgomery Police Officer Chris Johnson was promoted to the rank of sergeant, effective June 30.

The Morris Police Department said Christopher Stassin, 37, was arrested for aggravated attempted kidnapping and disorderly conduct.

The Bolingbrook Village Board this week amended an ordinance regulating the use of electric bicycles (E-Bike) and electric scooters within the Village.

he Fox Lake Police Department is excited to announce the winner of the Bike Rodeo gift card drawing, held on May 31.

A Will County lawsuit claims the New Lenox Police Department engaged in “policing-for-profit” when their officers wrongfully seized a 2010 Jeep Wrangler belonging to a man innocent of wrongdoing.

Bourbonnais Police officers will be passed the Flame of Hope and begin their role as “Guardians of the Flame” on Wednesday at approximately 1 p.m. for the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Illinois. The run makes its way south on Route 45 from Manteno.

John Arizzi, who currently serves as the Commander of the Investigations Department at the Lockport Police Department, will become the next chief of the department.

The Crest Hill Police Department’s traffic enforcement campaign will run from June 20 through July 7, leading up to and after Fourth of July weekend.

A New Lenox woman was never charged with any crime when her 2012 vehicle valued at $5,285 was seized by police but she spent more than a month fighting with prosecutors to get it back with no driving restrictions. 

Despite heavy rains passing through the area Wednesday afternoon, officers from across the county completed the Kankakee County leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Illinois.

The village of Plainfield is looking for residents interested in serving on its police commission. Members are appointed and serve two-year terms.

The Prophetstown Police Department hosted the 19th annual Dick Brown Fishing Derby on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at Prophetstown State Park. Seventy kids took part in the event "competing" in three age groups. All participants went home with a prize for their efforts.

In response to some residents' complaints, Manteno will up police patrols to slow down some drivers.

The Crest Hill Police Department will be doing traffic control for a 5K event on Saturday morning. Traffic will be limited on Gaylord Road.

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.

A 14-year-old boy from Joliet died in Wilmington after he was “reportedly not breathing,” according to police officials.

A New Lenox man using a dating service spoke with someone he believed was an adult woman until her purported father claimed she was a minor and demanded money, otherwise he would report him, police said.

The Joliet City Council has not reached a consensus on whether they should pursue a settlement in a federal lawsuit case over the 2020 in-custody death of a Joliet man, according to the city’s attorneys.

Local police departments across the Joliet area will be participating in the annual “Cop on a Rooftop” fundraiser to benefit Special Olympics Illinois from 5 a.m to noon Friday.

The annual Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Ceremony honoring Kankakee County officers was held on the lawn of the Kankakee County Courthouse on Thursday, May 15, 2025.

Local police departments in Bourbonnais, Kankakee and Manteno will be taking to the rooftops of area Dunkin' locations to raise funds for Special Olympics Illinois and the Illinois Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics bright and early this Friday.

A Lemont man is facing multiple charges after he fled Bolingbrook police and his SUV struck a vehicle causing serious injuries to a woman and her 3-month-old child.

Bolingbrook police are investigating an accident that shut down portions of Boughton Road Monday morning.

Police from across Will County joined a ceremony on Thursday honoring the 38 law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty since 1865.

A ceremony was held in downtown Joliet for the 44th Annual Will County Law Enforcement Memorial Day at 14 W. Jefferson St. on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Police officers from various departments and local government and law enforcement officials participated.

Valley View School District 365U has fired three middle school staff members over inappropriate conduct with a student, according to the district.

Channahon Village Hall and the Channahon Police Department have been given the all clear after being evacuated Monday due to a suspicious package.

Reports alleging a man approached two children in Manhattan and grabbed one of them while they were playing outside Wednesday was entirely made up, Manhattan police said.

The Canada Nationa Railroad will be completing repairs to the Eastern Avenue Railroad Crossing this weekend.