Another fire broke out late Saturday night at a homeless encampment along the Fox River in Elgin, engulfing multiple structures but causing no reported injuries, authorities said.

An Illinois State Police trooper suffered critical injuries and two others were hurt in a five-vehicle crash Saturday morning in South Barrington.

A Kane County judge ruled an Elgin man is fit to stand trial on charges he stabbed a man to death.

Elgin surveyed homeless residents at “Tent City,” so far finding 36 people willing to move to temporary hotel lodging. The city council also approved a contract of up to $2.5 million to remediate the nearly 8-acre site.

Two people are facing felony drug charges after a Lake County Sheriff’s Office canine sniffed out more than half of kilogram of cocaine during a recent traffic stop.

A 70-year-old Huntley woman died following a two-vehicle crash on Randall Road in Carpentersville Wednesday afternoon.

One of the five people charged in July 2023 with felony human trafficking, involuntary servitude and promoting prostitution in St. Charles could reach a plea agreement next month.

Elgin’s 40th annual Martin Luther King Jr. prayer breakfast will be held at Elgin Community College on Saturday, Jan. 18.

Suburban law enforcement agencies say their hands are tied when it comes to immigration and deportations.

Karen Schepers vanished in 1983 after leaving a Carpentersville bar, prompting decades of fruitless searches and investigation. Elgin police now have launched a dedicated cold case unit that hopes to crack the 41-year-old mystery, including through a podcast called “Somebody Knows Something.”