A 19-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting Elgin teen Jesse Kendall last fall outside the United Center as he walked to a Lil Durk concert with his friends.

One suspect is in custody and two others at large after a burglary at a Pingree Grove tavern early Sunday morning, police said.

A man accused of breaking into a South Elgin home, harming an animal there and then barricading himself in the basement Thursday remains in custody at a medical facility pending an upcoming court appearance, police said Sunday.

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A downstate Illinois man was arrested this week in South Elgin after forcing his way into a home, harming an animal and then barricading himself in the basement, authorities said.

A Kane County judge on Wednesday ordered a Wheeling man detained after he was accused of a shooting Sunday afternoon in Elgin, officials said. When officers responded to the shooting just after 1 p.m. Sunday on the 400 block of Summit Street, they fo...

South Elgin police are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash in which a man was killed when his SUV struck a traffic signal pole.

A St. Charles man who pleaded guilty to arranging to meet a 13-year-old boy for sex was sentenced to prison Monday.

Three men face drug charges after police said they found cocaine and methamphetamine while executing a search warrant at a Cary home Monday night. David J. Derita Jr., 42, and Kurt M. Niezgoda, 31, both of the 1300 block of Geneva Lane in Cary, and W...

Mark your calendar for Groundhog Day events in Woodstock, Downers Grove’s Ice Fest, Lunar New Year celebrations, Disney On Ice presents “Let’s Dance!” and more happening this week.