Suburban teacher pleads guilty to sexually abusing students in classroom
An Elgin teacher is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to sexually abusing two of his students who were under the age of 13.
Suburban cousins charged with first-degree murder in 17-year-old boy's shooting death
Charges have been filed against two Carpentersville teenagers in connection to a drive-by shooting that left a boy dead and two others injured.
17-year-old boy found fatally shot in head in Carpentersville identified
Suburban police are investigating a shooting that left a teenage boy dead and two others wounded Wednesday night.
Chicago area store sells $3M scratch-off, second multi-million winning ticket in 3 years
A liquor store in northwest suburban Chicago has good reason to deem their store “lucky" after selling its second multi-million dollar winning Illinois Lottery ticket in three years.
Dundee-Crown High School lockdown lifted after 'swatting' incident
A lockdown at Dundee-Crown High School has been lifted after police investigated a threatening phone call the school received Wednesday morning.
Estranged husband sentenced for home invasion where man was stabbed
A man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison after breaking into the home of his estranged wife in 2020 and stabbing a man in northwest suburban Carpentersville.
Funeral arrangements set for pizza delivery driver murdered during armed robbery
A 41-year-old pizza delivery driver who was shot and killed during an armed robbery in Gresham last week will be laid to rest Saturday.
Kane County date breach: Hundreds of residents' banking info accidentally emailed to tech support company
In Kane County, a serious data breach occurred when hundreds of residents' banking information was mistakenly emailed to a tech support company.
Several homes damaged in Carpentersville fire
Several homes were damaged in a fire in a northwest suburb Wednesday afternoon.
Kane County man facing child pornography charges after search warrant
A 41-year-old Kane County man is facing multiple felony charges including possession of child pornography.
Kane County man facing 20 child pornography charges
A Kane County man is facing 20 felony charges for possessing and disseminating child pornography.
Rapper Playboi Carti arrested in Georgia after allegedly choking pregnant girlfriend, reports say
Rapper Playboi Carti has been arrested in Georgia after police say he choked his pregnant girlfriend during an argument about a paternity test, TMZ reports.
'Blatantly unconstitutional': Illinois gun store owners fired up over assault weapons ban
“Realistically, this didn't start to materialize until the incident happened in Highland Park. Highland Park is a rich White neighborhood. You look at the inner city and things happen and yet the government didn't react. You know, so do the math," said Krahl.
Elgin teacher charged with sexually abusing two students
A teacher is facing several charges after allegedly sexually abusing two of his young students in Elgin
Five children and two adults killed when wrong-way driver smashes into van in suburban Chicago
The dead included Lauren Dobosz, 31, of Rolling Meadows, and five children: two 13-year-old girls, a 7-year-old boy, a 6-year-old boy, and a 5-year-old girl. Their names have not been released.
‘Friends’ sitcom creator mocked for pledging $4 million in reparations for her show’s lack of diversity
Marta Kauffman became the subject of social media mockery after a Wednesday L.A. Times profile on her revealed she was pledging $4 million to atone for her famous series’ lack of diversity among its main cast.