Rockford

A former DeKalb woman charged with drug-induced homicide in the fatal fentanyl overdose of a man in Marengo pleaded guilty Wednesday to a lesser charge and was sentenced to five years in prison.

Plea agreement had been reached in Eric Hentges’ Ogle County offense, which occurred March 4.

Delano Albert, 35, who is charged with 17 offenses, including narcotics racketeering, delivery of methamphetamine, methamphetamine conspiracy, armed violence and possessing a firearm as a felon, will remain in jail.

A judge in Rockford is expected to consider prosecutors’ request that Christian Soto remain jailed pending trial.

Jesse Alar, 36, was supposed to appear in court for a detention hearing, but failed to appear.

Illinois Department of Children and Family Services is holding hiring events around the state as part of Gov. JB Pritzker’s proposed headcount increase at the agency. Under the plan, the agency would grow from 3,450 employees to 4,000. The headcount in 2017 was 2,481.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in a frenzied stabbing rampage that killed four people in a matter of minutes in Rockford, authorities said Thursday.

A suspect is in police custody and was being questioned Wednesday afternoon, according to Rockford Police Chief Carla Redd. She said one of the people who was wounded remained in critical condition.

The YWCA Northwestern Illinois officially extended its reach to McHenry County during a grand opening celebration in Crystal Lake this week.

A woman suffered serious injuries from a rollover crash Sunday evening on Route 47 in Woodstock, the local fire-rescue district reported.

A 19-year-old Harvard man has died from injuries he suffered in a car crash along Route 14 near Woodstock.

Weather may have been a contributing factor to a crash that sent a 23-year-old Woodstock man to the hospital in critical condition, McHenry County Sheriff’s Office said.

Two people were charged in a Woodstock home invasion where a man was held at knife-point after arranging a meeting with one of the people now accused, authorities said.

A plane carrying migrants from Texas that landed in Rockford Sunday has prompted DeKalb city officials to propose a plan that would regulate any future arrivals of unexpected migrant groups in town, said City Manager Bill Nicklas Tuesday. The City Council meets 5 p.m. Thursday.

This year’s Christmas weather is unseasonably warm and rainy in Northern Illinois.