T-storms, lightning heading into Chicago area Wednesday afternoon

LIGHTNING & THUNDER: Storms are heading towards the Chicago area this evening. The areas most likely to get hit are suburbs west of Chicago including Elgin, Aurora, Joliet and Kankakee. Communities along the lakefront could be impacted as well.

Not your ordinary canine cop: Elgin police add comfort K9 to the force

At a time when police are under fire like never before, one northwest suburban police department has a new recruit everyone loves.

Elgin police investigate apparent murder-suicide

A man and woman were found shot to death early Wednesday in what police were investigating as an apparent murder-suicide.

Woman fatally hit by truck after pushing husband out of the way in Elgin

An Elburn woman was credited with saving her husband’s life after she pushed him out of the way of an incoming truck, only to be fatally struck herself in Elgin in the west suburbs.

3-month-old baby murdered in Elgin

REST IN PEACE: Little Malik Davis died on Friday of blunt force injuries to the head. Someone hurt him days before and he couldn't survive his injuries.

Man gets 10 years in prison for Elgin DUI crash that killed 2 people

A 23-year-old man was sentenced to ten years in prison for a 2019 drunk driving crash that left two people dead in suburban Elgin.

Man gets 5 years in prison in Elgin DUI crash that killed 25-year-old woman

A man was sentenced to five and a half years in prison Thursday after crashing a car while drunk in 2017, killing his 25-year-old passenger in suburban Elgin.

More than a foot of snow in Chicago possible by Tuesday

Another storm started hitting the Chicago area Sunday evening, and might drop more than a foot of snow by Tuesday.

Authorities release name of 14-year-old skateboarder killed in crash near Elgin

Twin brothers were struck by a vehicle as they skateboarded Monday evening in unincorporated Elgin, leaving one of them dead and the other seriously injured.

Attempted murder charge filed in Elgin domestic shooting

An Elgin man was ordered held on a $500,000 bail on an attempted murder charge in connection to a domestic shooting in the western suburb.

Elgin Mental Health Center former employee charged with identity theft

A former employee of the Illinois Department of Human Services, Elgin Mental Health Center has been charged with identity theft.

Suburban man charged with stalking

A 32-year-old Elgin man is accused of stalking a woman with whom he once had a relationship.

Man pleads guity in Elgin crash that killed 2

A Glendale Heights man pleaded guilty to drunk driving Thursday in a 2019 crash that killed two people in northwest suburban Elgin.

$1M bail for Elgin man facing child pornography charges

Jose J. Chavez-Hernandez, 51, is charged with three counts of possessing child pornography, two counts of reproducing child pornography and one count of disseminating child pornography, all felonies.